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Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance grants awarded to Creston Valley projects

Creston's music teachers, the Applesauce Fiddlers and Creston Museum are among the 2013-2014 CKCA grant recipients...
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Over 170 arts, culture and heritage projects — including the Columbia Basin Culture Tour — have received a total of $706,000 in funding support for the 2013 –2014 season through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), in partnership with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).

“The CKCA steering committee was pleased to be able to supply CBT funding to good projects all across the basin,” said CKCA chair Jacquie Hamilton. “We hope cultural organizations will start thinking about activities that will be happening between June 2014 and May 2015 and planning their applications now for the next funding cycle.”

In the Creston Valley, grants went to artist Alison Bjorkman’s The Perfect Teapot ($1,850), the Creston Valley Music Teachers’ Association’s Festival of the Arts ($2,250) and the Applesauce Fiddlers for a spring violin workshop ($400).

In the heritage innovations category, the Creston and District Historical and Museum Society received $1,580 toward a mobile project, as well as $2,750 in the minor capitol category for window replacement.

The music group the Oars received a total of $4,000, split between the touring and arts mentoring cetegories.

CKCA administers and manages arts, culture and heritage program funding on behalf of CBT. Funding applications were adjudicated in May by the CKCA steering committee, with input from community arts councils. Support will go toward a wide range of projects, including individual and group projects, master classes, major exhibitions and heritage capital projects.

“Arts, culture and heritage are fundamental to who we are as Basin residents and integral to community well being in the Columbia Basin,” said CBT president and CEO Neil Muth. “We fully support CKCA in its efforts to build long-term sustainability for artists and to strengthen and support arts, culture and heritage organizations.”

CKCA funding helps individuals and organizations realize heritage projects and projects in all arts disciplines, including visual art, theatre, music, dance, media, literature and inter-arts. For a list of funded projects, visit the CKCA website at www.basinculture.com or call 1-877-505-7355.

CBT delivers social, economic and environmental benefits to residents of the Columbia Basin. To learn more about CBT programs and initiatives, visit www.cbt.org or call 1-800-505-8998.