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Projects funded by Catalyst
Aboriginal Art & Culture Celebration Society
Project: Aboriginal Youth Theatre Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $22,200.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
The AACCS, in partnership with the Aboriginal Youth Theatre Project, will implement a year-long training arts program for youth with community support through an Aboriginal youth advisory committee. Through this program, youth will be trained in various theatrical genres leading to three community productions. In addition to teaching Aboriginal youth the value and richness of their artistic heritage, the project will also expand career options for participating youth.
Alibi Unplugged Script Reading Series Society, The (First Weekend Club)
Project: Talk Cinema Series
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $16,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Talk Cinema is a monthly screening series that will feature some of Canada’s finest feature films of the past and present. The project looks to address the gap that currently exists in the presentation of Canadian film among mainstream audiences. To deepen the audience’s engagement with the films, each screening will be followed by an open forum discussion with a variety of guests including filmmakers, critics, academics and more.
ArtStarts in Schools
Project: R&D for a Virtual ArtStarts Education Centre
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $17,900.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
ArtStarts in Schools will undertake the research and development of a Virtual ArtStarts Education Centre that will encourage higher levels of interactivity between the arts and education communities, house a repository of young people’s art and deliver professional development for artists and teachers across BC.
Artists for Kids Trust
Project: Fundraising & Organizational Assessment Consultancy
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $3,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Artist for Kids Trust will engage a consultant to define a strategy for diversifying the organization’s public and foundation funding base. As the organization readies itself for future expansion, the consultant will work to identify capacity building needs as well as an action plan to manage and support this future growth.
Arts Umbrella
Project: Re-Assessment & Implementation Plan for Arts Umbrella's Early Childhood Education Program
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,572.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
To better meet the community’s demand for its Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program, Arts Umbrella will engage outside consultants to develop a re-assessment and implementation plan. The plan will include a market analysis of the current ECE art program; a review of the relevancy and currency of the program; and strategies that focus specifically on curriculum and curriculum development.
Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop
Project: ACWW Children's Literature Legacy Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,900.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
ACWW will develop new audiences by launching a nation-wide Children’s Literature Promotion. This project will include the publication of selected story submissions written for children that focus on Asian-Canadian experiences. There is a significant lack of literature for children that promotes Asian narratives within the Canadian cultural context. Through this project, ACWW aims to create a legacy of identity, belonging and cultural pride for generations of Asian Canadians to come.
www.asiancanadianwritersworkshop.com
Association des francophones des Kootenays Ouest
Project: Cinémania, The Francophone space in 24 shots / second
Community: Nelson
Awarded: $14,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Cinémania will promote and disseminate French film by developing French 7eme art resources accessible to community members throughout the Kootenays. In addition, the Association will educate youth about French film and culture, and improve French language skills by developing Art Movie workshops throughout French Immersion secondary schools in the Kootenays.
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Project: Tyee Books Web site
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $12,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
In partnership with tyee.ca, the Association will develop a strong website focusing on BC books to review and discuss books and to connect readers, writers, publishers, booksellers and book lenders. This comprehensive, provincial resource will be a critical internet marketing lab for BC publishers, provide instruction and internships for SFU students, and create a template for regional online cultural journalism.
Ballet British Columbia
Project: Income development audit and financial review
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Ballet BC will secure the services of arts management consultant Dory Vanderhoof to carry out an income development audit and financial review to determine how better to maximize income streams from marketing and development programs. A thorough cash flow analysis will identify issues and challenges and determine what more can be done to stabilize company finances.
Battery Opera Performing Arts Society
Project: Financial management restructuring
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Battery Opera Performing Arts Society will hire accountant Carolyn Chan to provide financial consulting services over a period of 18 months between November 2007 and May 2009. The consultancy will help Battery Opera build capacity to make the transition from using out-of-house accounting/financial management services to having these managed by current staff in-house.
BC Interior Forestry Museum
Project: Detailed Program Development Plan
Community: Revelstoke
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
As the BC Interior Forestry Museum embarks on an expansion, they will undertake the development of a detailed program plan that will identify their needs as they move forward. The project will include the hiring of a research consultant who will prepare a thematic program development plan, and enable the Museum to better identify their audience, and improve fundraising, marketing and collections plans.
Bella Coola Valley Museum Society
Project: Bella Coola Museum Education Project
Community: Bella Coola
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Museum Society will begin an education program offered to students throughout the year. This initiative will involve the creation of an educational package used to teach students in grades 1-7 about the cultural history of the Bella Coola Valley. The Museum will use this initiative to develop local audiences to augment its established tourist market.
Burnaby Art Gallery
Project: BAG in a Box
Community: Burnaby
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
BAG in a Box is a regionally-based contemporary art education program that functions as a catalyst for the development of visual arts literacy in Lower Mainland schools. The program includes the creation of four distinct, themed art/social studies boxes that incorporate original artists’ work and related hands-on activities. Students will enjoy an enhanced learning experience and have the opportunity to meet and work with artists featured in the boxes.
Campbell River & District Museum & Archives Society
Project: Connecting Kids to Campbell River's History
Community: Campbell River
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: Jan-06
The Campbell River Museum’s goal with this initiative is to transform the image and accessibility of their programs toward attracting, engaging and educating younger visitors. By designing and marketing new, interactive, kid-friendly areas, the Museum hopes to strengthen the community’s assets and attractions, and to increase visitors to the museum in an effort to improve their financial sustainability.
Campbell River and District Public Art Gallery
Project: Sustainable Operations
Community: Campbell River
Awarded: $4,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: Jun-05
With 10 years of rapid growth in programming and participation, the Gallery will engage a consultant to assist in developing a plan to streamline current operations and garner increased funding to allow sustainable growth for 2007 and beyond.
Canada Ice Dance Theatre
Project: Manager Mentorship Program
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $3,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Canada Ice Dance will establish a professional management structure in which the successful candidate for a newly established administrative position will undertake a six-month mentorship with a senior arts producer. The mentorship will cover key organizational components, including planning and visioning, financial management and grant writing, and human resource issues.
Caravan Farm Theatre (Bill Miner Society for Cultural Advancement)
Project: Every citizen's right to culture: building a cultural community
Community: Armstrong
Awarded: $15,025.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
Caravan Farm Theatre proposes three education and outreach strategies to develop audiences in the communities of Armstrong and Spallumcheen. This pilot project will result in increased awareness and attendance at theatre productions, and enhanced opportunities for fundraising, sponsorship and municipal funding support. Activities will take place between November 2007 and September 2008.
Centennial Theatre Society
Project: Capacity building and business plan development
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Consultant Gavin Perryman will work with the society’s board and staff to develop a business plan and governance model. The development of a three-year business plan will allow the society to establish a broader vision for the Centennial Theatre and for performance arts presenting on the North Shore.
Central BC Railway and Forest Industry Museum Society
Project: All Aboard - a Marketing Plan
Community: Prince George
Awarded: $8,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Central BC Railway will work with a consultant to identify a marketing program to capture identified target audiences, including young families and senior couples outside the Prince George region.
