The highly anticipated 4th Annual Vancouver International Black Film Festival (VIBFF) is set to make a bold return this December! From December 13 to 17, 2024, the festival celebrates Black voices with innovative, diverse, and bold programming.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that Ashi (Ashrafsadat) Sakhaeifar has been awarded the 2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! This recognition celebrates Ashi's remarkable dedication and impactful volunteer work in the arts community at Gordon Neighbourhood House.
Read MoreThe Alliance is currently welcoming expressions of interest from individuals
interested in joining our Board of Directors!
Do you know an outstanding volunteer who’s making a big impact in BC’s arts and culture community? Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award!
Read MoreThe Alliance invites you to join CultureBrew.Art and Visceral Visions for the March edition of their Monthly BIPOC Chat and Chew series: Working with Sound, Video and Media Artists.
Read MoreThis survey is a check in on organizations in the non-profit sector, to capture trends and to distinguish those trends between non-profits of different geographies, demographics served, sizes, etc., and also probes deeper into the underlying challenges brought up most in the last report.
Read MoreThe BC Alliance for Arts + Culture is undertaking a multi-year community engaged research project in collaboration with partners across the province. The project explores the benefits of prescribing arts and culture experiences to enhance people’s health and wellness. This idea is also known as “social prescribing”.
Read MoreVIBFF 2023 amplifies Black Voices with Innovative, Diverse and Bold programming. A true celebration of Diverse Black Cinema!
After two successful editions, The Vancouver Intl Black Film Festival is back once again with a hybrid version to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants in British Columbia and to foster accessibility across the country. The third annual Vancouver Intl Black Film Festival #VIBFF23, created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation and co-presented by Global BC, is thrilled to announce its official hybrid program and events lineup, running December 1 – 4, 2023. The In-Person screenings and events will take place at the VIFF Vancity Theatre and Studio Theatre.
Read MoreThe City is collecting feedback on the 889 Drake St. (formerly 1290 Hornby St.) development application.
This development proposal includes a ~13,000 sq. ft. cultural amenity space. The proposed cultural amenity will be delivered to the City and includes 2 floors of dedicated arts and culture presentation (visual or media arts) and shared artist production space. At a later date, the City will seek to select a non-profit arts and culture operator for the facility.
This week, we'd like to announce a new collaboration between the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture and The Bandish Network. The Bandish Network provides industry support, engagement, representation and advocacy for the pan-Indus Valley community of presenters, artists, cultural workers and organizations.
Read MoreThe City of Vancouver Public Art Program is unveiling four Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing projects this month. The first two to be presented are Coming Home To by Robin Roberts and Eagle Woman by Shain Niniwem Selapem Jackson.
Read MoreThis week we had the absolute honour to attend the workshop organized by Ashley Daniel Foot, and learn from Jiv Parasram, a cultural leader and an award winning multidisciplinary artist and facilitator.
Read MoreThis Spring, through a new partnership with BMO, the Vancouver Art Gallery will be offering free admission to the public on the first Friday of every month, from 4pm to 8pm. These Free First Friday Nights, will provide visitors with increased access to the Gallery, opening and expanding the world of art to a broader audience, including those who may otherwise not be able to afford the cost of admission.
Read MoreAssistance for new publications focusing on Vancouver’s heritage places, their stories, and related topics is available.
Read MoreThe Chan Centre is thrilled to announce their call for proposals for the 2023-2024 season of “Inspired at the Chan”.
Read MoreThe Chan Centre presents an exhilarating exploration into Black Futures through the visionary work of revolutionary artists Saul Williams, Moor Mother, and Irreversible Entanglements.
Read MoreThe exhibition brings together artists' practices to expand the notion of the garden as a site of tension between wild and cultivated, temporal and perpetual, public and private, sovereign and colonized.
Read MoreMuseum of Vancouver is hosting a Virtual Food Drive in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank!
Read MoreThe Tropical Cafe is not only a gathering place, but also a site for exchange, ignition, and clashes of ideas and ideals.
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