Are you an artist living or working in the Downtown Eastside?
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is a hotbed of creativity, but many emerging artists in this neighbourhood lack the financial means to take their work to the next level.
Vancouver Foundation created the Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants Program, in partnership with the Carnegie Community Centre, to provide downtown eastside emerging artists with small grants to support and showcase their work.
Applications are now closed, applications will open mid October to the end of November 2019.
The Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants program is intended to support emerging artists from the Downtown Eastside with an idea for an original art project.
Individuals Grants
Individual grants range from $500 to $1,000, and are designed to support a single artist to develop their skills and showcase their work. A grant is money we give you to help make art - you don’t need to pay the money back.
Your art can range from painting, music, theatre, writing, photography, pottery, textiles, jewellery making, carving, animation, dance, mixed-media, performance, video and more.
Group Project Grants
Group project grants range from $1,000 to $4,000, and are designed to support a group of artists to collaborate in making and showcasing art. We plan to support up to three group projects this year, and each group may have a maximum of four artists.
The budget for a group project may not exceed $1,000 per individual for groups of 2 to 4 and up to a maximum of $4,000 total for groups of 4. The total grant awarded will be divided and distributed equally among the artists collaborating within a group. Some examples of a group project could include a live performance, a group exhibition, or a video production.