The Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) is pleased to announce the recent additions of nine new members to our Board of Directors. The new members join Board President Brittanny Downey-MacDonald, Board Vice President Valerie Smaller, and Members-at-Large Pierre Leichner and Andrew Dawoud. The Board will work closely with our staff to continue our commitments to improving accessibility, …
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2022 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival – Call for Artists
The Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) is excited to present the 6th annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival. Offering opportunities for exhibition, performance, connection and learning to visual and performing artists facing social exclusion and other barriers, the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival is Canada’s first and only festival for Outsider Art. The artists may be …
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Black History Month 2022
February is Black History Month — a time where we celebrate the many achievements that Black Canadians have contributed to Canada's history and culture. The 2022 theme for Black History Month is: February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day. In 2020, we worked alongside Art Roots & Culture (ARC) CommUNITY to present the Wild Imagination, a nature-based …
Call for Board of Directors
Board of Directors & Committee Recruitment – Fall 2021Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) was the first arts council in North America. Since its beginning in 1946, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver has been a contributor to shaping the cultural life of Vancouver. CACV is an independent non-profit charitable organization, unaffiliated with any government department. Our vision …
Notice of our 2020-21 AGM
Join our 2021 Annual General Meeting We're excited to announce that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) for our fiscal year 2020-21 will be held on Zoom on November 30, 2021 at 6 PM PST. The past year has been very challenging for all of us in the arts community and we would be delighted to meet and share our successes and challenges for the past year. As usual practice, the business of the …
Announcing our new Program Manager, Shannon Goodman!
On behalf of the entire CACV Board and Executive Director, Kristin Cheung, we are thrilled to announce Shannon Goodman as our new Program Manager. Shannon (she/hers) is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with experience working in arts and non-profits. Born and raised in both Prince Edward County and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, she now lives and works on the unceded territories of the …
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