artsVest Niagara Public Art Program
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The artsVest Niagara Public Art Program is a new component of Business for the Arts' artsVest's matching incentive program. It is created through an innovative partnership between Business for the Arts (BftA) and Niagara Region. The goal of the artsVest Niagara Public Art Program is to foster mutually beneficial funding partnerships between business, property owners and the arts through the creation of public art works in Niagara's Community Improvement Plan areas as a way of furthering Smarter Niagara objectives.
Benefits of the Niagara Public Art Program
Niagara Region and Business for the Arts have created a pilot Public Art Program to provide opportunities for enriching our communities through the installation of public art. The Niagara Public Art Program (NPAP) is designed to:
- Create new partnerships and encourage creative collaboration between artists, property owners, and business owners;
- Promote Smart Growth principles and enhance areas with the potential for revitalization; and
- Recognize the positive contributions that public art makes to our neighbourhoods and communities.
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The amount to be applied for is $5000 per property / project as a matching grant
for sponsorship dollars secured by a business partner.
The artsVest Niagara Public Art Program introductory workshop on February 1, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., has been rescheduled due to the inclement weather.
The introductory workshop will now be held on February 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Niagara Regional Headquarters – Council Chambers.
Please RSVP Jasmin Ralph – 905-685-1571 ext. 3381, or at jasmin.ralph@regional.niagara.on.ca
This introductory workshop will also be held on February 6, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. via conference call. The conference line information for Wednesday is as follows: The number to call is 1-866-355-2663 OR 416-212-0400, and the PASS CODE is 3600 #
artsVest NPAP Presentation (PDF 1MB).
Application process and forms are available
on the Niagara Region website here.
Contact:
Terri Donia
Niagara Regional Planning & Development Department
905-685-1571 ext. 3374
Éilis Karry
Program Coordinator at 416.869.3016 x 222 or e_karry@businessforarts.org.
artsVest was developed by Business for the Arts and funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ontario Ministry of Culture and the Department of Canadian Heritage. Funding of this public art initiative is provided by Niagara Region and Business for the Arts.
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