Arts Partners in Creative Development

Lucia Frangione in Nix, photo by Trudie Lee Photography

Funding support for the creation of exceptional BC art

Arts Partners in Creative Development (APCD) is a strategic investment partnership assisting BC organizations in creating and developing new works, with the intent of producing, presenting or exhibiting them at the highest standard.


Investment to build a legacy of arts and culture

Between 2007 and 2010, Arts Partners in Creative Development (APCD) is providing funding support to BC arts and cultural organizations developing works at the highest professional standards.

With an investment of $6.5 million over three years, APCD facilitates the creation of new work to showcase both locally and worldwide. Organizations may apply for arts program funding to create, commission and develop original work in the performing, visual, media or literary arts.

Partners who have contributed to APCD arts program funding include the Province of British Columbia, Canada Council for the Arts/Conseil des Arts du Canada, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Foundation, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and 2010 Legacies Now.

For more information on Arts Partners in Creative Development funding opportunities, please visit www.ArtsPartners.ca.