Back to SearchThe City of Burlington is launching the Burlington Arts and Culture Fund (BACF), an annual program that provides grants to local artists, multicultural groups and arts and culture organizations to foster creativity and enrich how Burlington residents experience and engage with arts and culture.
Applications will be accepted until Feb. 28, 2018 and will fund projects from April 2018 to April 2019. Successful grant applicants will be announced at the end of March 2018.
To be eligible for BACF funding, applicants must be located in Burlington and must be:
- An incorporated non-profit arts and culture organization, or;
- A charitable arts and culture organization, an individual artist, an arts and cultural collective or a multicultural group.
Grants will be evaluated in part by a peer assessment jury for artistic merit and by city staff for program merit and strategic initiative, citywide and community impact and economic impact. A committee of local arts and cultural professionals and the Arts and Culture Council of Burlington (ACCOB), supported by city staff, have worked together to develop this arts and culture support program.
Anyone interested in learning more about this opportunity and the application process is encouraged to join staff and arts and culture professionals for an information session on:
Date: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: City Hall, 426 Brant St. Room 247
Applications can be completed and submitted online at burlington.ca/artsandculturefund.
For more information, contact Angela Paparizo, Manager of Arts and Culture, 905-335-7600, ext. 7352 or email angela.paparizo@burlington.ca.
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Quotes
Mary Lou Tanner, Deputy City Manager
“This grant will provide ongoing support and encourage the development of a variety of arts and cultural activities, adding vibrancy to the city. The benefits of a program like this have endless possibilities from intercultural understanding to friendship and removing cultural barriers to neighbourhood beautification.”
Angela Paparizo, Manager, Arts and Culture
“The City of Burlington’s Arts and Culture Fund will foster creativity at all levels and enrich how Burlington residents engage with the arts and culture. It is important that diverse identities, perspectives, languages, cultures and various artistic practices be recognized, experienced and supported.”
Tim Park, President of the Board of Arts and Culture Council of Burlington
“This is a fantastic opportunity for local arts and cultural groups, individual artists and members of Burlington's various cultural communities to present their talents to the residents of Burlington. Burlington is home to a large creative and culturally diverse community, which will greatly benefit from this new arts and culture initiative by the City of Burlington.”
Links and Resources
Burlington.ca/artsandculturefund
Burlington.ca/culture
Submission form link
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