The BC Arts Council is doling out just over $1.8 million in funding to every corner of the province, except Prince George.
Peter Thompson, Managing Director at Two Rivers’ Gallery surprised PG was left out, saying it all depends on which organizations apply for funding and when in the year they send in their paperwork.
“It isn’t the sort of funding that is annual funding,” he says. “It is for specific, special projects, so it depends on whether an organization is planning that kind of project”
Thompson says organizations ask for Arts Council funding when they have a special project to get off the ground, such as their recent “Maker Lab”.
He says Arts Council funding is different from gaming grants for ongoing projects, while the council is special, because those funds are awarded from a jury of their peers.
“It’s very competitive ,” he says. “We get different streams of funding from the BC Arts Council, which is special-project funding, but they also give us annual, ongoing funding.”
Thompson says the gallery often gets over $60,000 of annual funding from the Arts Council.
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