Two Langley groups share in Metro Vancouver arts grants
Published 3:00 pm Thursday, August 6, 2026
The Langley Arts Council and stalew Arts and Cultural Society will each receive $7,000 from the Metro Vancouver cultural grants program.
Metro Vancouver awarded $300,000 in regional cultural project grants to support the work of 40 local arts and culture organizations.
Through its annual grant program, Metro Vancouver provides up to $10,000 per grant to help organizations research and deliver new cultural programs while engaging new audiences.
“A thriving arts and culture sector helps make Metro Vancouver a vibrant place to live,” said Mike Hurley, board vhair of Metro Vancouver. “Our $300,000 investment will help deliver 40 projects whose cultural and economic benefits will ripple through our region’s communities.”
This year, Metro Vancouver received 129 applications from organizations seeking more than $1.1 million in funding for proposed projects.
The cultural grants program was created in 1991 to support regionally significant cultural institutions and to recognize their broader economic impact on tourism and job creation. The program continues to be funded by a Cultural Grant Reserve Fund, with no impact on Metro Vancouver’s tax requisition.
Metro Vancouver is a diverse organization that plans for and delivers regional utility services, including water, sewers and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. It also monitors and regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system, provides affordable rental housing, and serves as a regional federation.
The organization is a federation of 21 municipalities, including Langley Township and Langley City, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation in the region of the same name. The organization is made up of four separate legal entities, each governed by its own board of directors who are elected officials from member jurisdictions.