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Explore SmartGrant’s offerings for grants for artists, cultural workers & arts organizations that support (or directly offer) mentoring and and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Professional mentorship is the cornerstone of building expertise in our sector, nurturing skill development for our future cultural leaders and innovators.
And there are a wide variety of mentorship opportunities available these days, for both emerging/early career and established artists or cultural workers, from every discipline. These flexible grant programs & funding sources are offered by both traditional funding agencies (such as the Canada Council, BC Arts Council or the City of Vancouver), as well as our colleagues and sector leaders such as PACT, VIFF, the Fringe, PTC, ISO, ImagineNATIVE, First Peoples’ Cultural Council, Writers Trust of Canada, Women in Music Canada…and many others.
And it seems that every month a new opportunity is announced, and we have added many programs to the SmartGrant platform in recent weeks.
Under our “Professional Development & Training” category, the SmartGrant Search interface lets you search for related criteria in the following sub-categories:
A few selected examples include:
- The Pathways Program (ArtsBC, BCMA, GVPTA, RAIL)
- City of Vancouver Cultural Learning and Sharing Grant Program
- BC Arts Council: Individual Arts Grants – Professional Development
- BC Arts Council: Project Assistance – Early Career Development – Organizations
- BC Arts Council: Project Assistance – Early Career Development – Individuals
- First Peoples’ Cultural Council: Arts Strengthening Program
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation: Grant Program
The SmartGrant database includes a total of 41 (Organization) & 65 (Individual) funding programs that support (or directly offer) mentorship and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Become a SmartGrant subscriber and explore all the possibilities for new & untapped options for yourself, or a member of your organization’s team.
