Emerging Artist Scholarship Awards

YVR Art Foundation offers Emerging Artist Scholarships to British Columbia and Yukon First Nations artists who are between the ages of 17 and 29 years and who reside in BC or the Yukon.

Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Awards

YVR Art Foundation offers Mid-Career Artist Scholarships to British Columbia and Yukon First Nations artists who are age 30 years or older and who reside in BC or the Yukon.

Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program Travel Grants

YVR Art Foundation offers grants to artists of BC or Yukon First Nations ancestry who reside in British Columbia or the Yukon to travel to one of our partner museums to research the museum’s collection of Indigenous art and artifacts.

Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program Microgrants

Microgrants are $500 grants for BC and Yukon First Nations artists who wish to further their art practice through research/study of BC and Yukon Indigenous art and artifacts. Grants are for virtual collections visits at our museum partners offering virtual visits, or for in-person attendance if travel to the museum is not required.

Aspiring Artist Awards

YVR Art Foundation offers Aspiring Artist Awards to British Columbia and Yukon First Nations youth between the ages of 15 and 20 who reside in BC or the Yukon. Aspiring Artist Awards are $500 each and are awarded on an annual basis to youth to support their self-directed work in the visual arts.