Jun 20, 2013
Montreal, June 20, 2013 – Partners in the Vivacité Montréal program announced today the attribution of $160,000 in grants to 26 immigrant or visible minority artists residing in Greater Montreal in 2012-2013. These grants support projects involving exploration, creation, production, presentation, development or travel.
A multidisciplinary selection committee analysed 113 applications. The high number and high quality of the applications attest to the relevance of this program, which provides financial support to professional artists and writers to enable them to integrate into and participate in professional milieus and foster their career development.
The Vivacité Montréal program seeks to support artistic projects that contribute to the professional development of artists; encourage artistic and literary initiatives carried out in collaboration with professional artistic environments in the Montréal region; and encourage the realization of projects that foster access by Montrealers to the artistic works and productions of the upcoming generation of artists.
This initiative was made possible through a three-year partnership agreement signed in 2007 and renewed in 2011 with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal, the ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
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