Six North Shore organizations and one artist are receiving grants from the B.C. Arts Council totalling $185,105.
Presentation House Gallery is getting $94,000 to assist with operating activities; Dancers of Damelahamid are receiving $8,000 for the 2015 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival; $22,069 is going to the North Vancouver Community Arts Council to help with operating activities; Joy R. Russell is getting $6,000 for a new poetry manuscript entitled Crown of Blue; the West Vancouver Community Arts Council is receiving $8,536 for operating activities; and West Vancouver Museum is getting $16,000, also for operating activities.
The funding comes from the $24 million that the B.C. Arts Council has received from the provincial government to support artists, arts activities and culture in 2014/15.
