Provincial Funding to OCAC
The BC Arts Council has provided the arts council with a relief package of $5000 to cover any costs related to COVID-19, including loss of revenue from event cancellations, changes to programming and facility operations, and additional administrative costs. This funding is on top of the annual operational funding of $17,000 awarded to the arts council in early 2020 for its performance the previous year.

In addition, the BC Arts Council has advanced 50% of its operational funding for 2021, an amount totalling $8500, for any emergency measures. Because we are frugal with our events and programs, and have no paid staff, we do not anticipate using this advance. Instead it will be deposited and earmarked for 2021, as would be usual.

We thank the BC Arts Council for its prompt response to the COVID crisis, and its support for this very vulnerable economic sector.