Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC)
221A is a nonprofit organization that works with artists and designers to research and develop cultural, social and ecological infrastructure. 221A envisions a pluralistic society in which all people have the means to access and make culture.
Founded in 1991, Access Gallery is an artist-run centre with a mission to create conditions of emergence for provocative ideas and work in the visual arts. We enable critical conversations and risk taking through new configurations of artists, audience, and...
Mission
- To educate and increase public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through the establishment and maintenance of a public art gallery.
- To educate and increase public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art by providing public...Artspeak was founded in 1986 by curator Cate Rimmer, artist Keith Higgins and writer Jeff Derksen. Our early association with the Kootenay School of Writing served to situate Artspeak within a unique interdisciplinary community of visual artists, writers and critics....
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society (est. 1980) is an artist-run production and exhibition centre that supports independent filmmakers and media artists. Through initiatives that foster dialogue and experimentation with cinematic practices, we engage our membership and the broader community through the...