$5.7 MILLION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Grants through the BC Arts Renaissance Fund are going to support 64 different arts and culture organizations for a total of $5.7 million for arts endowment funds.

Abbotsford

Matsqui Sumas Abbotsford Museum Society $36,674.11

Armstrong

Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Arts Society $20,500.00

Britannia Beach

Britannia Beach Historical Society $71,258.00

Comox Valley

Sid Williams Theatre Society $143,500.00

Coquitlam

Coastal Sound Music Academy $20,500.00

Coquitlam Place des Arts Society $12,300.00

Evergreen Cultural Centre Society $20,723.86

Cranbrook

Friends of Fort Steele Society $22,581.98

Hornby Island

Hornby Island Arts Council $17,220.82

Kamloops

Kamloops Art Gallery $6,510.80

Kamloops Symphony Society $15,901.58

Western Canada Theatre Company Society $9,732.40

Kelowna

Kelowna Art Gallery Association $8,200.00

Kelowna Museums Society $16,851.39

Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society $9,430.00

Okanagan Symphony Society $12,710.00

Langley

Langley Community Music School Society $287,000.00

Nanaimo

Assembly of British Columbia Arts Councils $71,014.46

The Port Theatre Society $106,600.00

Nelson

Nelson and District Museum Society $22,778.78

North Vancouver

Gordon & Marion Smith Foundation $155,800.00

Osoyoos

Osoyoos Museum Society $49,200.00

Prince George

Central B.C. Railway and Forest Industry Museum Society $17,208.52

Revelstoke

Revelstoke and District Historical Association $8528.00

Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society $15,665.28

Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm Museum and Heritage Association $8,200.00

Shuswap Art Gallery Association $9,847.38

Salt Spring Island

Island Arts Centre Society $8,200.00

Sechelt

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts $20,500.00

Surrey

Surrey Art Gallery Association $16,400.00

Vancouver

Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society $246,000.00

Bard on the Beach Theatre Society $12,188.46

British Columbia Film Foundation $205,000.00

Children's Arts Umbrella Association $287,000.00

Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver $82,000.00

Chor Leoni Men's Choir $29,594.62

Crafts Association of BC $20,500.00

Friends of Chamber Music $41,000.00

Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society $238,091.92

Playhouse Theatre Centre of British Columbia $58,420.08

Unit 306: Society for the Democratization of the Arts $28,717.22

Vancouver Academy of Music $287,000.00

Vancouver Art Gallery $287,000.00

Vancouver Bach Choir $18,381.66

Vancouver International Dance Festival Society $22,699.24

Vancouver International Writers Festival Society $12,607.50

Vancouver Opera $287,000.00

Vancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society $27,840.64

Vancouver Summer Festival Society Vancouver $37,730.47

Vancouver Symphony Society $287,000.00

VDC Dance Centre $112,340.00

West Coast Railway Association $287,000.00

The Western Front Society $10,192.00

Vernon

Vernon Community Music School Association $34,710.60

Vernon Public Art Gallery Society $8,200.00

Victoria

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria $287,000.00

British Columbia Museums Association $8,225.42

Canadian Heritage Arts Society $9,840.00

Dance Victoria Society $8,200.00

Friends of the Royal BC Museum $287,000.00

The Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra $32,626.16

Pacific Opera Victoria $287,000.00

Victoria Conservatory of Music $287,000.00

Victoria Symphony Society $285,373.80

Note: This backgrounder was revised Monday, March 16, 2009.

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