Innovations

Innovations invests in BC arts, cultural and heritage organizations wishing to create new opportunities for community members to participate in arts and cultural activities.

The Innovations program provides funding for projects undertaken by BC arts, culture and heritage organizations, alone or in partnership, to create new opportunities for communities to engage in arts and cultural activity for a sustained period of time.

Innovations funding recipients 2008
View the news release and factsheet in PDF.

The Innovations program addresses the following objectives:

• To increase community engagement in creative activities
• To strengthen the arts sector’s ability to build artistic excellence
• To strengthen the arts sector’s ability to establish strategic alliances

The next application deadline for Innovations is September 29, 2009.


Funding is available in two categories:

A. Creative Ventures

This program category supports projects that expand the range of arts and cultural activity available in a community by presenting or producing new events and exhibitions.

B. Engaging Communities

This program category supports projects and activities that involve artists and cultural workers sharing their knowledge, experience and best practices with community members, resulting in a public presentation of collectively developed work.

For more information, please contact Arts Now:

Email: Arts(at)2010LegaciesNow.com
Phone: 778-327-5160
Toll Free: 1-866-427-2010

On Catalyst and Innovations

October 2008 eligible Innovations applicants

Innovations Advisory Panelists

Catalyst and Innovations review

The Opera Comes to Powell River

Vancouver youth raise awareness of homelessness through art

Fish Camp helps bring Aboriginal history to life