2022 Soaring Eagle Fine Arts Grants Recipients

Cape Breton Country Recording Artist Drake Jensen has collaborated with the Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia (RCFNS) to create a fund (Soaring Eagle Fine Arts Grants) for persons who identify with LGBTQI+ and work with the community. Drake Jensen is generously donating 100% of the profits from his new single, “Rise Again”. RCFNS and Drake Jensen are pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the Soaring Eagle Fine Arts Grants. This years recipients are: Antigonish Culture Live, MacPhee Centre, and Mackie's Mobile Studio.

The Soaring Eagle Fund’s purpose is to ignite a conversation on challenges facing the LGBTQI+ community in Rural Nova Scotia and identifying and implementing solutions. The fund will focus on these issues and unite the members of the LGBTQI+ community within Nova Scotia to resilience work led by others identifying with LGBTQI+ through conversation and projects within their communities. The initial emphasis of the fund will be on youth projects, but the focus will expand in future years to highlight projects led by other groups. In addition to grants to qualified donees (accordance to CRA) and often in partnership with community organizations, The Soaring Eagle Fund Program will encompass convening, capacity-building, outreach, and other activities which further its goals.

Both RCFNS and Drake Jensen are excited to follow the progress of Soaring Eagle Fine Arts Grants recipients and their progress and will share updates in the coming weeks and months.