Collectives Registration Request

* Requirements for Collectives

Collectives are:

Established and readily identified as a collective of a minimum of 3 independent artists, curators, or arts and cultural practitioners who are active in their field of practice.

Have a demonstrated history of creating or presenting work as a collective and have a clear commitment to a current practice with, at minimum:

A demonstrated body of previous work by current members of the collective.

At least one public presentation of work by the current collective, for which artist fees or
equivalent were received.

Intention to continue working together with current members as a collective on future
projects.

Please note, each member of the collective must meet the following criteria:

Have a minimum of two years of professional practice in their field, following basic training.

Have a demonstrated body of previous work as an individual practitioner.

note: Members must also

Be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident;

Have been a resident of B.C. for at least 12 months immediately prior to the application deadline, and ordinarily reside in B.C. See Determining B.C. Residency page.

The collective may include additional members who do not meet the criteria as long as at least 3 eligible core members have been identified and each core member meets the criteria above.

In addition to the registration below, Email the following to BCArtsCouncil@gov.bc.ca within forty-eight (48) hours of submitting, so this registration request can be processed.

CV/Resumes (PDFs preferred) of at least three of the members that have been noted as part of the collective that include:

Current place of residence (province and community)

A list of previous training, education, apprenticeship, or mentorship activities relevant to the artistic craft, discipline, or practice

List of related artistic activities, exhibitions, performances, publications, residencies or other awards or achievements

Evidence of minimum two years paid work in your field following basic training

All listed training or artistic activities should:
- Indicate the dates and locations of the activities
- Include the names of artists/curators/hosts/organizations/publishers/mentors as applicable
- Indicate which exhibitions, performances, publications, or presentations you received fees for (for example: include “Paid Fee” next to the activity).
- Include the work that the collective has done to this point.

Registration Request Form

We recommend you discuss applicant and grant program eligibility with a Program Advisor prior to registration. If you (or anyone from your organization) has recently spoken with an advisor, please enter the advisor’s name(s) and/or grant program titles(s) you are interested in here:

* Organization Name

* Mailing Address

Mailing Address 2

* City

* Province

* Postal Code

* Is your street address different from the address above?

Contact BC Arts Council Administration at BCArtsCouncil@gov.bc.ca if you need to update your organization's street address information.

* Street Address

Street Address 2

* City

* Province

* Postal Code

Phone

About the Collective

* List all members of your collective. A minimum of 3 members is required. Each much meet the following criteria:

• Have a minimum of two years of professional practice in their field, following basic training.
• Have a demonstrated body of previous work as an individual practitioner.
• Be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Have been a resident of B.C. for at least 12 months immediately prior to the application deadline, and ordinarily reside in B.C. See Determining B.C. Residency page.

Once registration is approved, log in to the profile to complete and maintain a more detailed list of the membership.

Website Instructions
In the Website field below, provide a URL to the collective's website, the personal website of collective members that include information of the collective, or any public page or document (such as a poster or program) where:

the collective's name has been listed alongside the collective member names that participated at that event.
Specifically noting the listed collective members that are listed in the registration form.

Website

* Primary field of practice:

Year formed (YYYY):

* Does your membership fluctuate?

If so, describe

* List presentations by the collective where an artist fee/payment was received:

* Shared purpose, creative goal or mandate of the collective:

* Describe how the collective works/practices together:

Does the collective maintain a shared space, or otherwise hold shared assets/liabilities together?

If so, describe

Designated Priority Groups Information collected here will be used to administer supports for designated priority groups. Supports for designated priority groups may include funding prioritization, dedicated programs, partnerships, outreach, statistics, and reporting on progress.

The BC Arts Council's designated priority groups include applicants and arts and cultural practitioners who are:

Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit) Peoples;
Deaf or experience disability;
Black or people of colour;
Located in regional areas (outside greater Vancouver or the capital region).

Identifying as a designated priority group means the majority of your activities, programming and financial and human resources are dedicated to one of the designated priority groups. This may be demonstrated in one or more of the following areas: purposes statement, practices, practitioners, staffing, leadership and engagement.

Identifying as a Designated Priority Group
Organizations and collectives who want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group, must complete the Designated Priority Groups Information section below and, once registered, log into the Organization Profile to fill out the Equity Data Tool for validation and statistical purposes.

Not Identifying as a Designated Priority Group
Organizations and collectives who do not want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group should indicate this in the Designated Priority Groups Information section below.

Providing Equity Data
All applicants, regardless of whether or not they identify as a Designated Priority Group, are encouraged to fill out the Equity Data Tool for statistical purposes, once registered.

Validation
An Equity Advisory will validate the Designated Priority Groups information by reviewing the Equity Data Tool.

When to Update
Once these sections are completed, the organization or collective does not need to provide the information again unless there are changes to it.

Statistics and Reporting
BC Arts Council will use the information provided in the Organization Profile to track statistics and report on progress. These reports will allow us to see if our programs are serving a diverse range of people. This will help us improve services. We will only report on summary data. We will not share any personal information that can identify individuals publicly. For more information, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions.

For the purposes of my Organization Profile, applications and reports, our organization or collective:

DOES NOT want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group.

DOES want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group.

Select which designated priority group(s) reflect the organization or collective you are registering or updating.

Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) Peoples

Deaf or experience disability

Black or people of colour (see details below)

Located in regional areas (see details below)

Additional details
People of colour include, but are not limited to: Chinese, South Asian, Black, Filipino, Latin American / Latinx, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Korean, Japanese, person of mixed ethno-cultural origin, or other communities of colour.

Regional areas, for the purposes of BC Arts Council grants and funding priorities, are considered as those outside greater Vancouver and the capital region.

If Located in regional areas is selected, this will be validated against both your Organization Profile address and location of arts and cultural activities.

More Information
For more information, please review the Designated Priority Groups policy on our website.

Questions about Collection of Information
You can ask questions about the collection, use or disclosure of information, by contacting:
Senior Director, BC Arts Council Secretariat and Strategic Engagement
800 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 9W3
Phone: 250 356-1718
BCArtsCouncil@gov.bc.ca

Collectives Information

Registration Request Form

Contact Information