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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Hello all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">The BC Arts Council has two funding opportunities now open for eligible museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Arts Impact Grant program</span></b><span style="font-family:"BC Sans""> (grants of up to $30,000 for eligible organizations)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Deadline:  January 20, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Details available on our website: 
<a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/arts-impact-grant/">https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/arts-impact-grant/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Program Officer: Anissa Paulsen (<a href="mailto:Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca">Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca</a> or 236-478-2560)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Arts Infrastructure program</span></b><span style="font-family:"BC Sans""> (accepting applications in three different funding categories)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Deadline:  January 14, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Details available here:
<a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/arts-infrastructure-program/">https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/arts-infrastructure-program/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Program Officer:  Sarah Todd (<a href="mailto:Sarah.Todd@gov.bc.ca">Sarah.Todd@gov.bc.ca</a> or 236-478-2528)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Zoom information sessions related to these grant opportunities will soon be underway. The schedule will be shared as soon as it has been confirmed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">In the meanwhile, please reach out if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans"">Anissa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#1F4E79;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Anissa J. Paulsen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Program Officer for Museums & Indigenous Cultural Centres | Scholarship | Youth Engagement Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Phone: 236.478.2560 | Email:
<u><a href="mailto:Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca">Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca</a></u> | <u>
<a href="http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/"><span style="color:#404040">www.bcartscouncil.ca</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">800 Johnson Street | PO Box 9819 STN PROV GOVT | Victoria | BC | V8W 9W3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Main office:  (250) 356-1718 or reach us toll-free through Enquiry BC: 1-800-663-7867<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The BC Arts Council acknowledges it carries out its work on the traditional territories of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia. We pay our respects
 to the Elders, past and present, descendants and custodians of these lands. We honour the knowledge keepers and the continuing relationships with Indigenous peoples in BC that develop through our work together. The BC Arts Council is grateful to the
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">lək̓ʷəŋən<span style="color:#404040"> (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) ancestors and families, on whose traditional lands we operate our main offices.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk80781618"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";color:#C55A11;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">We are committed to supporting B.C.’s artists and cultural organizations through the pandemic. Up-to-date information is available on the
</span></a><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/funding/covid-19-updates-and-faq/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk80781618"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";color:#C55A11;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">COVID-19 Information and Support page</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk80781618"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk80781618"><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";color:#C55A11;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"BC Sans";color:#C55A11;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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