McBride Fieldhouse

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new space at the McBride Park Field House, where we’ll be creating and collaborating from 2025 to 2027. During this exciting time, we’ll be partnering with local artists and offering a vibrant space for programming, workshops, events, and so much more! Stay tuned for all the amazing things to come!

Over the next few years, we are excited to offer community-engaged arts programming and create a free, low-barrier space for artists in Vancouver. Artists will be invited to activate the Field House in three dynamic ways: as artist studio space, exhibition space, and a hub for public programming and workshops.

If you are interested in collaborating, we’re open to new ideas for programming and workshops, just email us at info@cacv.ca.

Find out more about the fieldhouse, workshops, artist residency program and more below! To view, click on the desired button below or simply scroll down to find out more.

Artist Residency Program

We are pleased to introduce our next artist in residence, Jessica Gnyp! ✨

Jessica Gnyp works with a range of materials and media including digital and analogue photographic techniques, scanning, digital processes, video, drawing, sculpture and installation. Jessica Gnyp received an MFA from the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia a BFA in photography from Emily Carr University and a BA in anthropology from the University of Victoria. She is a fellow at Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin and completed a residency at Salzburg International Summer Academy, Austria. She has received Canada Council for the Arts and BC Arts Council awards as well as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Graduate Scholarship. She has taught as Visiting Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland and currently teaches at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey BC.

Gnyp started her residency at McBride Fieldhouse on September 1st, 2025, and will be the artist-in-residence until the end of November, during which he will host a public artist talk. Stay tuned for upcoming events! ✨

Workshops & Events

The Community Arts Council of Vancouver is pleased to invite you to an open studio with our Fieldhouse artist-in-residence, Jessica Gnyp.

Saturday, November 29th
Time: 1 PM – 4 PM
Location: McBride Park Fieldhouse
2049 Waterloo Street, Vancouver, BC V6R 1N6
(inside McBride Park, off West 4th Avenue)

During her three-month residency at the McBride Fieldhouse artist Jessica Gnyp has created a site-specific sculptural installation inspired by the façade of this former park caretaker’s residence. Gnyp’s recent work is informed by research conducted at the Vancouver Archives tracing the fieldhouse’s original layout, as well as other photographic documentation of this building completed in 1953.

Jessica Gnyp received an MFA from the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia a BFA in photography from Emily Carr University and a BA in anthropology from the University of Victoria. Gnyp currently lives and works in Vancouver.

Looking forward to seeing you!