McBride Fieldhouse

Since January 2025, CACV has been operating out of the McBride Park Field House, a community-based arts space that will remain active through December 2027. The site functions as a shared, community-access hub for artistic creation, collaboration, and public engagement.

CACV uses the Field House to support local artists and deliver accessible arts programming. The space is maintained as a free, low-barrier environment for artists and participants in Vancouver and is activated in three primary ways, artist studio space for creation and research, exhibition space for public presentation of work, and programming hub for workshops, events, and community-engaged activities.

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

Artist Residency Program

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

Jessica Gabriel is a queer multidisciplinary artist from the Sunshine Coast, BC, currently working as a shadow puppeteer, theatre maker, and art model in Vancouver on unceded Coast Salish territories. She has a painting degree, a clown diploma, a permaculture design certificate, and since 2003 is co-artistic director of Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. Her practice centers on mixed media and assemblage; drawing from debris and found materials in the immediate environment. She approaches art and life through the playful lens of “compost-modernism” where ideas are continually being mulched and recycled, rotting, dying and made new again. Jessica creates experimental improvised sounds using old cassette tapes under the name tay_ploops. She holds a BFA from UBC and studied at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A professional art model at Emily Carr University, Langara College and more. She is trained in Pochinko-style clowning and is a founding member of the ASSEMBLY: a local intersectional feminist clown collective.

Gabriel began her residency at McBride Fieldhouse on March 1, 2026, and will be the artist-in-residence until the end of May 2026. Stay tuned for upcoming events!

Workshops & Events

Cedar Twine Bracelets Workshop with Musqueam Weavers titə́yxʷəma:t Vivian Notaro and qʷalamut Rebecca Campbell

Saturday, July 18, 2026 — 10:00am
CACV Fieldhouse — 2049 Waterloo St (inside McBride Park on West 4th Ave)
FREE WORKSHOP

In this hands on session, Vivian and Rebecca will discuss Musqueam history, harvesting cedar bark and traditional weaving techniques. Each participant will interact with and learn from traditional and contemporary pieces made from the inner bark of the cedar tree and then create and take home their own twine bracelet.

Vivian Mearns Notaro is a Musqueam Band Member and Master Weaver working with both wool and cedar bark. She enjoys sharing her knowledge as a cultural educator, helping others connect with Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Rebecca Campbell is a Musqueam Band member, cultural educator and cedar weaving apprentice of Vivian. She learned to harvest cedar bark at a young age, has been working with cedar for most of her life and has been co-facilitating workshops with Vivian for over 4 years.

In collaboration with Musqueam Indian Band

Sign up for the workshop here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLK1SrC-3Wo_NwKyBRAcudiHkJg7M5CYNbtPvKzkO5kRmxIQ/viewform?usp=dialog

hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language revitalization with cilaxʷ Lawrence Guerin

Saturday, July 25, 2026 — 10am-12pm
CACV Fieldhouse — 2049 Waterloo St (inside McBride Park on West 4th Ave)
FREE WORKSHOP

Join Musqueam Band member cilaxʷ Lawrence Guerin and learn about his journey in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language revitalization. In this interactive session, learn about the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ alphabet system and some of the sounds you’ll need to interact with the growing presence of Musqueam language on the land and in the city around you.

By participating in this session, you will be supporting Musqueam’s Language revitalization efforts to preserve linguistic diversity, uphold their fundamental rights to language and cultural identity. This session will be a fun and safe space for learners to build connections and develop a foundation for future language learning opportunities.

Lawrence Guerin has been learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ for over 10 years, he has completed 3 years of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ classes with the Musqueam-UBC Language Program and currently holds the role of c̓ewtən for the first year class. Supporting Musqueam language learners in his community is a passion of his and he is excited to help the broader Vancouver community members learn hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

In collaboration with Musqueam Indian Band

Sign up for the workshop here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3iViqL9rl5xjcUTm14zobE-eaKttBece_yFyxdEjir9E0lg/viewform?usp=dialog