The Government of Canada has provided funding of $7,110 through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. This program seeks to improve physical conditions for artistic creativity and arts presentation or exhibition. It is also designed to increase access for Canadians to performing, visual, and media arts, and museum collections and heritage displays.
This funding will allow the Gallery to purchase professional-quality compact racks for the storage of more than 100 pieces of two-dimensional art work. This will provide the Gallery with preventative conservation storage for its permanent collection and will increase access to the collection by organizing the pieces in a more efficient fashion. By increasing accessibility, the new storage system will increase the capacity for research, heritage programming, and exhibitions.
The Comox Valley Art Gallery was established in 1974 by a group of artists as a non-profit society. It provides a venue for contemporary art and craft work in a public gallery setting. It also raises awareness of local, national, and international fine art within the community. The Gallery plays an educational role by offering outreach programs through partnerships with other local arts organizations, school districts, and North Island College.
The Government of Canada is investing $540 million in the arts and culture sector to stimulate the economy as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. It also recently renewed funding for federal arts programs totaling $1.51 billion over the next five years.
