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April 11, 2007
 
$56,500 IN AWARDS FOR BC ARTISTS AND ARTISANS NOW AVAILABLE
2007 Visual Arts Development Awards applications released

The eleventh annual Visual Arts Development Awards (VADA) is now underway. The Awards assist British Columbia’s emerging or mid-career visual artists and artisans. The initiative is to encourage the development of new skills and techniques. Grants range in size from $3,000 to $5,000. Deadline for receipt of completed applications is Friday, June 29th at 6 p.m.

This award is for emerging or mid-career visual artists and artisans who want to explore a new technique or process that will further their practice and artistic development. Last year, 14 visual artists and artisans from across the province received awards. Their projects included: travelling to Iran to learn skills and techniques of traditional Persian miniature painting; mentoring with a Chilkat weaver to connect the processes of dovetailing, interlocking and drawstring to recreate a full Chillkat dance apron. Learning the fundamentals of garment conception, construction and alteration; learning how to use a Focused Ion Beam to produce work with gallium and other substrates; a self-directed program to learn the linocut printmaking process to incorporate cutting and printing into 2D works; and learning digital technologies such as basic editing, titling, graphics, digitizing video and production methods.

Read more details over the jump!

BC visual artists and artisans from all cultures working in traditional or contemporary methods or mediums are eligible. VADA offers opportunities for non-institutional learning – to learn from a senior artist, mentor or elder, or in a self-guided program of study. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of merit and quality of their proposals. Visual artists and artisans who are at a stage in their careers where they would truly benefit from this exploration are strongly encouraged to apply.

VADA was initiated and is funded by the Vancouver Foundation and is administered by the Contemporary Art Gallery.

Applications can be downloaded from http://www.vada-awards.org/ or picked up at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver at 555 Nelson Street.

For further information contact vada at contemporaryartgallery dot ca or 604.681.2700.

The CAG will hold a VADA grant-writing workshop at the gallery on Friday, April 27th at 6pm.
Space is limited so please confirm your attendance by calling 604.681.2700 or emailing vada at contemporaryartgallery dot ca

Contemporary Art Gallery

555 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC

V6B 2R5

T 604.681.2700

F 604.683.2710
E vada at contemporaryartgallery dot ca
W  http://www.vada-awards.org/

VADA FUNDER:  Vancouver Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening communities across British Columbia. As Canada’s largest community foundation, it manages more than $585 million in endowment funds and distributes more than $26 million in income to non-profit groups for community projects.

In considering applications for funding, Vancouver Foundation relies on the expertise of more than 140 community leaders who volunteer their time to assess grant applications in each of our ten areas of funding: animal welfare; arts and culture; children, youth and families; disability supports for employment fund; education; environment; four pillars fund; health and social development; medical research and services and youth philanthropy.
For more information please visit http://www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca/
VADA ADMINISTRATOR: The Contemporary Art Gallery is a non-profit public art gallery dedicated to the research, exhibition, documentation and education about visual art as it is practiced locally, nationally and internationally. It strives to generate significant local audiences for its activities and exhibitions, and a profile that is international in scope. The gallery’s exhibitions and programs explore and record the fluid transformations of artistic practices as they are shaped by social forces. The Contemporary Art Gallery fosters dialogue, connection and new understandings of collective meanings and values.

For more information please visit http://www.contemporaryartgallery.ca

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