This program provides up to $20,000 to non-profit arts and cultural organizations to access or deliver learning opportunities that will build and strengthen skills, knowledge, relationships and experience in order to enhance organizational, sectoral or individual arts and leadership practices.
Key dates
Applications open in VanApply | Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
Applications due | Rolling intake |
Project start dates | January to December 2023 |
Who can apply
- Artists and cultural leaders who identify as:
- xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Urban Indigenous
- Black or of African descent
- People of Colour
- Deaf/deaf, Hard of Hearing
- Living with a disability/disabled people
- LGBTQ2+ and gender diverse
- Arts and culture organizations’ leaders, artists and staff that wish to build their pathways to becoming more equitable
- Individual artists and cultural leaders may apply via a sponsor non-profit arts and cultural organization
How to apply
Read the 2023 information guide PDF file (202 KB)
Contact a cultural planner to discuss your eligibility, access the online application form, and, benefit from valuable advice:
Aliyah Amarshi
Cultural Planner
aliyah.amarshi@vancouver.ca
604-829-9876
Cherryl Masters
Cultural Planner
cherryl.masters@vancouver.ca
604-871-6498
Joyce Rosario
Cultural Planner
joyce.rosario@vancouver.ca
604-707-5483