Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC)
UNIT/PITT Projects (formerly the Helen Pitt Gallery) is a non-profit artist-run centre dedicated to the promotion of experimental contemporary art that addresses social, political, cultural and critical issues. We promote and facilitate public dialogue concerning critical awareness, social consciousness, contemporary...
VIVO Media Arts Centre is located on the unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. Incorporated as Satellite Video Exchange Society, VIVO is a steward of critical history and an agent for emergent experimental...
Emerging from W2 Woodwards and W2 Storyeum and W2 Perel, the project maintains cross-media broadcasting platforms supporting diverse voices in telling their stories. A daily program is broadcast from Vancouver, and a weekly podcast, Democracy North, is syndicated across Canada....
Established in 1973, the Western Front is one of Canada’s leading artist-run centres for contemporary art and new music. Over its nearly forty-year history, the Western Front has promoted critical investigations into and surrounding interdisciplinary, media-based, anti-object and ephemeral practices,...
As one of Canada’s oldest artist-run centres, Xchanges has provided a launching ground for Victoria’s artists for over forty-five years. Xchanges has been a vital component of the region’s historical and cultural development through the provision of affordable studios for...