Central Interior Regional Arts Council
Project: BC Cultural Alliance North Phase II: Founding the Organization
Community: Prince George
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Based on results of the BC Cultural Alliance North Feasibility Study undertaken in 2006, the Central Interior Regional Arts Council is looking to create a new non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of northern/central BC's 1,000-plus cultural assets and workers in the cultural, arts, heritage sector. Support from the Catalyst program will be used toward the development of a Business Plan for the start-up and sustainability of the new organization.
Central Interior Regional Arts Council (CIRAC)
Project: BCCAN Phase I: Assessing the Need for a Cultural Alliance in the North
Community: Prince George
Awarded: $14,800.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Starting in late 2005, CIRAC will assess the feasibility of creating the BC Cultural Alliance North (BCCAN), which would bring together the region’s cultural events, individuals and institutions. The project will focus on looking at the feasibility of creating a service orgzation for the region that would develop and coordinate cultural assets to enhance both the arts themselves and their contribution to tourism and the region’s economic health. The project is part of CIRAC’s commitment to long-term planning for arts and cultural activity.
Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver
Project: Capacity Building in Fundraising
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver is poised to undertake a long-term strategic planning process as it strives to meet a number of organizational challenges. The consultancy will focus on planning in three specific areas – fundraising, human resources and governance policies. Each area will also include coaching of staff, board and volunteers to ensure that long-term skills and knowledge remain with the organization.
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Project: Roots and Shoots Music Series
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $16,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
In partnership with Britannia World Music Society, the Chan Centre’s Roots and Shoots is a series of six musical performances featuring various forms of world music – from Japanese Taiko drumming to Zimbabwean marimba and First Nations’ music. The audience will be made up of music students from six participating schools in east Vancouver. The project is part of the Chan Centre’s ongoing commitment to develop and expand new audiences, as well as diversify the range of programs currently available.
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Project: Vancouver Special Artists Book Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Vancouver Special Artists Books Project will help the Gallery with audience development and marketing. It will consist of a series of books by local artists, a collection of music by Vancouver artists/musicians, an outdoor concert and a one-day symposium on artists’ books. This will be the first opportunity for the Gallery to become a self-publisher of international-quality publications by artists.
Chibi Taiko Association
Project: Hip-Hop Taiko
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $6,105.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Chibi Taiko is the first children’s Japanese drumming ensemble formed in Canada, with a mission to pass knowledge of this unique and dynamic performing art form to the next generation of Canadian youth. Chibi Taiko’s project will provide them with an opportunity to explore a mentorship and work with Bryan Yamami, one of North America’s up-and-coming taiko artists. The mentorship will expand the artistic range of Chibi Taiko by focusing on the blending of the traditional processes of drumming with contemporary hip-hop music.
Chor Leoni Men's Choir
Project: New database management system
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $2,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Chor Leoni Men's Choir will hire Blair Cresswell Consultants to help them create a new database management system. The new system will enable the organization to consolidate information and make it easily accessible for future programming and administrative activities.
CineVic: Society of Independent Filmmakers
Project: Developing the Artist Series
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Developing the Artist is a series of workshops, screenings and hands-on seminars for Vancouver Island filmmakers. The series will enhance the aesthetic choices and technical abilities of emerging and mid-career filmmakers and media artists. By focusing on artistic capacity building, CineVic hopes to develop a more highly skilled membership and community base, and assist filmmakers from Vancouver Island to attain a greater fluency in the business of filmmaking.
City of Kelowna (Life and Arts Festival)
Project: Shining a light on illuminArts
Community: Kelowna
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
The project will bring Dolly Hopkins of Public Dreams Society (Vancouver) to mentor the Life and Arts Festival team through training workshops, public workshops and staff consultations. Hopkins’ knowledge in the area of community celebrations, both artistic and organizational, will be of benefit for staff who would like to enhance the IlluminArts Lantern Celebration as a core component of the City’s annual festival.
City of Prince George
Project: Transforming Public Art
Community: Prince George
Awarded: $9,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The City of Prince George will work with the Prince George Arts Council in engaging a consultant to inventory the City’s current public art. Following the inventory, the City will undertake an extensive process to evaluate their exisiting public art program by engaging the public in examining and exploring new spaces, projects and funding for future public art projects.
Co. ERASGA Dance Society
Project: Mentorship: Business and Financial Practices using Computer Programs
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $3,240.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Co.ERASGA will work with a mentor to develop business and financial planning practices, using the latest computer applications and software.
Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
Project: Vancouver Jazz Heritage Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Since its founding in 1985 the CJBS has played an instrumental role in introducing and increasing the visibility of jazz throughout Vancouver venues and festivals. To coincide with its 20th anniversary, the CJBS is embarking on an archival project to document the diverse heritage of jazz and improvised music in Vancouver. Through this archive, CJBS will create a school curriculum for grades 8-12, involving students in research, development and implementation.
Comox Valley Community Arts Council
Project: North Central Island Arts and Culture Association
Community: Courtenay
Awarded: $9,150.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
To increase the area’s cultural tourism capacity, the Comox Valley Community Arts Council will form an association of small- to medium-sized arts and culture producers in North Central Vancouver Island to look at establishing agreed-upon standards for cultural products, and to combine resources for marketing and advocacy. The Arts Council will partner with local organizations in investigating the creation of a branding program, and inclusion in existing regional destination marketing programs.
Company ERASGA Dance Society
Project: Management practices consultancy
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,475.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Company ERASGA Dance Society will work with arts management consultant Adina Herling to improve the management practices of the organization and provide mentoring to Company ERASGA’s administrator.
Conseil Culturel et Artistique Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
Project: Strategic Planning for the 2010 Olympic Games
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $8,681.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Conseil Culturel will undertake a five year strategic planning process for its 15 member organizations, looking at providing opportunities for BC’s francophone community to maximize its visibility and capacity. The process will examine the francophone arts and culture sector, taking stock of its current gaps, obstacles and opportunities towards creating realistic and sustainable objectives for the next five years.
Contemporary Art Gallery
Project: Art Reach: Web-based Classroom Resources in Contemporary Art
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $13,600.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
In partnership with the BC Art Teachers Association (BCATA), the CAG will develop and implement a web-based outreach program that addresses the realm of Canadian contemporary art. The website will explore areas ranging from perception and communication to materials, context and design in an effort to deal with the current lack of resources available to visual arts teachers and their students in these areas. The project will also allow the CAG to foster strong links with the BCATA and develop new student audiences for the gallery.
Contemporary Art Gallery
Project: Guided Visits fostering Critically Engaged Dialogues with Art
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Over the last two years, the Contemporary Art Gallery has launched extensive new education and public programs. This project will involve implementing a new volunteer training program that can meet the increase in demand for guided gallery visits. Training will cover thematic issues such as representation, identity, authorship/authority, autonomy and community. These themes will be used across curriculum areas and in conjunction with a number of different exhibitions.
