Arts Impact Alberta From the AFA

ARTS IMPACT ALBERTA - RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM THE ARTS SECTOR

The Alberta Foundation of the Arts (AFA) is proud to announce the release of Arts Impact Alberta: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector, a five-year summary of the impacts and activities of the organizations that receive operational funding from the AFA. Arts Impact: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector demonstrates the positive and powerful contributions arts organizations make to Albertans’ quality of life. These contributions are reflected in a variety of important ways: simply put, the arts matter to Albertans; the arts matter to volunteers; and, the arts matter to the economy. The AFA believes the arts sector plays an integral role in Alberta’s cultural fabric; Arts Impact Alberta: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector begins to tell the story of the passionate, committed and productive nature of the arts sector. Please download the full or teaser versions of the report; share the report with the people in your community and in doing so, tell the story of how important the arts sector is to Alberta's cultural fabric!

Read more at http://affta.ab.ca/Arts-In-Alberta/AFA-News/Arts-Impact-Alberta-Ripple-Effects-from-the-Arts-Sector 

For more information about the AFA and their initiatives, please visit www.affta.ab.ca

Wood Buffalo Big Spirit Grant Program

Big Spirit has announced a new funding mechanism available to community groups.  The Wood Buffalo Big Spirit (WBBS) Grant program will help to foster artistic growth, sporting excellence and economic development. Funding is provided by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo but applications are evaluated by the WBBS Committee whose 10 members are representative of the community at large.

These grants, which can be up to $10,000, are available to incorporated/registered non-profit organizations or registered charitable organizations (or those sponsored by such) located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Funds can only be used to further an applicant’s non-profit ventures and may not be used for operational or capital purposes. The WBBS grant program is designed to support new or enhanced community and cultural projects with an end goal of project self-sufficiency.

The grant program offers two annual deadlines; April 30th and August 19th, 2014.  

For questions, please contact grants@bigspirit.ca  

For grant application guidelines, application forms and more information, please visit www.bigspirit.ca/grantprogram