The Directory
Resources for Artists
Skills, Tools and Guides
An artist statement is a concise written description that explains the conceptual or thematic aspects of an artist's work and their process. Learn more about them here.
Above having fun in the studio, you need to be safe. Here’s a helpful guide created by Connecticut College, they outline standard safety protocols with various mediums.
Safely disposing of hazardous studio waste is very important! Linked here is the BC Recyclepedia, simply type the item you wish to dispose of and your location and you’ll be directed where to go.
As part of the 2022 Vancouver Outsider Art Festival, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver made a series of workshop videos. This video gives some tips on how to photograph, light and edit images of your artwork.
Professional Resources
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists.
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to “foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.”
The BC Arts Council (BCAC) nurtures and supports arts and cultural activity in communities across British Columbia. From community arts in rural and urban centres, to individual artists, professional performing arts companies, Indigenous artists and cultural organizations, art galleries, local museums and music festivals.
Provincial Resources
Arts BC is a non-profit organization that works to connect arts and cultural workers with the tools and professional opportunities they need to excel in their roles and practices.
The BC Alliance for Arts + Culture is a nonprofit provincial organization that works to advocate, inform, connect and serve BC's Creative Community. The members include organizations, professional associations, not-for-profit groups, artists, and cultural workers throughout British Columbia.
TONAC was born out of the dissolution of the Okanagan Mainline Regional Arts Council (OMRAC). The board of OMRAC dissolved in order to be free of the structure and regulations that boards are required to maintain, and instead have an informal group that meets less regularly but continues to support each other.
Arts Council Directory
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Art Gallery Directory
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