Coquitlam Place des Arts Society
Project: A Cultural Mapping of Coquitlam
Community: Coquitlam
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Coquitlam Place des Arts Society, in partnership with the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Place Maillardville, Mackin Heritage Home and Toy Museum and Societé Maillardville-Uni, will conduct market research to assess current levels of participation in the community, and to identify program and audience development opportunities, both individually and as a group. The project will include survey findings from patrons, facility users and residents, and will give the partners a better understanding of the growing and changing demands for cultural services in the community.
Creating Employment Through Art (CETA Coop)
Project: Enterprising Arts Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $12,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Creating Employment Through Art (CETA) will work with a consultant to go through an evaluation of social enterprise models that may be applicable to their existing programs. The consultant will assist in developing policies, procedures, guidelines and tools. The project will help CETA build its capacity to continue providing employment in the arts to marginalized individuals, creative and economic opportunities for professional artists, and excellence in visual arts activity.
Creston and District Historical and Museum Society
Project: Audience engagement and expansion
Community: Creston
Awarded: $2,600.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
The Creston Museum has established strong support among three segments of its audience including museum members, local schools and seniors. Through this project, they will engage in research to gain a clear understanding of the effectiveness of their current programs and develop strategies to better serve each of these audience segments.
Dance Centre Society, The
Project: BC Dances! Communities Discovering Dance
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The program will spearhead networks among dance creators, presenters, programmers and the community, enabling the whole of BC to experience the excitement and diversity of dance through a series of events in communities across BC. These events will culminate in International Dance Day 2006. This project aims to create sustainable partnerships among communities, presenters and dance artists, while contributing to the legacy and visibility of dance arts across the Lower Mainland and BC.
Dancers Dancing Dance Society
Project: Made in BC - Dance on Tour, spring tour to Nelson and Saltspring Island
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
As part of their inaugural tour to Nelson and Saltspring Island with Made in BC - Dance on Tour, Dancers Dancing will interact with these communities through a variety of outreach and audience development projects. In addition to performing evening concerts, they will do residencies and work with dance students in the schools and with adult contemporary dancers.
Eastside Culture Crawl Society
Project: Collector's Night
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $3,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Society will develop a contemporary art collectors seminar to provide information for a new collector, dispelling myths and mystiques surrounding the purchasing of art. Through this, the Society will develop stronger audiences and markets for the successful annual Culture Crawl.
Electric Company Theatre Society
Project: Collaborative operations management plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,100.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Theatre companies Electric Company, neworld, Boca del Lupo and Rumble Productions will engage arts consultant Ivan Habel to create an operations management plan for a new shared space that will house the partner organizations' administration offices, production and rehearsal spaces.
Eponymous Productions and Arts Society
Project: Start-up year for a Contemporary Dance Series at the Playhouse
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $30,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
Eponymous, in partnership with New Works, will re-establish a high-quality, international contemporary dance subscription series at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre to begin in the 2008-2009 season. Activities will include: the development of a definitive marketing approach for the series; building strong working relationships with local, national and international dance presenters; curating and contracting artists; and developing fundraising and outreach strategies and materials.
Eponymous Productions and Arts Society
Project: Contemporary Dance at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,400.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Eponymous Productions, in partnership with New Performance Works, will hire two consultants to undertake an environmental scan/needs assessment and feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of introducing a contemporary dance series at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre. The project is intended to address the lack of a large-scale contemporary dance presenter in Vancouver.
Film Cowichan/Cowichan Region Economic Development Commission
Project: The Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival: participant film makers and audience development
Community: Duncan
Awarded: $13,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Film Cowichan will undertake a strategic audience development project to expand the scope and reach of the Cowichan Aboriginal Film festival. Film Cowichan will identify and access professional, high-profile Aboriginal filmmakers from different countries, and ask them to enter their films into the Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival. In addition, Film Cowichan will research the target audience markets, identify audience growth strategies and develop a sponsorship strategy to provide ongoing support for key festival activities.
Firehall Theatre Society
Project: Website Re-Design and Capacity Upgrade
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $8,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Firehall Theatre Society will undertake an extensive re-design of its website to include an integrated content management system. The Firehall needs to increase its sales capacity and operate its in-house box office more efficiently to better serve its growing audience. In addition, the Firehall will launch its new logo, branding and signage as part of the re-design of the website.
First Pacific Theatre Society
Project: Developing Development
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $2,780.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
First Pacific Theatre Society will undertake skills training sessions for staff in the areas of fundraising and development for arts organizations. This project will help strengthen both the creative and organizational capacity of First Pacific by creating sustainable planning abilities.
Fort St. John Association for Community Living
Project: Fort St. John Players 2006: Expanding Audience Demographics in the North Peace
Community: Fort St. John
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Fort St. John Players is looking to expand its audience beyond traditional peer audiences to the community at large. To reach this goal, the organization will market its activities to service groups and city representatives, as well as undertake a three-show run at the North Peace Cultural Centre as part of Community Living Month in October 2006.
Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society
Project: "nchu7mut" Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $13,600.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Full Circle brings together Aboriginal artists, writers and performers to create interdisciplinary performances that express the reality of Aboriginal experiences. “Nchu7mut” will bring together Elders and leaders in Aboriginal culturally-based knowledge to present, share and exchange teachings and protocols. Through this project, Full Circle will create a new organizational model based on a clan structure that will carry this communal wisdom into its programming and organizational structures.
www.fullcircle.ca/touring.html
Gallery Gachet Society
Project: Art & Healing Capacity Building Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $8,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
The Art & Healing Capacity Building Initiative will support artists informed by mental health issues to develop and implement a peer-based training program. Workshops will be developed following a peer-training model, requiring participants to be involved in researching and developing curriculum, training modules and resource materials. Eight themes will be covered, including financial management, arts marketing, curatorial practice, membership and human resources. The project will not only advance the programming capacity of Gallery Gachet in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but also expand its role as a professional artist-run centre.
Green Thumb Theatre for Young People
Project: Kihada Works Design Inc.
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Green Thumb Theatre will engage a consultant for a re-branding initiative, providing the organization with a set of new marketing tools, including a new logo and an e-marketing strategy for school tours, main stage and a Schools in the Theatre program.
grunt gallery (Visible Arts Society)
Project: New methods of interpretation professional development/training
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Learning connections
Application Year: 2007
This new interpretive and education program is specifically intended to train community cultural workers to be able to act as an extended educational instructor team for the grunt gallery. Working in partnership with local school districts, the Urban Native Youth Association and the Broadway Youth Resource Society, the program aims to engage First Nations youth and youth at risk to be trained as part of the educational team.
Helen Pitt Gallery ARC, The
Project: The Arts Visibility Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $12,200.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Funds awarded through Catalyst will enable the Helen Pitt Gallery to hire a consultant to examine the gallery’s overall publications and marketing plan. The goal of the project is to increase the public visibility of the organization. This will be achieved through educating the gallery staff and board on audience development planning. As part of a long-term plan, the gallery would like to enhance its publication capabilities in order to produce a series of documentation materials and a year-end publication that will raise the profile of the Pitt Gallery and support audience outreach.
