Current & Past Funding Recipients
2012 Operating Grant Recipients
| Art Gallery of Greater Victoria | $435,000 |
| Atomic Vaudeville | $20,000 |
| Aventa Ensemble | $13,500 |
| Ballet Victoria | $30,000 |
| Belfry Theatre | $201,000 |
| Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre | $26,700 |
| Cinevic | $17,500 |
| Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria | $21,000 |
| Dance Victoria | $46,000 |
| Deluge Contemporary Art | $35,000 |
| Early Music Society | $10,000 |
| Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival | $10,000 |
| Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra | $8,000 |
| Intrepid Theatre | $87,000 |
| Kaleidoscope Theatre | $53,000 |
| Media Net | $15,000 |
| Open Space | $74,000 |
| Pacific Opera Victoria | $215,000 |
| Palm Court Orchestra | $5,000 |
| Puente Theatre | $18,000 |
| Story Theatre | $38,000 |
| Suddenly Dance Theatre | $17,000 |
| Theatre Inconnu | $22,000 |
| Theatre SKAM | $34,000 |
| Victoria Children's Choir | $8,500 |
| Victoria Conservatory of Music | $55,000 |
| Victoria Film Festival | $26,000 |
| Victoria Jazz Society | $54,000 |
| Victoria Operatic Society | $27,000 |
| Victoria Symphony | $380,000 |
| VIVA Choirs | $13,500 |
| Xchanges Artists' Gallery | $15,000 |
| Total | $2,030,700 |
2012 Project Grant Recipients:
Project Grant Awards January 2012 |
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| BC Accordion Society
To support the 6th Annual Victoria Accordion Festival which will be a lead up to Victoria hosting the world's biggest accordion event, the Coupe Mondiale, in 2013. |
$4000 |
| CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble
To support the production of Brahms German Requiem, a major choral work featuring a mix of professional and amateur singers and musicians, in the Christ Church Cathedral. |
$2,000 |
| Civic Orchestra of Victoria
To support a concert featuring new compositions by young composers, to be complemented by master classes for students. |
$2,500 |
| Eine Kleine Summer Music
To support development of a website for a well-respected, local music ensemble, to develop its capacity to reach audiences and promote its events. |
$1,500 |
| Ensemble Laude Choral Society
To support the commissioning of a new choral work in French specifically for women's voices, by well-known, local composer Nicholas Fairbanks. |
$1,400 |
| Fifty Fifty Arts Collective (The)
To support a 10 week session working with youth in the Burnside Gorge Community Centre, to provide practical skills in visual arts and professional development, at the same time building a body of work for those interested in future study and a career in the arts. |
$2,300 |
| Galiano Ensemble
To support the production of a concert featuring three works by Robert Volkman, Robert Fuchs & Julius Klengel, that are rarely performed, presented by the Lafayette and Emily Carr String Quartets, and young musicians from UVic. |
$3,300 |
| Island String Players
To support a series of annual concerts on Canada and BC Days by "Raven Baroque", featuring student players. The ensemble performs 80% of the concerts in outdoor locations, dressed in period costumes. |
$7,000 |
| Lower Island Folk Festival
To support the second year's production of a three day music festival showcasing folk/roots music. |
$5,000 |
| Metchosin Arts & Culture Centre Assn
To support the administrative and production costs of the grand opening of the Metchosin Arts and Cultural Centre. |
$5,000 |
| Passion for Tango
To support a three day festival featuring local, national and international live performances in tango music and dance. |
$4,500 |
| Slide Room Gallery
To support an exhibition of emerging artists focusing on the theme of Victoria's "back spaces". |
$2,000 |
| Target Theatre Society
To support a seniors theatre group in the development of a new play. Target Theatre focusses on issues relating to a senior demographic. |
$4,000 |
| The Other Guys Theatre Co.
To support the development and initial performance of a new opera based on the life story of Francis Rattenbury. |
$7,000 |
| Victoria BC SKA Society
To support the 13th annual SKA music festival. |
$10,000 |
| Victoria Gilbert & Sullivan Society
To support a production of HMS Pinafore.. |
$3,500 |
| Victoria International Buskers Festival Society
To support the production and technical costs associated with the second annual International Buskers Festival. |
$9,000 |
| Victoria Philharmonic Choir
To support a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor for choir, orchestra and four vocal soloists. |
$7,000 |
| Victoria Shakespeare Society
To support the annual Shakespeare Festival presented on the grounds of Camosun College. |
$10,000 |
| Victoria Summer Music Festival Society
To support a summer chamber music concert featuring three distinguished musicians, William Preucil, Eric Kim and Arthur Rowe. |
$3,000 |
| Vox Humana
To support the premiere performance of Ivan Moody's Passion and Resurrection, a choral oratorio featuring choir, string quintet, bells and three vocal soloists. |
$3,000 |
Project Grant Awards May 2012 |
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Deadline May 4, 2012 |
IDEA Grant Awards March 2012 |
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| Chief & Petty Officers' Assn Band
To support acquisitions of music for renewal of the Band's library. |
$1,000 |
| Dogwood Initiative
To support the first annual Creatively United for the Planet Festival an arts and cultural event to be held during Earth Week. |
$1,500 |
| Esquimalt Lantern Festival
To support the production of this community festival and lantern parade. |
$1,500 |
| Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
To support the 2nd annual Children's Harvest Festival in October. |
$1,500 |
| Music for Youth Works Society
To support the Music Explorers program which provides children in the community with free weekly workshops by trained music mentors. |
$1,280 |
IDEA Grant Awards May 2012 |
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| Deadline May 4, 2012.
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