Columbia Basin Trust: AIC & Creative Spark Columbia Basin In 2015, Columbia Basin Trust through the Kootenay Columbia Cultural Alliance supported Artists in the Classroom grants, disbursing $14,000 to support professional artists working with students in schools in BC’s Columbia Basin region. artstarts.com/aic
In addition, a new grant was launched called Neighbourhood Small Grants: Creative Spark. This new opportunity provides grants of up to $1,000 and supports professional artists in all disciplines living and working in the Columbia Basin region to engage young people in schools and communities in arts-based projects.
Eileen Madison Primary (Invermere)
$3,611
ArtStarts disbursed a total of $10,975 in Creative Spark grants to artists, which reached 381 young people.
Nakusp Elementary (Nakusp)
$2,340
Blewett Elementary (Nelson)
$1,515
artstarts.com/creativesparkcolumbiabasin
Elkford Secondary (Elkford)
$2,226
Kootenay Orchards Elementary (Cranbrook) $2,310 T M Roberts Elementary (Cranbrook)
$1,998
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