Heritage Federation of South-Eastern BC
Project: Heritage Profile Pages - Kootenay Rockies Heritage and Culture Guide
Community: Rossland
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The project, in partnership with Kootenay Rockies Tourism, will create a heritage resource publication to increase public awareness of the diversity of heritage resources and attractions in the southeastern region of British Columbia. Organizations of all sizes will have a profile page that will include information and images specific to each. The guide will be distributed through the extensive network of Kootenay Rockies Tourism, BC Tourist Information Centres, and in locations in Alberta and the Pacific Northwest.
Heritage Vancouver Society, The
Project: Developing Heritage Vancouver's Audiences and Markets
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Heritage Vancouver Society will hire a contractor to examine the organization’s current audience and market plans. In an effort to examine better means of serving existing audiences, as well as identify future growth opportunities, the contractor will also develop a comprehensive plan for future programs. The plan will identify future partnership opportunities with other heritage organizations, community groups, educational institutions and cultural tourism organizations.
I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society
Project: Vancouver Art and Economies
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
In partnership with Arsenal Pulp Press, Artspeak Gallery will produce Vancouver Art and Economies, a book that investigates Vancouver’s visual art and cultural history over the last decade and a half. An open forum will be held in October 2005, at which the writers will present their papers and engage in a dialogue with the audience. The project will disseminate histories and debates on Vancouver art to local, national and international audiences, and facilitate an increased depth and breadth of understanding of Vancouver’s diverse art practices, visual cultures and art systems.
InsideArt Cooperative
Project: Art Leasing Program
Community: Abbotsford
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
InsideArt Cooperative’s mandate is to market the fine crafts and artwork of its members to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency. The organization is interested in developing a marketing plan for leasing the artwork of its members, in order to generate additional revenue and retain an asset base. This marketing initiative will be based in Abbotsford but will cover the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley.
Intrepid Theatre Company Society
Project: Metro Studio Audience and Market Development Strategy
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $18,750.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Intrepid Theatre has worked with the Victoria Conservatory of Music to create and launch a much-needed venue for independent live performance in downtown Victoria. The Metro Studio will open officially in 2006. Intrepid Theatre will develop a strategic marketing and communications plan in support of the venue’s launch and ongoing programming. The implementation of the plan will lead to increased awareness and use of the facility by audiences and potential renters, and will ensure that the venue maintains a high profile throughout their forthcoming capital campaign.
Island Arts Centre Society
Project: Marketing and Human Resources Consultancy
Community: Salt Spring Island
Awarded: $3,087.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
The Society will work with two consultants to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the organization’s human resources and marketing capacity. The consultancies will involve all key personnel, and provide opportunities for community input and involvement. The Society will develop the organization’s efficiencies and capacities, and enhance their productivity and communication with the community.
Judith Marcuse Projects
Project: Youth Performing Group
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Judith Marcuse Projects will establish an apprentice program for new and emerging artists and administrators interested in working in community art practice. During the development and production of EARTH, a youth-directed performing group will have access to advice/mentorship, administrative resources, sharing of artistic practice, and creation, rehearsal and production space.
Karen Jamieson Dance Society
Project: The Karen Jamieson Dance Company - Legacy Project - Phase #1
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $14,200.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
In an effort to preserve an important part of Canadian dance history, this project will make available documentation on the seminal work of Karen Jamieson, a senior Canadian dance artist. Working from deteriorating video tapes, project participants will digitize and edit the vast and significant body of work of Karen Jamieson. The digitized material will be available through the company’s website as an educational and marketing tool.
Kelowna Community Music School Society
Project: Kelowna's Music School for the 21st Century
Community: Kelowna
Awarded: $9,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Kelowna’s Community Music School is currently faced with the challenge of enhancing and diversifying their programs while also looking at the viability of building or acquiring an expanded facility. Towards this end, the School will hire a consultant to work with the board and staff to prepare a five-year plan to shape the future of the organization. The plan will define the parameters for a new facility, as well as a schedule for fundraising and goals and timeframes for program development.
www.kelownacommunitymusicschool.ca
Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society
Project: Mentorship - Embracing today, planning for tomorrow
Community: Kelowna
Awarded: $19,200.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
KVPAC’s mission is to act as a catalyst for the creation, presentation and appreciation of the arts in Kelowna through the management and operation of the Rotary Centre for the Arts (RCA). As KVPAC moves to increase its organizational skills and capacity, they will embark on a mentorship program for staff by bringing in a series of consultants in the areas of marketing and fundraising. Through this mentorship, KVPAC hopes to increase its organizational strength by implementing new sponsorship and membership programs. KVPAC will share their learned expertise with local theatre companies by offering workshops in a variety of areas, including production planning, marketing and fundraising.
Kids Around the World Children's Museum Society
Project: Fundraising Plan & Support for the KAWCM
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $1,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Kids Around the World’s volunteer board and staff will work with a consultant to analyze their current business plan and to establish strategic priorities for the organization. Staff will receive training in key areas of fundraising and overall organizational governance.
Kootenay Cooperative Radio
Project: Volunteer Radio Programmer Training Project
Community: Nelson
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Kootenay Cooperative Radio will work with three consultants to help upgrade their training program for their numerous on-air and administrative volunteers.
Kootenay School of Writing
Project: Archives Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Kootenay School of Writing will undertake a project to stabilize the format of its substantial archives of BC poetry and make them available to the public through web-based technology.
Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College (KSA)
Project: KSA Alumni Exhibition
Community: Nelson
Awarded: $8,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Kootenay School of the Arts, in partnership with the Nelson Museum, Archives and Art Gallery (MAAG), will host three exhibitions at the new facility between March 16 and April 29, 2007. These exhibitions will feature the work of the institution's faculty, alumni and students graduating in 2007. The project is seen as a way to increase awareness of the successes of KSA graduates in order to increase enrollment in the institution's programs.
Langley Community Music School (LCMS)
Project: Policy and Governance Initiative
Community: Langley
Awarded: $2,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Langley Community Music School will work with two consultants on human resource policies and redefining organizationally-appropriate relationships between the Board and administration.
Live Biennale of Performance Art Society
Project: LIVE DVD Archive & Outreach Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $8,880.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Society will create a new archival DVD, compiling and presenting documentation from past and pending LIVE Biennial Festivals through audio commentary and video documentation. The project is intended as a primary audience creation tool, to be widely distributed to the public. The DVD will document the unique role that Vancouver’s art community has had in producing, presenting and nurturing performance art.
Malaspina Arts Society
Project: Bringing artists together in Powell River
Community: Powell River
Awarded: $3,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Malaspina Arts Society will work with a consultant to faciltate a one-day meeting that will identify the assets of the existing visual arts community in Powell River. This is the first step in identifying opportunities for collaboration and partnership in the region.
Mandala Arts and Culture Society
Project: Effective governance and best practices for long term stability and sustainability
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Mandala Arts and Culture will engage arts consultant Ursula Wohlfarth to work with staff and the board to develop a working plan that will establish a solid foundation for effective governance and best practices. This is part of a broader strategy to build organizational stability and sustainability over the long term. The consultant will work with the incoming general manager to plan the implementation of the best practices plan.
Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Project: Discovering BC's Studio Pottery Movement
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery will undertake the publication of the first book to highlight the legacy of BC’s Studio Pottery movement from the 1960s and 1970s. The project will bring together artists, historians, critics and curators in this important field of BC’s craft history. The book will be released in October 2007.
Mount Currie Band Council
Project: The Mount Currie Digital Storytelling Development Project
Community: Mount Currie
Awarded: $7,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
Mount Currie Band Council, in partnership with the Lil’wat First Nation, Xit’olawc Community School and the Ts’zil Learning Centre, will undertake a digital filmmaking program for Lil'wat youth and educators which will build the Lil’wat community’s capacity to tell their stories. The Band Council will send an initial group of teachers and students to participate in the Gulf Islands Film and Television School's (GIFTS) Spring Aboriginal Filmmaking Intensive. Then, utilising new media technology, the GIFTS graduates will be commissioned to create short films based on community stories.
Moving Pictures: Travelling Film Festival Society
Project: Developing Alternate Sources of Revenue to Keep New Programs "Moving"
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $2,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Moving Pictures wants to expand revenue sources to ensure the success of newly developed programs. To help them reach their goal, Moving Pictures will work with a consultant to identify new sources of revenue, develop a fundraising plan and train staff and board members on how to successfully implement these new fundraising strategies.
Music BC (Pacific Music Industry Association)
Project: Get Outta Town!
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $14,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Music BC will feature a touring concert series with performing artists from the Okanagan, Vancouver Island, Northern BC and the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley. Many performing artists have a hard time breaking out of their own town club/venue circuits. This project will introduce new artists to new areas in BC and will promote greater awareness of Music BC’s role as a facilitator, marketer and promoter.
Music in the Morning Concert Society (MITM)
Project: Music in the Morning podcasts
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
MITM will expand its public outreach by launching an ongoing series of educational podcasts for concerts and special events. These podcasts will offer listeners the chance to go behind the scenes with the artists and the artistic director. MITM’s podcasts will be a useful educational tool for schools, providing resources for music teachers and helping to develop younger audiences.
Musqueam First Nation
Project: Musqueam Nation Cultural Protection Plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $14,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Musqueam First Nation will develop a cultural protection plan based on legal expertise related to cultural property. The development of the plan will include extensive community consultations to determine culturally accepted parameters, as well as capacity-building workshops in the area of policy governance. The plan will ensure the protection of cultural assets, a key component for the new Musqueam Cultural Centre being developed.
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
Project: Regional Sport Hall of Fame Development
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
In 2003 the Nanaimo and District Museum was included in the development of a new convention centre by the City of Nanaimo. As part of this expansion, the Museum will undertake a process to design, develop and implement a regional Sports Hall of Fame. To facilitate this process, the Museum will hire a consultant to address the issues of resources, sustainability, governance, and marketing in order to produce a business plan to allow the Museum to move forward.
Nanaimo Festival Heritage Theatre Society (TheatreOne)
Project: Emerging Voices
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $3,225.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
TheatreOne's Emerging Voices project will consist of a series of staged readings of new Canadian plays presented in an interactive workshop format. The monthly readings are free to the public and are intended to establish a stronger relationship with existing audiences and the local community, and to attract new audiences.
Nelson and District Museum Society
Project: Nelson Museum Website Development Project
Community: Nelson
Awarded: $12,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
To coincide with the opening of Nelson’s new Museum and Art Gallery in the spring of 2006, the Nelson and District Museum Society will launch a new and sophisticated website. The new website will include information about the Museum’s programs and collection, as well as a comprehensive marketing and branding plan to attract visitors, members and sponsors. In addition, the organization’s staff will be trained in the maintenance and upkeep of the website, ensuring that the Museum can remain the cornerstone of the region’s cultural scene.
New Forms Media Society
Project: Designing A Development, Fundraising and Business Plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
New Forms would like to create a comprehensive, medium- to long-range business plan that focuses on developing organizational capacity. The plan will look at the marketing, financial, human resources, operations and artistic structures of the organization, in an effort to create long-term sustainable plans.
New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW)
Project: Website Redevelopment and Audience Development Plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
New Orchestra Workshop (NOW) will undertake an extensive website re-design in order to create a professional-looking website that can be updated by staff in-house. The new website will promote West Coast original music, musicians and composers through the implementation of a comprehensive marketing, branding and audience development plan.
New Performance Works
Project: Arts Administration Mentoring and Coaching Project (Pilot)
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $13,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
New Performance Works, in partnership with the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists and the Dance Centre, will undertake a training project whereby junior arts administrators will provide advice and support to dance artists around grant writing, contracting and budgeting. The junior administrators will have access to senior arts administrators for mentoring or coaching as required.
Norman Rothstein Theatre (Vancouver West Side Theatre Society)
Project: Building a More Effective Web Presence and Enhancing Marketing Potential
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Both the Norman Rothstein Theatre and the Chutzpah! Festival will revamp and re-design their websites. The two new websites will be harmonized with concurrent improvements in the ticketing, marketing and overall communications strategies of the two entities, allowing for more sophisticated and effective execution of these key strategies.
www.normanrothsteintheatre.com
North Vancouver Community Arts Council
Project: Arts Alive on the North Shore
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $16,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Eight arts and cultural organizations on the North Shore have joined together in an initial two-year common branding and marketing initiative to raise awareness of their collective and individual programming. Key compenents of the project will be a comprehensive marketing plan and a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign at key points.
Northern Dance Theatre Society
Project: Northern Dance Summer School
Community: Fort St. John
Awarded: $8,500.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
Northern Dance Theatre Society will expand their annual two-week summer school to include ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop. The project will bring higher-profile instructors from outside Fort St. John and expose dance students to a level of instruction not usually available in the region. In addition, the project will add musical theatre and acrobatics to the available classes.
Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres
Project: ARCpost Pilot
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
PAARC will develop and produce a pilot web-based publication entitled ARCpost. This publication will distribute documentation from the organization's InFest event that took place in Vancouver in October 2004. It will be developed by a contract ARCpost editor, in consultation with a steering committee and a research group.
Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society
Project: Creation Documentary and Audience Engagement Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $18,400.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Ballet BC will undertake an audience engagement project to document the creation of their newest ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire. They will also invite current and potential audience members and supporters to experience this creation through an online documentary on their website and in-theatre displays and educational activities throughout the 2005-06 season.
Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Project: A new look for the PBO
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Pacific Baroque Orchestra will work with a professional design and marketing firm to create a new public image and brand identity. This will be developed throughout the 2006-2007 season and will apply to future seasons for marketing and sponsorship development.
www.pacificbaroqueorchestra.com
Pink Ink Theatre Productions (AKA PI Theatre)
Project: Strategic Resource Development Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,100.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
PI Theatre will focus on fundraising and sponsorship development, and implement a newly-developed two-phase resource-building strategy that will assist in realizing the company’s financial needs and artistic and administrative objectives over the next four seasons.
