Culture Quest
Highlights
This program is designed for Yukon-based businesses like yours in the performing, visual, and literary arts. It offers up to $10,000 per fiscal year to support your artistic projects. This funding can help you grow and develop your creative capacity, explore cultural heritage, and prepare your work for national or international stages.
Why apply?
- Financial Support: Up to $10,000 per year.
- Growth Opportunities: Enhance your creation, performance, or presentation capabilities.
- Cultural Connection: Develop projects that tie contemporary art to cultural heritage.
- Exposure: Prepare your work for broader audiences.
What’s in it for you?
- Flexible Financing: Unlike other loans, this grant does not need to be repaid.
- Professional Review: Applications are reviewed by a committee of cultural professionals.
- Ease of Application: Simple steps to apply and clear deadlines.
Being approved for this program can significantly boost your business by providing the financial resources and professional support needed to elevate your artistic endeavors. The eligibility criteria are straightforward, making it accessible for qualified applicants.
Financing Details
Type of Financing: Grant
Eligible Expenses:
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit expression of art related to cultural practices.
- Growth and development of creation, performance, or presenting capacity in the cultural sector.
- Projects exploring and developing ties between contemporary art and cultural heritage or history.
- Preparation of work for national or international stages.
Use of Funds:
- Funds can be used for the creation, performance, or presentation of artistic projects.
- Funds cannot be used for operational expenses or projects that do not significantly explore new approaches or activities.
Fees:
- There are no fees associated with applying for or receiving this grant.
Qualifications
- Must be Yukon-based.
Eligible applicants include:
- Groups
- Organizations
- Businesses
- Residents (a person who has lived in the Yukon for a minimum of 1 year)
Disqualifications:
- A person under the age of 16
- Organizations that receive Arts Operating Funds, unless the proposed project explores significantly new approaches or activities
- Applicants who have outstanding reports for any previous Yukon government arts funding
- Applicants whose submission to this program is incomplete
Description
This program offers your business up to $10,000 per year to support performing, visual, and literary arts. This funding can help you grow and develop your artistic projects, whether you are creating, performing, or presenting.
Use the money to:
- Express First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultural practices through art.
- Develop and improve your artistic skills and capacity.
- Create projects that connect contemporary art with cultural heritage or history.
- Prepare your work for national or international stages.
This funding is a grant, so you do not need to pay it back. It’s an excellent opportunity to enhance your business’s artistic endeavors and reach a wider audience.
Program Steps
Download the Application Form and Guidelines: Visit the official website to download the application form and guidelines. This will help you understand the requirements and ensure you have all the necessary information.
Contact an Arts Advisor: Reach out to an arts advisor to discuss your project. You can email [email protected] or call 867-667-3535 for guidance.
Prepare Documentation: Gather the required documents to support your application. These include:
- Completed application form
- Project description
- Budget plan
- Proof of Yukon residency (if applicable)
- Any additional supporting materials relevant to your project
Complete the Application Form: Fill out the application form with accurate and detailed information about your project. Ensure all sections are completed.
Submit Your Application: You can submit your completed application and supporting documents in one of the following ways:
- In person: 100 Hanson Street, Whitehorse, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Email: [email protected]
- Fax: 867-393-6456
- Mail:
Government of Yukon
Arts Fund (L-3)
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2C6
Wait for Notification: A selection committee will review your application. You will receive a notification of the results in writing within 8 weeks.
Meet Application Deadlines: Ensure your application is submitted before 4:30 pm on the deadline dates: January 15, April 15, or September 15. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, submit by 4:30 pm the next business day.