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

At CACV, we are pleased to introduce our first Fieldhouse artist-in-residence, Víctor Ballesteros!

He is an artist and filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada. His recent work explores materials related to resource extraction and economic trade between North and South America, and their relation to the histories of exhibitions. In 2019, he was a Visiting Artist at VanDusen Botanical Garden, where he investigated a collection of Chilean plants as well as the modes of displaying, collecting, archiving, and labelling employed by the garden. During his time at the Fieldhouse, Ballesteros will be working on his project Arauco Plywall (2022–present), which inquiries into the production of plywood and its use in the architecture of galleries and museum display. He studied art and art history at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the University of British Columbia. His films and videos have been screened at festivals in Canada, Chile, and Europe, and his recent projects have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. His artist’s book Chilean Garden was published in 2024 by Archive Books, Berlin.

Ballesteros started his residency at McBride Fieldhouse on May 7, 2025, and will be the artist-in-residence until the end of July, during which he will host a public artist talk.