Arts & Culture, one of The Vancouver Foundation's nine granting programs, has started a pilot project which will grant artists living in the Downtown Eastside Vancouver up to $1000 to develop their career. This project will be implemented through the Carnegie Centre in the Downtown Eastside.
For a map of the Downtown Eastside, click here.
The grants will be used to help artists take their career to the next level. This could mean any type of promotion or presentation that would increase their visibility in the community. Ideally,
it will help them make one step up in their professionalism.
So far, this is the general theme of the project, but we really won't have a clear idea until the Advisory Committee decides on the criteria for the grants. Until then, stay tuned, and we will post all relevant info on this blog. Curious artists who wish to be put on our emailing list may contact us here: dtessmallartsgrants@gmail.com .
Thanks for your interest,
DTES Small Arts Grants
March 30, 2009
Advisory positions closing April 6th
April 6th is the deadline for submissions to join the Advisory Committee for the Vancouver Foundation Small Arts Grants-Downtown Eastside Program. These will be volunteer positions.
The purpose of the program is to award grants of up to $1000 to individual artists living in the Downtown Eastside to aid in bringing their art practice to the next level.
The Advisory Committee will be responsible for establishing the granting criteria, to jury and distribute awards in 2 rounds (June & October), 2009.
We expect that the process of developing the granting criteria will require approximately 8 hours (four 2-hour meetings between April 15 & 30).
The jury process (reviewing applications & voting upon which artists will benefit most from this program), will take up to 12 hours for each round (i.e. four 2-hour meetings between June 1-22, and then another four 2-hour meetings between Sept. 28 to Oct. 16).
The purpose of the program is to award grants of up to $1000 to individual artists living in the Downtown Eastside to aid in bringing their art practice to the next level.
The Advisory Committee will be responsible for establishing the granting criteria, to jury and distribute awards in 2 rounds (June & October), 2009.
We expect that the process of developing the granting criteria will require approximately 8 hours (four 2-hour meetings between April 15 & 30).
The jury process (reviewing applications & voting upon which artists will benefit most from this program), will take up to 12 hours for each round (i.e. four 2-hour meetings between June 1-22, and then another four 2-hour meetings between Sept. 28 to Oct. 16).
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