Spreading the wealth: numerous Nelson artists, culture groups nail down funding
By Nelson Daily Editor
Nelson Poetry Slam, Horsefly Magazine and Oxygen Art Centre were some of the Nelson groups that were successful in landing one of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance arts and culture grants.
Of the 133 arts, culture and heritage projects — including the Nelson and District Arts Council — received a total of $555,000 in funding support for the 2011–2012 season through the Alliance (CKCA), in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).
“This year the choices were the toughest we have ever made, as the number of applications continues to grow,” said Jacquie Hamilton, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance chair.
See listing below for the Nelson and area artists and groups that managed to secure funding for their projects.
CKCA administers and manages arts, culture and heritage program funding on behalf of CBT. Funding applications were adjudicated in May by the CKCA steering committee, with input from community arts councils.
Support will go toward a wide range of projects, including individual and group projects, master classes, major exhibitions and heritage capital projects.
CKCA funding helps individuals and organizations realize heritage projects and projects in all arts disciplines, including visual art, theatre, music, dance, media, literature and inter-arts.
Arts projects funded include:
Nelson
Nelson Poetry Slam: Samuel Stevenson $1,350
Embodiment – Sculptural Exploration: Leah Weinstein $1,400
First Contact: Nelson History Theatre Society $2,500
Heart Lab Presents – Re: Surface: Bradley Smith $2,000
Horsefly Literary Magazine: Horsefly Literary Magazine $2,000
River Lines- Faces of Displacement: K. Medig & E. Neilsen $2,500
North Kootenay Lake
A Creative Nature: Lardeau Valley Opportunity Links Soc. $650
Children’s Art Workshop: Eliza Fry $1,400
Colours of the Kootenays – Felted Coats: Elisa Shine $900
Drawing Nature In: Susan VanRooy $2,300
Framing History: Lardeau Valley Historical Society $750
In the Shadows – Rainforests of WK: Shelley Ross $1,700
Summer Piano Intensive: Jane Ballantyne $1,000
Castlegar
Col. Basin Aboriginal Youth Dance: Jessica Morin $1,200
David Thompson Bicentennial Recog.: Duff Sutherland $2,350
Heritage Photo Costumes: Kootenay Doukhobour Hist. $2,000
Life & Legacy of Edward Mahon: Walter O. Volovsek $1,180
Slocan Lake
4 Art Wkshps – Figure Drawing : New Denver Life Drawing $500
Creative Kootenay Kids Camp: Slocan Lake Gallery Soc. $1,900
Dreidls and Demons: Carla Nemiroff $1,500
Fashion and Design Show: Emily Barber $700
Grass Roots Art Show: Slocan Lake Gallery Society $675
Greenstone Rising: Andrea Wright $750
Local Musicians Concert Series: Hidden Garden Gallery $750
Music for Young Children: Valhalla Summer School Fine Arts $500
Rails to Trails Watercolours II: Donna Hicks $450
Shades of Loud Recording Project: Jonathan Buttle $2,500
Slocan Valley
Frog Peak Sunday Market: Alina Skiba $1,300
History of Slocan Loggers Sports: Stuart MacCuaig $2,700
Vital Gesture: Rabia Gonzalez $500
Touring grants
Beyond the Batholith: On the Road: Arin Fay (Kaslo) $3,000
Deck – Pilot Co Pilot Theatre Lucas Myers (Nelson) $3,000
Drink from the Trees Tour: Dominique Fraissard (New Denver) $3,000
Into the Mystic Dance Production: Soul Fire Dance (Slocan Valley) $3,000
Mentoring arts grants
Develop Samba Essentials: Moving Mosaic Samba Band (Nelson) $1,600
Mentoring, heritage grants
Heritage Clothing-Ivan Sayers: Nelson Museum and Gallery Society $1,000
Organizational development grants
Arts and Heritage Umbrella: North Kootenay Lake Arts Council (Kaslo) $1,750
Online Arts Education Project: Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson) $3,850
Rebuilding NDAC: Nelson & Dist. Arts Council (Nelson) $6,000
Major project, arts grants
Bird Woman: Deborah Thompson (Nelson) $9,000
Khaos the Opera – Implementation: Amy Ferguson Inst. (Nelson) $9,000
Wormwonder: Susan Andrews Grace (Nelson) $9,000
Major project, heritage grants
Heritage Scan – Lardeau Valley: L. Cannon & D. Borsos $9,000
High Muck a Muck – Phase 1 Research: Oxygen (Nelson) $9,000
Home Children in the Columbia Basin: Art Joyce (New Denver) $9,000
Images of Sinixt Culture: Leslie Savage $9,000
Major capital, heritage grants
Anscomb Wheelhouse Rest.: Balfour Bus. & Hist. Assn. $20,000
Floor Renovation: Silverton Gallery $5,000
Replica Original Doors: Langham Cultural Society $15,613
Security System Upgrade: Kootenay Lake Historical Soc. $9,500
Electrical Upgrade – St. Saviours Pro. Cathedral (Nelson) $10,000
Heritage innovation grants
High Muck a Muck – Phase 1 Curatorial: Oxygen (Nelson) $4,000
JB Fletcher Store Exhibition: JB Fletcher Restoration Society (Ainsworth) $4,000
Monitor Hull Elevations SS Moyie: Kootenay Lk Hist. Society (Kaslo) $3,200
Schoolhouse Web Presence: Ymir Arts & Museum Soc. $3,000
Settlement in Slocan Valley: Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society $4,000