Playhouse Theatre Company
Project: Tessitura: Phase Two
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $12,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Playhouse Theatre Company will hire a consultant, Blair Cresswell of ArtsThink Consulting, to implement phase two of the Tessitura Arts Enterprise Software System Project. Funding from Catalyst will be used to provide the Playhouse staff with specialized expertise necessary to utilize Tessitura, software that can assist with ticketing, marketing, development and fundraising. The project will also focus on the creation of legacy documents to ensure that all knowledge gained resides within the company.
Playhouse Theatre Company
Project: Playhouse Envoy Programme
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $0.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Playhouse plans to establish the Playhouse Envoy Programme, an audience development project designed to increase community engagement in the theatre’s creative activities. The goal is to strengthen their connection with their audiences and, in turn, develop new ones. The project will train high school drama students in the Playhouse productions, allowing them to deepen the relationship with audiences, improve visitor experience and engage patron loyalty.
Playwrights Theatre Centre Society (PTC)
Project: The Creation-to-Production Strategic Plan Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) will contract a skilled consultant to guide them through a strategic planning process. The goal of the project will be to develop strategies and tools to more effectively deliver PTC's mission to maximize production of new Canadian works in the national and international theatre community.
Port Moody Arts Centre Society
Project: Strategic Planning and Wearable Art Feasability
Community: Port Moody
Awarded: $3,500.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
The Port Moody Arts Centre will undertake research on the feasibility of creating a large scale Wearable Art Exhibition featuring 80 international artists (one from each participating country in the Olympics). To achieve this, the organization has identified two particular focuses: the creation of a workable strategic plan towards achieving this artistic goal, and methods of Board Development. This project looks at the connections between the organization’s artistic and administrative goals.
Presentation House Cultural Society
Project: Third Street Theatre Series
Community: North Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Third Street Theatre Series will help Presentation House Theatre transform from a roadhouse to a self-producing theatre company, thereby enabling the organization to take artistic control of its own programming. The funds will help to support two of the three plays in the first subscription series and help them begin the transition to become the only professional theatre company in North Vancouver.
Procter Community Society
Project: Kootenay Storytelling Series
Community: Procter
Awarded: $3,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Procter Community Society intends to build on the success of its longstanding summer storytelling festival by organizing a pilot storytelling series. The expansion will occur through the introduction of a winter storytelling event, held in the regional centre of Nelson. In addition, the Society will undertake an extensive webpage re-design, including online ticketing, to attract web-researched cultural tourism. The project is part of the Society’s audience growth and engagement strategy for 2006/2007.
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Society
Project: Private Sector Fund Development Consultancy
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
A consultant will be contracted by PuSh to assist in the development of a private sector fundraising strategy and action plan for the organization. With staff and the board of the directors, the consultant will go through an in-depth planning process and provide expertise and tools to improve the PuSh Festival Society's financial sustainability. In addition, the project allows for mentoring of staff in the creation of various fundraising templates and administrative systems.
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Society
Project: PuSh Festival Targeted Expansion Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $16,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
The PuSh Festival Targeted Expansion Project seeks to grow the capacity of the existing festival in two distinct ways. The first tier of the proposal will allow the organization to expand its artistic capacity by presenting music, making the festival truly multidisciplinary. The second tier will establish an annual three-day arts marketplace and networking event featuring panels and discussions to support BC’s touring capacity.
Queen Charlotte Islands Arts Council
Project: Art Route
Community: Queen Charlotte City
Awarded: $2,665.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Art Route will provide information on the more than 40 artists and artisans, both native and non-native, on Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands. By connecting visitors and Islanders with the diversity of local artists, Arts Route will simultaneously create networks, stimulate the visibility of the local arts, and connect the artistic sector with the successful tourism sector on the Islands.
Realwheels Theatre Society
Project: Artistic Producer Training Program
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
James Sanders will be trained to fully assume the role of Artistic Producer of the Realwheels Society through a partnership with Cynthia Reid of Electric Company Theatre, and in consultation with Katrina Dunn of Touchstone Theatre and Norman Armour of the PuSh Festival. The partnership and consultancy will coincide with the presentation of Realwheels' inaugural project, Skydive, as part of the PuSh Festival in 2007.
Richmond Art Gallery Association
Project: Organizational development plan and document
Community: Richmond
Awarded: $4,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
The Richmond Art Gallery Association will hire and work with a consultant in November/December 2007. The intended outcome will be a three-year organizational development plan articulating staff, volunteer, board and municipal relationships, roles and procedures as they relate to the redefinition of the senior director/curator staff positions and resulting organizational growth.
Ripple Effect Arts and Literature Society (REAL)
Project: Wordscapes re-branding project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
REAL will transform its current annual anthology into a new literary magazine entitled Wordscapes Youth Arts Journal, which will include fiction, poetry and essays by professional B.C. authors alongside teen writers. The new journal will target a youth audience, and is intended to strengthen existing relationships with educators and literary artists.
Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society ("Lagoon Society")
Project: The Natural World - An Artist's Celebration
Community: Madeira Park
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
In partnership with the Sunshine Coast Arts Council, the Lagoon Society will host an Art Meets Nature Celebration from April to September 2007 at the Iris Griffith Interpretative Centre. To deepen understanding of artistic expression related to the natural environment, artists-in-residence working onsite will provide arts workshops for centre visitors.
Rumble Production Society
Project: Integrated Capacity Building Initiative
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Rumble Production Society will undertake a capacity building project to address opportunities for the next phase of the organization’s growth. In particular, the project will focus on marketing and fund development by contracting someone with expertise in these areas. Goals and outcomes for the project were developed through in-depth planning and the recommendations of a recently completed three-year business plan.
Runaway Moon Theatre Arts Society
Project: By the River
Community: Enderby
Awarded: $16,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Runaway Moon Theatre Arts Society creates collaborative theatre projects that bring artists and the public together to promote appreciation and participation in the arts. “By the River” is a cross-cultural community theatrical celebration of water and the river that will take place on the banks of the Shuswap River on August 1, 2005. The project will see the creation of “The Institute of Spectacle,” an innovative mentorship program that will bring artists to work with the local community on the production. Through this mentorship, artistic and organizational knowledge will be shared with the public, increasing the overall artistic capacity of this small, rural town. In addition, the visiting artists will gain valuable experience in community arts practice and become valuable members of The Institute of Spectacle.
See Seven Performing Arts Society
Project: See Seven Strategic & Business Plans
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,250.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
See Seven Performing Arts Society will engage a consultant to assess staffing needs as well as potential touring and service organization opportunities. The assessment will be used to write strategic and business plans to expand the scope of the successful See Seven model.
Seniors' Research Group of Chinese Opera and Music
Project: Stage Presence, Singing and Instrumentation Workshops
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $3,500.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Seniors' Research Group will hire professionally trained performers to train members of the organization and members of the community in three elements of the Beijing Opera. The organization is experiencing the effects of an aging membership, and is looking toward long-term audience development planning. The project seeks to improve the artistic range of the existing members, attract new members and preserve the legacy of the Beijing Opera in the local community.
