Aboriginal Artists
All grants offered by the BC Arts Council are available to Aboriginal artists.
Working with the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council, the BC Arts Council also supports grants to artists through the Aboriginal Arts Development Awards program.
The Aboriginal Arts Development Awards consists of four components:
- Aboriginal Arts Administrator and Cultural Manager Internships
- Emerging Individual Artists
- Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations
- Organizations
The program is for Aboriginal artists who have a demonstrated commitment to their artistic practice in any artistic discipline – visual, music, dance, theatre, literary or media, and including the contemporary practice of traditionally based forms. Applicants should have completed basic training in their field, demonstrated their commitment and be working to develop their activities to a professional level.
The Awards assist Aboriginal artists to advance their work and artistic skills through mentorships and training, to gain the recognition of their peers, to develop a history of public presentation and to devote more time to the creation of new work.
The awards program is part of a special First Peoples' Council Arts Program, which supports the rejuvenation and practice of traditionally based arts and culture practices, and the vitality of all forms of Aboriginal arts and culture with a specific focus on the province of B.C.