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Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival 2017

The 2017 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival was a tremendous success!

From Community Arts Council Executive Director Eric Rhys-Miller:

“The feedback we received was overwhelmingly positive with artists appreciative of the level of care and planning that made them feel really supported. Our gratitude in turn for the courage and craft shown by all the artists who participated.

Big thanks to the Roundhouse staff and volunteers, and the groups who participated: Gallery Gachet, The Art Studios, and Coast Mental Health. We succeeded in bringing some of our shining outsiders a little more inside the public’s awareness, while boosting a sense of community and confidence.”

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Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival banner
August 11-12, 2017
Presented by Community Arts Council of Vancouver
in partnership with Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver, BC
FREE ADMISSION
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VOLUNTEERS WELCOME!

Untitled 1 by Jeff Hallson, artist
Ship by Robert Aki, artist
Hecla Island Quarry by Richard Hildebrandt, artist
The Drive by Neil R. Williams, artist
San Luis Obispo by Nigel Barbour, artist
Open by Martin Murphy, artist
Flowers by Shane Sinclair, artist
Decend by Georges Hadad, artist
Community Penguins by Michelle Harris, artist
Call of the Wild by Leo Gallibois, artist
2016-17 Series by Elena M. Williams, artist
Untitled by Yaho-Hanan Fiwchuk, artist
Waltz and City by Olga Evseeva, artist
Untitled by Sandy Vogt, artist
Untitled by Caroline Embling, artist
Untitled by Zyryo Zynxjnlor, artist
Untitled by Zola Starr, artist
Untitled by Vincent Chorabik, artist
Untitled by Tony Schuh, artist
Untitled by Steven Tyrell, artist
Untitled by Shepit, artist
Untitled by Scott Colin, artist
Untitled by Seema Shah, artist
Untitled by Roberta Sciarretta, artist
Untitled by Rachel Anderson, artist
Untitled by Pearl Martin, artist
Untitled by Michelle Stephans, artist
Untitled by Lex Kinast, artist
Untitled by Julia Russell, artist
Untitled by Irina Rakina, artist
Untitled by Guillaume Taylor, artist
Untitled by Frederick, artist
Untitled by Edzy Edzed, artist
Untitled by David Marshall Richards, artist
Untitled by Ciel Hayes, artist
Untitled by Christina Kenton, artist
Sable, issuant dexter a cherub guides two seraphim proper by Brooklyn Fink, artist
Untitled by Boris Chow, artist
The Orpheum by Jennifer Brouse, artist
Summer Horizon by Daisy Green, artist
Slug Woman by Ada Dragomir, artist
Point of No Return by Vicki Lynn Rae, artist
Planet Jupiter by Janice Jacinto, artist
Late Afternoon Kayak by Rosemary Briggs, artist
Jesus on Salt Spring by Bill Pope, artist
Untitled 2 by Ben Roback, artist
Snorkeling Caribbean by Karen Irving, artist
Transition by Larissa (Gurl) Healey, artist
Red and Blue Triangle by Benjamin Young, artist
Lith by Dennis Sulz, artist
Journeyman Wizard by Jason Cross, artist
Approach from the Other Side by Holly Winters, artist
Action on Amazon Frontier by David Ogilvie, artist
Hotel Europe by Leef Evans, artist
Gastown Moments I by Stella Castell, artist
Bike Race by Clarence Brear, artist
Bathing Baby by Colleen McNeil, artist

Once known as Art Brut, Outsider Art refers to the work of any artist who has little or no contact with the mainstream art world, often including low-income, visionary, folk, and aboriginal artists, and artists with mental health diagnoses. Outsider Art fairs and festivals are held in London, New York, and Paris. Given Vancouver’s number of outsider artists, we see tremendous value in this inclusive movement.*

The inaugural Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival offers access to audiences, patrons, peers, community and learning to artists who do not currently have access to mainstream markets or cultural institutions.

Unlike many art fairs, both performing and visual artists are invited to share their work, build their skills, and strengthen their connections to community.

Exhibition & Sales
Friday from 11 AM – 9 PM
Saturday from 10 AM – 4 PM

Friday, August 11
12 PM – Artist Demonstration
4 PM – Opening Reception
7 PM – “Illicit” Workshop Performance

Saturday, August 12
10 AM – “Business Basics for Artists” Workshop
12 PM – Artist Demonstration
1 PM – Lively Arts Showcase with Global Party Starters, Andrea Hollebakken, Mitcholos Touchie, M. Pyress Flame, Highs and Lows Choir, John Jaworski and Jan Cameron, Minah Lee, Claire Love Wilson, Victoria Gibson, Andrea Welsink Dance

*It is rarely recognized how, throughout history, art created by those who identify as “outsiders” profoundly influences trends, aesthetics, and evolution of cultural thought within the mainstream. Outsider Art can be evocative, prophetic, subversive, and can draw our attention to cultural legacies and understandings that are often marginalized, yet that profoundly shape our society.

There are as many definitions of Outsider Arts as there are artists who identify as outsiders. The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival aims to create a space for dialogue, exploration, and shared discovery of what Outsider Arts means here, in this place, at this time, and what its contribution is to how we understand ourselves as a society.

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