Grant writing services for Canadian artists and non-profits

  • Lake Country Gallery | 2022
    Lake Country Gallery | 2022

    Happy to have worked with Lake Country Art Gallery, a public gallery in the Okanagan in BC, to secure a grant from the BC Arts Council. Thanks to our successful application to the Arts-Based Community Development program, Lake Country Gallery will be delivering arts-based community programs to their community in 2022 & 23. Client site:…

  • BC Artist | 2022
    BC Artist | 2022

    Happy to have worked with a BC-based visual artist to secure funding ($25,000) to enable them to engage in research and create a new body of work. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts’ Explore and Create: Research & Creation grant, this artist (who wishes to remain anonymous) will be able to work with…

  • ouro collective | 7y98D | 2022
    ouro collective | 7y98D | 2022

    Worked with Vancouver-based OURO Collective to secure funding to enable them to present a live performance of their latest project called 7y98D. Follow @ourocollective to follow behind the scenes photos of the project and for announcement of the presentation. Project Site: ourocollective.com/7y98d-gallery/ The beautiful photography is by Jennifer Latour @bonjourlatourModel is OURO’s newest member, Shana…

  • ouro collective | project creation | 2020-21
    ouro collective | project creation | 2020-21

    I worked with OURO Collective to secure funding for project creation for 2020-21. Funders were: British Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts Client Site: ourocollective.com

  • ouro collective | resilience | 2021
    ouro collective | resilience | 2021

    Thanks to the BC Arts Council OURO Collective was able to just stay afloat during the pandemic. Project Site: ourocollective.com

  • ouro collective | sotto51 | 2019-20
    ouro collective | sotto51 | 2019-20

    Secured two grants for Vancouver-based OURO Collective. One from the Explore & Create: Concept to Realization fund and one from the Arts Across Canada Travel fund: $24,000 + $11,500. As the Vancouver landscape is constantly shifting, we ponder what history is lost and forgotten. Through SOTTO 51, we research, remember, and celebrate Block 51, 61,…

  • vancouver street dance festival | 2020
    vancouver street dance festival | 2020

    Worked with the Vancouver Street Dance Association to secure a grant from the British Columbia Arts Council. $4,500 was awarded by the Project Assistance – Community & Festivals Grant. Due to COVID, the festival transitioned to an online version. Vancouver Street Dance Association applied for funding to facilitate the implementation of its annual 3-day festival,…

  • juan cisneros | 2019
    juan cisneros | 2019

    Secured an Early Career Development Grant from the British Columbia Arts Council of $25,000 for Vancouver-based artist Juan Cisneros Neumann. Through this grant, Cisneros was able to embark on a one-year project and to work with his mentor, an established Mexican visual artist and visual arts professor, Gustavo Gómez Brechtel, to develop skills in working…

  • ouro collective | 2019
    ouro collective | 2019

    Secured a Project Assistance Grant in Dance from the British Columbia Arts Council for Vancouver-based OURO Collective: $21,600 Description: Known for imaginative and original works based on hip hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, OURO Collective teams up with experiential design studio Tangible for HAKO, a multidisciplinary dance experience. Using inventive interactive installations, striking visual…

  • ouro collective | 2018-19
    ouro collective | 2018-19

    Secured two grants front the Canada Council for the Arts for Vancouver-based OURO Collective. Explore + Create: Concept to Realization Grant in Dance $27,500Arts Across Canada: Circulation + Touring $8,944 Description: Known for imaginative and original works based on hip hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, OURO Collective teams up with experiential design studio…

  • cristina bucci | 2018
    cristina bucci | 2018

    Secured another Professional Development grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for Vancouver-based dance artist Cristina Bucci — $2,500 to go along with the $3000 grant from the British Columbia Arts Council. Artist Site: http://www.cbuccidance.com/

  • ouro collective | 2017
    ouro collective | 2017

    Worked with OURO Collective to secure funding from the Canada Council for the Arts from the Arts Abroad Travel Grant. $7,700 was awarded for touring TANGENT in Japan. Project Site: https://www.ourocollective.com/tangent/

  • vsdf | 2018
    vsdf | 2018

    Worked with the Vancouver Street Dance Association to secure their first grant from the British Columbia Arts Council. $3,097 was awarded by the Project Assistance – Community & Festivals Grant. Vancouver Street Dance Association applied for funding to facilitate the implementation of its annual 3-day festival, known as Vancouver Street Dance Festival, which takes place…

  • cristina bucci | 2018
    cristina bucci | 2018

    Worked with Cristina Bucci to secure a $3000 grant for Professional Development from the British Columbia Arts Council. Three goals were defined to enable her to transition her artistic practice into a career as a choreographer and artistic director for OURO Collective. The grant enabled Cristina to attend workshops in Montreal:– A workshop with lighting…

  • ouro collective | tangent | 2017
    ouro collective | tangent | 2017

    Continuing to work with OURO Collective to secure their first grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. We secured a grant of $23,200 to assist in the creation of a new work. Description: TANGENT is a high-energy hybrid of breaking, waacking, hip hop, house, and contemporary dance and the collective’s first full length work.…

  • ouro collective  | pace
    ouro collective | pace

    Continuing to work with OURO Collective to secure another grant from the BC Arts Council. We secured a grant of $17,000 to assist in the production of a new work. Description: PACE was created during the collective’s second season and is a hybrid of breaking, waacking, hip hop, and contemporary dance. The work explores each…

  • akeisha de baat | dancer
    akeisha de baat | dancer

    Happy to have worked with Akeisha de Baat on her first grant application. This application secured $9,700 for the Early Career Development grant from the BC Arts Council. This grant allowed Akeisha to be an artist in residence with Dances for a Small Stage, in Vancouver, British Columbia, under Artistic Producer, Julie-Anne Saroyan. This self-made…

  • ouro collective | kaleido
    ouro collective | kaleido

    Secured $18,000 from the BC Arts Council for a Project Assistance grant in Dance.

  • m. sessions
    m. sessions

    OURO Collective in Vancouver was awarded $9,900 by the BC Arts Council