This content originally appeared on St. Lucia Times.
The Government of Saint Lucia has begun rolling out the Creative Economy Grant Fund (CEGF), a year after first announcing it.In August last year, the Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industries and Culture invited applications, encouraging “all creatives to seize this transformative opportunity” with grants of up to EC$10,000 “to help aspiring and experienced creatives achieve their artistic goals, including dancers, filmmakers, writers and visual artists”.