The applications have been made, the interviews complete and Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission has made the call on cultural grants for city groups.
The commission’s cultural committee awarded $30,182 in arts, cultural and festival events grants, and $175,988 in cultural operating grants.
Arts, cultural and festival events grants
u Canada Day 2012 – $1,400.
u Crimson Coast Dance – $2,200.
u Friends of Nanaimo Jazz – $1,600.
u Gallery Row Public Art Committee – $300.
u Harbour City Jazz Fest – $860.
u Bel Canto Singers – $530.
u Francophone- Maple Sugar Festival – $3,000.
u African Heritage Society – $600.
u Arts Council $1,500.
u Ballroom Dance Society – $2,000.
u Nanaimo Blues Festival – $1,300.
u Children’s Literature Round Table – $900.
u Conservatory of Music – $1,000.
u Empire Days Society – $2,130.
u Highland Dance Association – $830.
u Nanaimo Sings – $1,110.
u Women’s Resource Society – $1,100.
u Pacific Coast Stage Co. (Fringtastic) – $1,843.
u Performing Arts BC – $2,396.
u Vancouver Island Symphony – $2,232.
u Vancouver Island University Foundation – $248.
u Art Gallery Festival of Banners – $1,103.
Cultural operating grants
u A Capella Plus Choir Society – $1,400.
u B.C. Boys Choir – $1,500.
Crimson Coast Dance – $15,000.
u Centre for the Arts Society – $7,938.
u Francophone Association – 7,000.
u Malaspina Choir – $2,250.
u African Heritage Association – $1,000.
u Arts Alive – $2,300.
u Arts Council – $10,000.
u Ballroom Dance Society – $800.
u Nanaimo Blues Society – $7,000.
u Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra – $3,000.
u Nanaimo Concert Band – $6,000.
u Conservatory of Music – 9,500.
u Pacific Coast Stage Co. – $4,000.
u Pacific Institute of Bagpiping – $2,200.
u TheatreOne –$28,000.
u Nanaimo Tidesmen Barbershop Chorus – $1,600.
u Vancouver Island Symphony – $60,000.
u Western Edge Theatre – $5,500.