12 projects across the East and West Kootenay awarded funding through Arts & Culture Venue Grants

Columbia Basin Trust supports the ideas and efforts of the people in the Columbia Basin.

by Keith Powell — March 12, 2018

Photographer Ursula Abresch is one of the artists who has had a show at New Denver’s Hidden Garden Gallery. The gallery will be renovating a new space with help from a Columbia Basin Trust Arts and Culture Venue Grant. — Ursula Abresch photo

The Columbia Basin Trust is helping 12 facilities across the Kootenays renovate, relocate or upgrade with nearly $830,000 in support through its new Arts and Culture Venue Grants. These grants are part of the Trust’s recent $11.6-million, three-year commitment to arts, culture and heritage.

The following is a list of communities and a description and details of the projects awarded grant funding:

Community/Area	Organization	Venue	Description	Funding amount
Cranbrook	Key City Theatre Society	Key City Theatre	Address structural deficiencies and considerably extend the life of the facility by upgrading the roof structure including theatre trusses, purlins, joists and roof beam remediation.	$487,015
Golden	Golden District Arts Council (aka Kicking Horse Culture)	Golden Civic Centre	Replace the Great Hall’s original hardwood flooring, which can’t be refinished due to age and degradation of plank joints.	$48,000
Invermere	Columbia Valley Arts Council	Pynelogs Art Gallery & Cultural Centre	Move the audiovisual system, currently installed in the kitchen, into the gallery’s main room.	$2,165
Kaslo	Langham Cultural Society	Langham Cultural Centre Theatre	Install new equipment including spot lights, LED lights, control consoles, audio and mechanical switches, recording microphones, digital mixer with I-pad, projection screen, speaker mounts, theatre curtains and theatre-specific chairs.	$22,000
Nelson	Capitol Theatre Restoration Society	Capitol Theatre	Cover 30-year-old plywood flooring with a finishing layer of commercial high-quality marmoleum.	$18,000
Nelson	Nelson Civic Theatre Society	The Civic Theatre	Purchase, ship and install new power amplifiers, monitors, speakers and sub-woofers.	$73,373
New Denver	The Hidden Garden Gallery	The Hidden Garden Gallery	Convert a large garage into an art gallery by upgrading the electrical system, installing gallery-quality track lighting and installing a handicapped-accessible, wooden, heritage-looking front door and a decorative awning.	$15,210
RDCK Area H	The Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society	The Vallican Whole Community Centre	Install a new sound system, stage lighting, track lighting and programmable thermostats; replace the flooring in the performers’ green room; replace damaged plastic tables; improve the safety of the children's balcony; and replace a mezzanine pony wall.	$20,311
RDEK Area G	Edgewater Recreation Society	Edgewater Community Hall	Improve acoustics by installing purpose-built sound-absorbing panels on the walls of the hall and the walls and ceiling of the performance stage.	$5,000
Revelstoke	Revelstoke Arts Council	Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre	Upgrade systems and equipment including a sound system, a lighting system and a video projector and HDMI system with a cinema-quality, wood-veneer, freestanding acoustical shell to enhance sound quality for musicians and audience members.	$128,000
Rossland	Rossland Light Opera Players	The Bodega Hotel	Install a new high-efficiency gas furnace.	$5,822
Trail	The Greater Trail Area Creative Activities Centre Society for Visual Arts	VISAC Gallery	Install new exterior signage and an awning over the best entrance to the gallery, which is also the accessibility access door.	$3,960
				TOTAL $828,856