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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">The BC Arts Council is pleased to announce that the
<b>Project Assistance grant opportunity for Museums, Indigenous Cultural Centres and Visual Arts Organizations</b> is now open!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">We now have two intakes per year. The deadlines for submission are May 31, 2022 and October 15, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">The program guidelines for the Spring intake are on our website (click on the links below). If you have any questions please contact the program advisor for your area:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans""><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/museums-indigenous-cultural-centres/">Project Assistance: Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres | BC Arts Council</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">Program Advisor: Anissa Paulsen – Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans""><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/project-assistance-visual-arts-organizations/">Project Assistance: Visual Arts Organizations | BC Arts Council</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">Program Advisor: Sheryl Jones – Sheryl.Jones@gov.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">Anissa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#1F4E79">Anissa J. Paulsen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040">Program Advisor - Indigenous Cultural Centres | Museums | Scholarship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040">BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040">Phone: 236.478.2560 | Email:
<u><a href="mailto:Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca</span></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 lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F">Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F">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 lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F">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 lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040">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 lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans"">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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