Scholarships

2022 Call for Applications! Emerging Artist and Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Awards Program!

November 17, 2021

YVR Art Foundation is pleased to announce a Call for Applications to BC and Yukon Indigenous artists for the 2022 Emerging Artist Scholarship Program and the Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Program!

Application Deadline: Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 4pm.

Please review the Application Guidelines Document for each Program to confirm your eligibility.

Emerging Artist Scholarship Program

YVR Art Foundation provides $5,000 art scholarships annually for emerging BC and Yukon First Nations visual artists (age 17-29) to work with a mentor artist or attend a school of art or art training program.

Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Program

YVR Art Foundation provides $5,000 art scholarships annually for BC and Yukon First Nations Mid-Career visual artists (age 30+) to work with a master artist, attend a school of art or work on a special project of cultural significance to the artist’s community.

For more information on YVR Art Foundation and to apply for a scholarship go to: www.yvraf.com/programs

Questions may be directed to: programs@yvraf.com or phone 604.276.6261.

Artworks picture by (from left to right): Shoshannah Greene (detail), Sage Nowak and Jade Hanuse (detail)

Photography credit: Rachel Topham Photography