Shameless Hussy Society Productions
Project: Developing Audiences and Markets for SpinGirl
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $2,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Shameless Hussy will take an existing theatre production and develop it into a production suitable for high school audiences. It is part of the organization’s commitment to expand their audiences and develop new markets.
Shuswap Theatre Society
Project: Shuswap Summer Theatre
Community: Salmon Arm
Awarded: $19,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
Shuswap Summer Theatre is a semi-professional summer pilot production that will launch the establishment of a regular, self-sustaining, professional or semi-professional summer stage at Shuswap Theatre featuring the celebration of Canadian plays.
Siska Indian Band (Bridging the Canyons)
Project: Heritage Canyon Learning Program
Community: Lytton
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Siska Indian Band will develop a program that will share and preserve traditional knowledge through an innovative project focusing on the arts, language and culture of the people of the Fraser and Thompson Canyons. The Band will create a series of courses designed around local traditional knowledge and culture in the areas of wild foods, dance, arts and crafts, survival, cultural awareness and traditional living. The courses will be available to individuals, schools and adult education programs within and outside of the community.
Society for Disability Arts and Culture
Project: Capacity Building Towards 2010 and Beyond
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $11,535.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
S4DAC will undertake the design and delivery of a needs assessment and organizational model analysis, as well as a five-year strategic planning process. These activities will help S4DAC to enhance their capacity to respond to the needs of their constituency. The project will also enable them to create sustainable organizational and artistic plans that will ultimately lead to a more cohesive disability culture network in BC.
Solo Collective Theatre
Project: Strategic Planning & Managed Growth Mentorship
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $3,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
The Strategic Planning and Managed Growth Mentorship is a 12-month mentorship for staff of Solo Collective, who will have weekly meetings with Pi Theatre General Manager Tammy Isaacson to build capacity in administration and financial management and plan for the company’s growth over the next three seasons.
South Island Musical Theatre Society (SIMC)
Project: Developing an audience and marketing resource strategy for SIMC
Community: Duncan
Awarded: $2,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
South Island Musical Theatre Society will computerize its sales and marketing functions by creating a database that will be a central repository for information on existing audience members, past members, educational institutions and community groups. The database will become a tool for attracting new audiences and reaching newcomers to the community.
Story Theatre Company, The
Project: CD Rom Resource Guide
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
The Story Theatre Company will create an interactive CD-ROM Resource Guide on the topic of bullying to enhance their production of “Hey Bully, Bully” for elementary schools in British Columbia. The guide is intended to act either as a complement to their production, or as a stand-alone resource for teachers dealing with the ongoing problem of bullying.
Switzmalph Cultural Society (SCS)
Project: Business Plan Development for the Shuswap Centre
Community: Salmon Arm
Awarded: $10,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Switzmalph Cultural Society (SCS) will develop a Business Plan for the Shuswap Centre. The comprehensive document will describe operational and financial objectives, including detailed plans and budgets showing how objectives will be realized. The goal of the plan is to provide the SCS with concrete steps to develop the Centre, and it will be used to communicate the importance and viability of the Centre to the arts sector, funding agencies, lenders and target markets.
Theatre BC
Project: Audience Development Initiative
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $12,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Theatre BC will engage two consultants to provide its 80 member clubs with audience development software, processes and management practices. The project will include piloting two clubs over six months and creating documents and policies related to these audience-development tools. The initiative has the potential to yield a long-term audience development legacy of great value to the theatre arts throughout BC.
Theatre North West Society
Project: Design Mentorship Project
Community: Prince George
Awarded: $8,500.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Theatre North West is one of the largest performing arts organizations in northern BC. The 14-week Design Mentorship Project will increase TNW’s staff involvement in the entire process of set design – from creative concept to production. The knowledge gained will stay with the organization as it expands its future options in exploring new materials and practices in set design.
Tluu Xaada Naay Society
Project: Making Haida History
Community: Masset
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Tluu Xaada Naay Society is a non-profit organization in Old Masset, BC that serves to encourage the development of Haida arts and culture in visual, written, vocal, dance, traditional and modern forms. As part of the programming for its new longhouse, the organization will create an audio and visual presentation that will act as an introduction to their dance, story and song performances that focus on the cultural history of Haida Gwaii.
Touchstone Theatre
Project: Marketing & Audience Development Plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,450.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The marketing and audience development plan is a two-phase research and strategic planning project. The first phase will involve mapping and analyzing the organization’s current audiences. Following this, a consultant will work with the general manager to develop new marketing and audience development strategies in an effort to combat declining sales and strengthen the company’s ratio of earned revenue.
Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation
Project: Archiving
Community: Tumbler Ridge
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation will acquire the knowledge of an archivist to properly prepare and store collected documents, articles, photographs, etc., and to teach Foundation volunteers correct archival procedures so they may continue the process into the future.
Turning Point Ensemble
Project: From self-management to professional administration: a blueprint for long-term success
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,500.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Turning Point Ensemble will engage an arts consultant to create a legacy document that will serve as a blueprint for the transition from self-managed administration to professional administration.
UBC Museum of Anthropology
Project: Feasibility Study for New Asian Wing at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Museum of Anthropology will hire a consultant to undertake a feasibility study for a new Asian Wing to better display, store and study the museum's extensive collection of Asian material. This wing would be a valuable resource for British Columbia's many Asian communities.
Vancouver Adapted Music Society
Project: VAMS on WHEELS
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $12,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The VAMS on WHEELS CD is a community-based project involving 10 of Canada’s most talented musicians with disabilities. They will be involved in the production of the VAMS compilation CD, recording one or two songs each in a professional recording environment. VAMS’ musicians will create networks, have a professional recording of their music and demonstrate to the community how integral their art is to mainstream culture.
Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
Project: Maintaining Diversity in Theatre: Visible Communities & Audiences Underserved
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
VACT will undergo an extensive organizational assessment to help it develop from an emerging arts/cultural/heritage organization (existing from project to project) to an established organization with planned seasons of productions and operations. VACT will partner with established local theatre companies to acquire skills and knowledge that will hlep them in producing Asian Canadian productions for a growing and diverse target audience.
Vancouver East Cultural Centre (VECC)
Project: Renewing the VECC brand
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
The Vancouver East Cultural Centre will review and re-design their brand in collaboration with communications and web design consultants. A new organizational brand identity will be implemented for all marketing materials. With their impending capital expansion, VECC’s new and improved brand will reflect their expanded presence in Vancouver’s cultural community.
Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Project: Preserving the Past by Building for the Future - A Strategic Plan for the Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
Following the recommendations made in an internal organizational assessment, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation's (VHF) board of directors and staff will undertake a strategic planning project during the spring and summer of 2006 that will guide VHF activities and fundraising over the next three years.
www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org
Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra
Project: Music of the Whole World
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $4,100.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra will present a six-part educational series on intercultural music at the Vancouver Public Library. The aim of the series is to develop a dedicated audience for intercultural music and to educate people through guided listening, live performances and study materials, all free of charge.
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Project: Financial Sustainability Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $7,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2005
Centre A will work with a consultant to teach fundraising skills to staff and board members. The project will deliver four outcomes: a fundraising plan, a board/staff fundraising workshop, a capital campaign feasibility study and a case for support.
