Links - Visual Art and Galleries

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Aion Art Gallery www.aionart.com
• Amelia Douglas Gallery www.douglas.bc.ca/artscomm/
• Appleton Galleries www.appletongalleries.com
• Architectural Institute of BC www.aibc.ca
• Art Beatus www.artbeatus.com
• Art for Life - Fine Art Auction www.artforlife.net
• Art Works www.artworksbc.com
• Artists for Kids Trust Gallery www.artists4kids.com
• Artspars Fine Art www.artpars.com
• Atelier Gallery www.ateliergallery.ca
• Balogh-Mitchell Fine Art Gallery www.bmfinearts.com
• Basic Inquiry Studio - The Vancouver Life Drawing Centre www.lifedrawing.org
• Bau-Xi Gallery www.bau-xi.com
• Bel Art Gallery www.belartgallery.com
• Belkin Satellite Gallery www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca/satellite/'
• Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery www.tag.bc.ca
• Bill Reid Foundation www.billreidfoundation.org
• Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art www.billreidgallery.ca
• Blackberry Gallery www.pomoartscentre.bc.ca/mainpage/index.htm
• Blanket Gallery www.blanketgallery.com
• Blue Raven Company (Native art) www.blueravenco.com
• BOA Art Gallery Studio - 604-939-8856
• Buckland Southerst Gallery www.bucklandsoutherst.com
• Buschlen Mowatt Gallery www.buschlenmowatt.com
• Burnaby Art Gallery www.city.burnaby.bc.ca
• Burnaby Arts Council Gallery www.burnabyartscouncil.bc.ca
• Catriona Jeffries Gallery www.catrionajeffries.com
• Centre A - Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art www.centrea.org
• CH Art Gallery www.ch-artgallery.com
• Charles H. Scott Gallery - Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design www.eciad.bc.ca/eciad/people/index/chscott.html
• Circle Craft Gallery www.circlecraft.net
• Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery www.coastalpeoples.com
• Cobblestone Gallery www.sur-biz.com/cobblestone_gallery/
• Coghlan Art (Pacific Northwest Coast native art) www.coghlanart.com
• Contemporary Art Gallery www.contemporaryartgallery.ca
• Crafthouse Gallery www.cabc.net/mem_sect/ChGall.html
• Crafthouse Shop www.cabc.net/mem_sect/Chshop.html
• CSA Space www.csaspace.ca/main.html
• Diane Farris Gallery www.dianefarrisgallery.com
• Domus Art Gallery - 604-733-0200
• Dorian Rae Collection www.dorianraecollection.com
• Douglas Reynolds Gallery (northwest coast native art) www.douglasreynoldsgallery.com
• Douglas Udell Gallery www.douglasudellgallery.com
• Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery - 604-689-1650
• Eagle Spirit Gallery (Northwest coast native art) www.eaglespiritgallery.com
• Eileen Fong Gallery Artists' Co-op www.coopgallery.com
• Elissa Cristall Gallery www.cristallgallery.com
• Elliot Louis Gallery www.ballardlederergallery.com
• Equinox Gallery www.equinoxgallery.com
• Evergreen Cultural Centre Art Gallery http://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/Art+Gallery/default.htm
• Exposure Gallery www.exposure-gallery.com
• Favourite Things Art & Giftware www.creativelyenhanced.com
• Federation Gallery www.artists.ca
• Ferry Building Gallery www.westvancouver.net/article.asp?c=630
• fibreEssence Gallery http://fibreessence.ca
• First Street Gallery www.firststreetgallery.com
• Gallery at Ceperley House www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/cityhall/departments_parks/prksrc_fclts_gllrya.html
• Gallery at the West Vancouver Memorial Library www.westvanlib.org
• Gallery Jones www.galleryjones.com
• Gallery of BC Ceramics www.bcpotters.com/gallery.html
• Gallery Yo Yo http://www.galleryyoyo.ca
• Gift Horse Gallery www.gifthorsegallery.com
• Graffiti Co. Art Studio www.graffiticoartstudiogallery.com
• Harrison Galleries www.harrisongalleries.com
• Havana Gallery www.havana-art.com
• Heffel Gallery www.heffel.com
• Hill's Native Art www.hillsnativeart.com
• Howe Street Gallery of Fine Art www.howestreetgallery.com
• Images for Canada Heritage (aboriginal) www.imagesforcanada.com
• Inlet Wellness Gallery www.inletwellnessgallery.com
