Thursday, February 11, 2010

ARTS SECTOR RECEIVES $3.4 MILLION FROM BC ARTS COUNCIL

VICTORIA – Artists and arts organizations in communities across British Columbia are receiving more than $3.4 million in BC Arts Council grants, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger announced today. "The arts are an important social and economic force in communities across the province,” said Krueger. “These grants provide operating support for B.C. arts organizations and councils, as well as funding for arts festivals and the creation of new work by individual artists.” The council will award 298 grants to individual artists and arts and cultural organizations representing a range of disciplines including music, visual arts, literature, theatre and dance.

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