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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Microgrant Program
Open for IntakeJune 30, 2020Individual Arts Awards
The Microgrant Pilot Program is intended to support professional artists and cultural practitioners in B.C. to adapt either an existing work or their professional practice to respond to emergent needs or changes in the arts and culture sector. The goal -
Early Career Development
Open for IntakeJuly 15, 2020Project Assistance
Supports early career practitioners to develop their practice through internship, cohort, residency, and mentorship opportunities. -
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.
Recently Passed Deadlines
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Operating Assistance
Supports a sustained artistic and editorial program by organizations that includes any form of artistic expression or social, cultural or intellectual commentary or inquiry through regular publication in print or electronic form. -
Operating Assistance
Supports organizations that provide comprehensive programs of specialized training for professional artists and cultural workers or for those who are committed to pursuing professional careers in the arts. -
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 organizations on operating assistance with flexible, responsive funding for capacity-building projects. -
July 2, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports arts and cultural organizations undertake significant strategic projects to address artistic and organizational opportunities and challenges. -
September 30, 2019
Operating Assistance
Supports BC service organizations that provide a range of services to an established membership base comprised of allied arts organizations in BC. -
September 30, 2019
Operating Assistance
Supports book publishers committed to developing and promoting Canadian writers through publishing works of literary, artistic or cultural importance for the general public. -
September 30, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports organizations on operating assistance with flexible, responsive funding for capacity-building projects. -
October 15, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports book publishers committed to developing and promoting Canadian writers to publish up to three eligible titles in the proposed year. -
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 15, 2019
Project Assistance
Supports arts and cultural organizations to hire students for professional work experience through co-op placement and work-integrated learning programs. -
January 15, 2020
Project Assistance
Supports organizations taking innovative and inspiring approaches to actively engaging British Columbia’s young people with arts and culture programming as participants, makers, or audiences. -
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 -
May 15, 2020
Project Assistance
Supports projects that develop and extend the practice and understanding of arts-based community development through the processes of creating new work, producing events, or developing resource materials for arts-based community development practitioners. -
May 15, 2020
Individual Arts Awards
Supports BC residents with full-time arts training costs after they finish secondary school. -
May 30, 2020
Project Assistance
Supports projects which assist with special training activities and the development of recognized arts and cultural training programs and organizations. -
May 30, 2020
Project Assistance
Supports the development, enrichment and creation of new or unique public programming in the literary arts. -
May 30, 2020
Project Assistance
Supports the development, enrichment and creation of new or unique projects by BC-based arts periodicals and associated public programming. -
May 31, 2020
Project Assistance
To help with the impacts of COVID-19, organizations who have received at least one BC Arts Council project assistance grant in the past three years within eligible programs can apply for a one-time grant of $5000.