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BC Arts Council’s Arts Circulation and Touring Grant Closes May 1, 2024
Arts Circulation and Touring at the BC Arts Council supports eligible arts and culture organizations, collectives and individuals with circulation and touring activities both within British Columbia and outside of the province. Grants received in this program are intended to enhance professional and artistic opportunities and exposure of B.C. artists, collectives, and arts organizations regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Assistance through this program is available to arts and culture organizations, collectives and to individual art practitioners through three categories outlined below.
Grants are not available through this program to support projects that are solely or primarily focused on the creation or development of new works or programming, or for self-directed or produced activities.
Category 1: Outbound Activity
The circulation and touring of artistic and cultural works originating from the applicant to specific venues or events inside or outside of British Columbia.
Category 2: Inbound Activity
The hosting, presentation, and circulation of artistic and cultural performances, exhibitions, and works originating inside or outside of the province to specific venues or events held in British Columbia by the applicant.
Category 3: Digitization and Translation (pilot category)
The digitization of artistic and cultural works for the purposes of dissemination to and access by the identified communities the applicant serves.
OR
The translation of literary, dramatic, other written artistic works, critical arts writing, or public programming materials originally created by B.C. artists, arts practitioners, and arts and culture organizations, for the purposes of publication, presentation, or greater access by the identified communities the applicant serves.
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