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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.

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