Grant Programs
The grant programs offered through the BC Arts Council are listed below. The search bar at the top of the page can be used to filter the programs by applicant type, discipline or program type. You can also sort the list by program title or deadline.
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Scholarship Awards
Open for IntakeMay 15, 2020Individual Arts Awards
Supports BC residents with full-time arts training costs after they finish secondary school. -
Project Assistance: Professional Dance
Open for IntakeMay 30, 2020Project Assistance
Supports initiatives in the development, creation, production and/or live performance of classical, experimental, original, traditional and contemporary art forms from all world cultures. -
Project Assistance: Professional Music
Open for IntakeMay 30, 2020Project Assistance
Supports initiatives in the development, creation, production and/or live performance of classical, experimental, original, traditional and contemporary art forms from all world cultures. -
Project Assistance: Professional Theatre
Open for IntakeMay 30, 2020Project Assistance
Supports initiatives in the development, creation, production and/or live performance of classical, experimental, original, traditional and contemporary art forms from all world cultures. -
Professional Development - August Intake
Open for IntakeAugust 1, 2020Project Assistance
Supports professional artists and arts & culture professionals to take advantage of opportunities which require travel or to undertake specific learning activities to advance their practice or career. -
Touring Initiatives - August Intake
Open for IntakeAugust 1, 2020Project Assistance
Supports touring activities outside the province that will lead to enhanced professional opportunities.
Recently Passed Deadlines
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Project Assistance
Supports professional artists and arts & culture professionals to take advantage of opportunities which require travel or to undertake specific learning activities to advance their practice or career. -
Project Assistance
Supports touring activities outside the province that will lead to enhanced professional opportunities. -
May 31, 2019
Individual Arts Awards
Supports independent professional media artists to create specific projects. -
June 15, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports early career practitioners to develop their practice through internship, cohort, residency, and mentorship opportunities. -
September 15, 2019
Individual Arts Awards
Supports professional writers with specific creative writing projects. -
November 15, 2019
Individual Arts Awards
Supports professional visual artists, craft artists and independent critics or curators to create specific projects in their discipline. -
December 1, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports professional artists and arts & culture professionals to take advantage of opportunities which require travel or to undertake specific learning activities to advance their practice or career. -
December 1, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports touring activities outside the province that will lead to enhanced professional opportunities. -
March 8, 2020
Project Assistance
The In-Province Arts Touring & Circulation Project Assistance Pilot Program supports the circulation and exposure of B.C. art and artists within B.C. Awards under this program are intended to support opportunities for arts organizations, independent artists, and collectives, groups or