RELEASE: 2023-24 Community Arts Program grants announced
Jan 30, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2023-24 Community Arts Program grants announced
January 30, 2025 (St. John’s, NL) – ArtsNL has awarded $100,914 in grants to 24 community arts organizations and groups from across the province through its Community Arts Program (CAP).
The program offers funding to not-for-profit, community-based arts organizations and groups to support projects related to arts workshops, productions, presentations, new creations, adjudicator fees, artists fees, and travel costs.
“The Community Arts Program supports initiatives that bring people together,” said Melanie Martin, Executive Director of ArtsNL. “These organizations undertake activities that inspire connection, promote creativity, and foster a shared sense of belonging. They strengthen the culture of communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.”
The successful applicants for 2023-24 are:
St. John’s Northwest Rotary Music Festival | $4,750 |
CALOS Youth Orchestras | $4,750 |
Mummers Festival Incorporated | $4,750 |
Suzuki Talent Education Program | $4,750 |
NL Sketch Comedy Festival | $4,750 |
Shakespeare by the Sea Festival Inc. | $4,500 |
Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl | $4,500 |
Unpossible NL | $4,500 |
The King’s Point Theatre Project | $4,500 |
Stella’s Circle Inclusion Choir | $4,320 |
Bay St. George Folk Arts Council | $4,500 |
Botanical Art Society | $4,500 |
Spectrum Queer Choir | $4,500 |
Burin Folk Arts Council Corporation | $2,255 |
Drag is Art Hub Inc. | $4,500 |
Northern Lights Theatre Company | $4,500 |
St. John’s Players | $3,600 |
Art Association of Newfoundland & Labrador | $4,500 |
Pouch Cove Public Art Committee Inc. | $4,500 |
Queer Craft Club NL | $1,361 |
The Cloud Factory Artist Run Centre | $4,365 |
Twilight 50+ Club | $3,276 |
St. John’s African Roots Festival Inc. | $4,237 |
Friends of Victoria Park | $4,250 |
The next deadline is Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Media enquiries:
Charlene Jackson
Communications Officer
(709) 726-2212 ext. 3
charlene@artsnl.ca
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (ArtsNL) is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of no fewer than 9 and no more than 11 members appointed by government. At least 7 members must be artists or arts administrators, and one member is appointed to represent the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation (non-voting). ArtsNL receives an annual allocation of $5.3 million from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sectors. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film and video, literary arts, multidisciplinary arts, music and sound, theatre and performing arts, and visual arts.
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