• Inuit Gallery www.inuit.com
• Jacana Gallery www.jacanagallery.com
• Jenkins Showler Gallery www.jenkinsshowlergallery.com
• Jennifer Kostuik Gallery www.kostuikgallery.com
• Khot-La-Cha Art Gallery & Gift Shop (westcoast native & Inuit) www.khot-la-cha.com
• Kurbatoff Art Gallery www.kurbatoffart.com
• Lambert's Gallery www.lambertsgallery.com
• Leap Artist Run Centre (LARCA) (Surrey) www.vcn.bc.ca/larca
• Lattimer Gallery (northwest coast native art) www.lattimergallery.com
• Linda Lando Fine Art www.lindalandofineart.com
• Lone Cypress Gallery www.lonecypressgallery.com
• Lonsdale Quay Native Arts - 604-990-9078
• Madeleine Wood http://www.madeleinewood.com
• Main Artery Gallery www.mainarterygallery.com/
• Malaspina Printmakers Society www.malaspinaprintmakers.com
• Maple Ridge Art Gallery www.mrag.ca
• Marilyn Mylrea Studio Art Gallery www.marilynmylrea.com
• Marion Scott Gallery (Inuit) www.marionscottgallery.com
• Marshall Clark Gallery www.marshallclark.com
• Michel Blais Gallery www.mblaisgallery.com
• Millennium Art Gallery www.millenniumartgallery.com
• Mind and Matter Gallery www.mindandmatterart.com
• Monte Clark Gallery www.monteclarkgallery.com
• Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca
• Museum of Anthropology www.moa.ubc.ca
• New Westminster Arts Council Gallery www.artscouncilnewwest.org
• New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass www.hotstudioglass.com
• OnePointSix Gallery www.onepointsix.com
• Pendulum Gallery www.pendulumgallery.bc.ca
• Petley Jones Gallery www.petleyjones.com
• Place des Arts www.placedesarts.ca
• Plaskett Gallery - 604-517-5900
• Portfolio Gallery www.portfoliogallery.ca
• Port Moody Arts Centre http://pomoartscentre.bc.ca
• Presentation House Gallery www.presentationhousegall.com
• Radha Yoga & Eatery www.radha.org/vancouver
• Rendez-Vous Gallery www.rendezvousartgallery.com
• Richmond Art Gallery www.richmondartgallery.org
• Robert Held Art Glass www.robertheld.com
• Rocky Point Art Warehouse Studios www.cityofthearts.ca
• Romanov Gallery www.romanov.net
• Rose Galleries www.rosegalleries.ca
• Roundhouse Community Centre www.roundhouse.ca
• Seymour Art Gallery http://www.seymourartgallery.com/
• Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Centre www.jccgv.com/home/cultural_art.htm
• Silk Purse Arts Centre www.westvancouver.net/article.asp?c=631
• Simon Patrich Gallery www.simonpatrich.com
• Snap Contemporary Art http://www.snapart.ca/
• Society for Disability Arts & Culture www.s4dac.org
• Sopel Fine Art Gallery www.sopel.com
• Spirit Gallery (first nations art) www.spirit-gallery.com
• Spirit Wrestler Gallery (Inuit & northwest coast) www.spiritwrestler.com
• Spirits of the North Gallery of Tribal Art (contemporary northwest coast native art) www.spiritsofthenorth.com
• State Gallery www.state-gallery.com
• sugarandsugar gallery http://sugarandsugar.com
• Studio Blue www.studioblue.ca
• Studiostone Stone Sculpture Gallery www.studiostone.ca
• Surrey Art Gallery www.arts.city.surrey.bc.ca
• SFU Galleries www.sfu.ca/artgallery/
• The Art of Golf Gallery www.theartofgolfgallery.com
• The Art of Loving www.theartofloving.ca
• The Ironworks Studio www.theironworks.ca
• The JEM Gallery http://www.allianceforarts.com/about-us/members/displaymember.php3?member_no=551
• The Studio Art Gallery www.thestudioartgallery.com 
• Tiggywinkles Folk Art Studio www.tiggywinklesfolkart.com
• Tracey Lawrence Gallery www.traceylawrencegallery.com
• Uno Langmann Limited www.langmann.com
• Van Dop Art Gallery www.vandopgallery.com
• Vancouver Art Gallery www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
• Vancouver Sculpture Biennale www.vancouverbiennale.com
• West Coast Science Fiction Society (V-Con) www.v-con.ca
• Westbridge Fine Arts http://www.westbridge-fineart.com/
• Winsor Gallery www.winsorgallery.com
• Wood Co-op (The) www.thewoodco-op.com
• WoodWorks Gallery - 604-251-4100
• Xeno Gallery www.dadabase.ca
• Yishu Space www.yishuspace.com

