Building Communities through Arts & Heritage

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program was created to help Canadians celebrate their home community, its past and its present. The program will increase opportunities, through festivals or other events and activities, for local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.

Eligible events and activities must be local—created by and for the particular community. They must be open and accessible to the public and strongly encourage and promote the participation of everyone in the community.

The Program has two components;

Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

Community Historical Anniversaries Programming

One-time commemoration through festivals or other activities that celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event. The new guide, application form and interactive budget is available on the website.

Next deadline applications:

Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
April 30, 2009: Festivals starting between September 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010.

Community Historical Anniversaries--Programming
April 30, 2009: Events starting between January 1 and December 31, 2010
And exceptionally in 2009: events starting between September 1 and December 31, 2009.

For more information on the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program, visit http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/dcap-bcah/index-eng.cfm.

For assistance with the funding application, contact Canadian Heritage or the RuralBC Secretariat.