Community Public Art Grants

Word to Your Motherland mural

Community public art grants support opportunities for an artist or artists to work with a cross-section of the community and to directly engage their creativity through innovative, arts-based strategies.

The community public art grants program provides opportunities to residents and artists to work collaboratively on an art project that addresses an issue or concern of mutual interest. 

The City of North Vancouver sets aside a maximum of $15,000 annually as seed funding to encourage and support this type of community engagement. 

The District of North Vancouver sets aside $7,500 annually, typically to support one or two community art projects each year.

Proposals are accepted across a wide range of creative disciplines, but should be rooted in participatory arts practices – that is they should involve the public in the creation of the artwork or engage participants in issues of interest or concern to the community.  Projects should result in the creation or presentation of a small to medium sized, permanent or temporary public art project in North Vancouver.