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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