British Columbia

• Alcheringa Gallery - contemporary Pacific Tribal Art (Victoria) www.alcheringa-gallery.com
• Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery www.armstrongbc.com/museumandartgallery/
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria www.aggv.bc.ca
• Art Gallery of the South Okanagan www.galleries.bc.ca/agso/index.html
• Artisans Lane at Belleville Park (Victoria) www.bellevillepark.com
• ArtJunction@funcation Gallery and Frame Studio (Whistler) www.artjunction.ca
• Black Tusk Gallery - northwest coast native art (Whistler) www.blacktusk.ca
• Brackendale Art Gallery www.brackendaleartgallery.com
• Brentwood Bay Lodge and Spa Art Gallery www.brentwoodbaylodge.com/art_about.html
• Campbell River Art Gallery http://crartgal.ca/
• Comox Valley Art Gallery http://mars.ark.com/~cvag
• Crystal Cabin Gallery (Tlell, Queen Charlotte Islands) - 250-557-4383
• Dawson Creek Art Gallery www.pris.bc.ca/artgallery/
• Falls Gallery (Terrace) www.fallsgallery.com
• Fugitive Gallery (Vernon) - 250-542-6692
• Gallery 223 (Nanaimo) www.gallery223.ca
• Gallery Rosa (Saturna Island) www.galleryrosa.com
• Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens Gallery (Kelowna) www.geertmaas.org/gardens.htm
• Grand Forks Art Gallery www.galleries.bc.ca/grandforks/
• Hampton Gallery (Kamloops) www.hamptongalleries.com
• Handworks Gallery (Oliver) www.handworksgallery.ca
• Holtenwood Gallery (Texada Island) www.holtenwoodgallery.com
• Judy Hill Gallery (Northwest Coast native art) (Duncan) http://judyhillgallery.com
• Just Art Gallery (Pacific Northwest native art) (Port MacNeill) www.justart.ca
• Kamloops Art Gallery www.kag.bc.ca
• Kelowna Art Gallery www.galleries.bc.ca/kelowna/
• Kootenay Gallery of Art, History & Science www.kootenaygallery.com
• Linda's Frame Shop (Kelowna) www.kel-biz.com/lindasframeshop/
• Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery (University of Victoria) www.maltwood.uvic.ca
• Mountain Craft Gallery (Whistler) www.mountaincraftgallery.com
• Naikai Gallery (Salt Spring Island) www.islandnet.com/~naikai/
• Nanaimo Art Gallery www.mala.bc.ca/~nag/nag.htm
• Newport Gallery (Squamish) www.newportgallery.net
• On Canvas Art Gallery (Victoria) www.oncanvasartgallery.com
• Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art (Salt Spring Island) www.pegasusgallery.ca
• Peninsula Gallery (Sidney) www.pengal.com
• Petroglyph Gallery (Northwest Coast native art) (Bella Coola) www.petroglyphgallery.ca
• Qualicum Bay Seaside Gallery www.qualicumgallery.com
• Raven Gallery (Haida art) (Masset) www.northernwoodarts.com/raven_gallery/
• Rotary Centre for the Arts (Kelowna) www.rotarycentreforthearts.com
• Royal Holographic Art Gallery (Victoria) www.holograms.bc.ca
• Royal Oak Gallery & Custom Framing (Victoria) http://vic-biz.com/royaloakgallery/
• SAGA Public Art Gallery (Salmon Arm) - 250-832-1170
• Sandstone Studio at Page's Marina (Gabriola Island) www.pagesresort.com/gallery.htm
• Sa-Nuu-Kwa Native Art Gallery (Victoria) http://cowichanvalley.hypermart.net/Sanuukwa/gallery.html
• Side Street Studio (Victoria) www.sidestreetstudio.com
• Siska Art Gallery (Lytton) (Native Art) - 250-455-0072
• Sooke Harbour House Art Gallery www.sookeharbourhouse.com
• Summerland Art Gallery www3.telus.net/SummerlandArts/gallery.htm
• The Art Ark Gallery (Kelowna) www.theartark.com
• The CRS Trading Post (Britiannia Beach) www.thecrstradingpost.com
• The Lloyd Gallery (Penticton) www.lloydgallery.com
• The Old Ranger Station Gallery & Gift Shop (Telkwa) www.bcnorth.ca/ranger/
• The Station House Gallery (Williams Lake) - 250-392-6113
• Tumbleweed Gallery (Penticton) - 250-492-7701
• Turtle Island Gallery (Kelowna) (First Nations) www.turtleislandgallery.com
• Tutt Street Gallery (Kelowna) www.tuttstreetgallery.com
• Two Rivers Art Gallery (Prince George) www.tworiversartgallery.com
• Vernon Public Art Gallery www.galleries.bc.ca/vernon
• West Coast Gallery (Whistler) www.westcoastartgallery.com
• West World Art Gallery www.wwartgallery.com
• Winchester Galleries www.winchestergalleriesltd.com