Vancouver International Writers Festival
Project: Vancouver Writes
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $2,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Vancouver Writes is a brand new project for the organization. It will be an interactive evening of wordplay and music, bringing aspiring writers and readers together to produce instant literature. Aspiring writers will have the rare opportunity to work closely with professional writers. The evening will also feature readings by some of the writers in residence. This project will be one of the highlights of the new winter festival on Granville Island - Winterruption.
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society
Project: Show on the Road
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $12,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
From its central Nanaimo base, the Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society will tour its International Children's Festival to more effectively reach young audiences throughout Vancouver Island. This first stop will be Greater Victoria (South Island) in 2007. If successful, 2008 plans will include a further tour extension to the North Island.
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society
Project: Marketing on rural communities
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $7,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society will hire consulting services to design their marketing and fundraising strategies. These strategies will reach over 35 communities throughout the Island.
Vancouver Island Symphony
Project: Soaring with the Vancouver Island Symphony to new places
Community: Nanaimo
Awarded: $7,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
The Vancouver Island Symphony, a professional orchestra based in Nanaimo, will present for the first time educational and public performances in Campbell River and Duncan, BC in 2006, as part of a new audience development effort for the VI Symphony. This will be an opportunity for students in these communities to see a live symphony orchestra, something rarely available to them.
Vancouver Moving Theatre
Project: The Shadows Project: Addiction and Recovery
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2006
The Shadows Project will develop Vancouver Moving Theatre's artistic and organizational capacity by creating an arts-based cultural development methodology that responds to the community's need for a theatrical platform to address community issues. The project will provide training and employment opportunities for the Downtown Eastside community's emerging theatre practitioners, and will culminate in a professional production.
www.vancouvermovingtheatre.com
Vancouver Moving Theatre Society
Project: Downtown Eastside Community Development Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $13,100.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
Vancouver Moving Theatre Society and the Carnegie Community Centre are partnering on a new and innovative arts-based community development project that focuses on themes of addiction and recovery. Funds from 2010 Legacies Now will support the research and development phase, including partnership-building, community outreach, training workshops and story research.
www.vancouvermovingtheatre.com
Vancouver Multicultural Society
Project: Vancouver Diversity Festival
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Following the success of 2005’s Vancouver Diversity Festival, the Society will expand this innovative event that aims to incorporate Vancouver’s mono-ethnic festivals into one setting. The 2nd Annual Vancouver Diversity Festival will be a weekend of activities featuring the best in cultural shows, business exhibitions, food-tasting from restaurants and ethnic outlets, and world entertainment.
Vancouver Museum
Project: Strategic planning
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/consultancy
Application Year: 2007
Recognizing it is currently at a crossroads, the Vancouver Museum will develop a five-year strategic plan. The plan is intended to establish a renewed identity and focus for the organization, and will include the development of a new vision and brand that will lead the Vancouver Museum through the next decade.
Vancouver Opera
Project: First Nations-infused touring production of Mozart's The Magic Flute
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
Vancouver Opera is creating a new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, designed by a team of First Nations artists and professional theatre designers. To complement this, the Vancouver Opera will create a touring production and curriculum study guide that will reach schools throughout the province, including members of the Association of First Nations Schools, which have not previously had access to touring productions of this kind.
Vancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society
Project: Audience Development Assessment Project
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
Vancouver Out on Screen Film and Video Society will work with a consultant on an audience development assessment toward developing a long-term audience development plan. The goal is to increase their capacity and transform into a year-round presenter of queer cultural programs.
Vancouver Recital Society
Project: Inaugural 5 - Year Strategic Plan
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $6,750.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Vancouver Recital Society will work with a consultant to develop a long-range strategic plan for the organization. The plan will be developed with strong staff and board participation, and will focus on all aspects of governance and programming ,including priorities, funding and growth strategies, and development. The plan will also include an evaluation of board and staff roles and responsibilities, as well as a leadership succession plan.
Vancouver Symphony Society
Project: Implementing Innovation - Training for Tessitura
Community: Vancouver
Awarded: $20,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Vancouver Symphony Society will engage the services of a Vancouver-based IT consultant to train and mentor staff on Tessitura, an integrated software system for fundraising, marketing and ticketing.
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society
Project: Strategic Plan Initiative
Community: Vernon
Awarded: $5,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society will undertake a strategic plan and create a policy manual with consultant Lydia Marston-Blaauw. The plan will look at the growth of the Society, and the steps needed to make it successful and sustainable.
Vicious Circle (Whistler Writers Group), The
Project: Writers' Studio and Retreat
Community: Whistler
Awarded: $7,458.00
Program sub-category: Artistic/Organisational
Application Year: 2005
The Vicious Circle, in partnership with Simon Fraser University, Tourism Whistler, the Whistler Arts Council and the Municipality of Whistler, will run a week-long pilot Writer’s Residency Program that will match 18 emerging writers with four professional writers/instructors.
Vicious Circle (Whistler's Writers Collective), The
Project: Whistler Writers Festival and Retreat 2006
Community: Whistler
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2006
The Vicious Circle (Whistler’s Writers Collective), in partnership with Tourism Whistler, the Whistler Arts Council, the Whistler Public Library and the Municipality of Whistler, will run the second annual four-day Writers Residency Program in Whistler. This program matches 18 emerging writers with three professional writers/instructors. In addition, the organization will develop a reading series, open to the public, featuring both local and established professional writers.
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Project: (Independent) School Formation Feasibility Study - Julliard of the West
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $6,000.00
Program sub-category: Mentorship/Consultancy
Application Year: 2006
The Victoria Conservatory of Music will hire a consultant to determine the feasibility of launching an independent school. This will include looking at the benefits to students, the community and to the organization's sustainability. In addition, there will be an assessment of needs, industry trend analysis, economic impact analysis, identification of political/community issues, competition/opportunity analysis, project risk assessment and a review of organizational capacity and readiness.
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival
Project: Flash Frame Festival
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $10,500.00
Program sub-category: Audience/Markets
Application Year: 2005
Flash Frame is a three-day festival for youth aged 7-16 that will expand their understanding of media arts. The purpose of the festival is to expand young people's access to, and understanding of, films that project and strengthen the Canadian identity by reinforcing multicultural and diverse perspectives. The project will allow the festival to expand to new markets and audiences.
Victoria Symphony
Project: Arts Legacies Guide
Community: Victoria
Awarded: $15,000.00
Program sub-category: Audience/markets
Application Year: 2007
Victoria Symphony, in partnership with the Art Gallery of Victoria, Belfry Theatre, Pacific Opera Victoria and Victoria Conservatory of Music, will create the Arts Legacies Guide. The guide and companion website will be part of an awareness and capacity-building campaign specifically targeted to an audience of key decision makers. The comprehensive guide will be distributed to wills and estates lawyers, financial advisors and other planned giving professionals to use as a resource for advising their clients on gifts for arts organizations on Vancouver Island.
Wen Wei Dance Society
Project: Worksho