Please spread the word — we are hiring a Marketing Director to join our awesome team! Applications are due Friday, November 25, 2022. This is a contract position, with the possibility of renewal, for 20-25 hours per week starting January 30, 2023. See full job post: https://theleeway.ca/jobs/1024 The post We are hiring! Marketing Director first appeared on Vines Art Festival ..read more

Looking at the Garden Fence is an art project initiated by Vivienne Bessette and Derya Akay across the growing season of 2021, for which they invited a group of artists, neighbours, organizers, and gardeners to collectively create an exercise on urban agriculture, neighbourhood organizing, and friendship. The project is centred around four urban garden spaces in Vancouver—Sahalli Park Community Garden, Elisabeth Rogers Community Garden, Harmony Garden X̱wemelch’stn pen̓em̓áy, and Garden Don’t Care—and the communities that care for them. To conclude the project, a website designed by Christian ..read more

VINES ART FESTIVAL ARTIST APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! SPREAD THE WORD! After such a brilliant return last year with our Feast Year Festivities, we are excited to begin to lay the groundwork for our 8th year of Vines Art Festival. APPLICATION DUE: February 1, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST RESULTS RELEASED: March 5, 2022 (due to COVID this could shift but this is our goal) PAID: Honorarium, project dependent DATES OF FESTIVAL: August 3-14, 2022 We are accepting ASL video submissions. We are also accepting video applications for those whom it is challenging to submit a written application. The post 2022 Artist ..read more

We have so much gratitude for each one of you! The full Gratitude Report can be read here: https://vinesartfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Gratitude-Report_2020_V4_spread.pdf Artwork by Ivan So The post 2021 Gratitude Report first appeared on Vines Art Festival ..read more

Introduction to Individual Artist Grant Writing Workshop with Heather Lamoureux Dec 9, 2021 5-7 PM on Zoom Registration in bio This workshop is intended for those who are new to grant writing and those who face systemic barriers to entering the grant writing system. Focus: – Setting up a Canada Council Portal – Discussing what grants are out there, deadlines etc – What you need to begin grant writing – Your grant questions The post Intro to Individual Artist Grant Writing Workshop first appeared on Vines Art Festival ..read more

Group Art Show: Dec 1-20th Artists: TJ Felix, Kitty Guerin and Erica Masuskapoe Opening event: Dec 4 2-5PM – Registration link in bio Hosted by Vines Art Festival at Access Gallery Gallery Hours: Wed 12-5, Thu 12-7, Fri 12-7, Sat 12-5 + open Dec 19 and 20 12-5 We will be selling prints and zines from these artists – this is the time for some decolonial holiday shopping. We will also have other goodness from RHTea Co (Cease Wyss and Senaqwila Wyss) Kwiigay iiwaans, jaz whitford and others for sale! Our opening reception is free but there is a registration link in our bio so that you can keep it ..read more

Please spread the word — we are hiring a Marketing Manager to join our awesome team! Application is due November 26, 2022. This is a contract position with the possibility of renewal for 15-20 hours per week starting January 17, 2022. See full job post: https://www.allianceforarts.com/job-board/2021/10/25/marketing-manager The post We are hiring! Marketing Manager first appeared on Vines Art Festival ..read more

Join us on Wednesday, September 22nd from 2-5PM at the southeast corner of Pandora Park for a Community Food Market! Our weekly not-for-profit produce market is joined by other local vendors, community groups, art and music. There will be free workshops, snacks, activities, music and more!! Learn more about Neighbourhood Food Week at vufff.org/foodweek The post Community Food Market first appeared on Vines Art Festival ..read more

New(to)Town Collective: Summer Training Jam with Jeanette Kotowich Sunday, August 29th, 2021 2 – 4 pm Pacific Time Pandora Park (2325 Franklin Street, Vancouver, BC) ASL Interpreted Guest Facilitator, Jeanette Kotowich’s Bio: Jeanette is a multi-disciplinary iskwew, independent dance artist, creator, choreographer and Auntie Culture enthusiast of Cree, Metis and mixed settler ancestry. My work references Nehiyaw cosmology, protocol, de-colonial practices, ritual, relationship to the natural/spirit world and Ancestral knowledge. My practice is intergenerational and vocational; it’s a living and ..read more

Memory & Place: A workshop with Amber Dawn! Workshop: This is a freewriting and discussion-based workshop that invites participants to focus on site-specific memories and placemaking within our artistic practices. This workshop is ideal for writers who want to break the isolation of writing alone or for any artist who might benefit from guided prompts and encouragement. Workshop time & Place: August 5th 10:30AM to 1PM at Pandora Park, by the field house. Participants will need: Pen & Paper or preferred writing device (with notifications muted, please). This is a LIMITED workshop so ..read more