Community & Culture

Arts

Stream

The purpose of the Arts stream is to assist Japanese Canadian artists who are Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors with funding to create and produce finished artistic projects or artworks. Both established artists and emerging artists who have attained Professional Practice in the Arts may apply. The primary applicant must be a Japanese Canadian Descendant or Survivor but the artist can apply either as an individual or an individual working in collaboration with artists who are not Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors.

Arts

Applications Opened: November 1, 2023

Applications Closed: January 31, 2024

Projects must be completed by: December 31, 2025 

Arts Advisory & Assessment Team

  • Midi Onodera

    Advisory

  • Melisa Kamibayashi Staples

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Jennifer Hashimoto

    Advisory

  • Walter Quan

    Assessment

  • Naomi Sawada

    Assessment

  • Tani Miki

    Assessment

Other Funding Streams



Japanese Canadian Legacies are initiatives that honour our elders past and present. We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.