Canada

• Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art www.ccca.ca

ARTIST RUN CENTRES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Access Artist Run Centre www.vaarc.ca
• Artspeak Gallery www.artspeak.ca
• Dynamo Arts Association and Gallery - 604-602-9005
• Gallery Gachet www.gachet.org
• grunt gallery www.grunt.bc.ca
• Helen Pitt Gallery www.helenpittgallery.org
• Intermission Artist Society http:www.intermission.org
• Leap Artist Run Centre - 604-596-1025
• Or Gallery www.orgallery.org
• SWARM www.paarc.ca/swarm/
• The Drift www.thedrift.ca
• Western Front Society www.front.bc.ca
• Video In Studios Media Arts Centre www.videoinstudios.com

British Columbia

• Alternator Gallery (Kelowna) www.alternatorgallery.com
• Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres (PAARC) www.paarc.ca
• Ministry of Casual Living (Victoria) www.ministryofcasualliving.ca
• Open Space Artist Run Centre (Victoria) www.openspace.ca
• Xchange Artists' Gallery and Studios (Victoria) www.xchangesgallery.org

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Anime Evolution - a celebration of Asian entertainment www.animeevolution.com
• Arnold Mikelson Festival of the Arts www.mindandmatterart.com
• Artists Among Us (studio tours in Burnaby & New Westminster) http://members.shaw.ca/artistsamongus/
• Artists in Our Midst (studio tours in Vancouver's west side) www.artistsinourmidst.com
• Arts in the City Festival www.artsinthecity.com
• Catch the Spirit Art & Music Festival (Delta) www.catch-the-spirit.com
• Chilliwack Art Walk http://www.chilliwackartists.ca/
• Coho Festival www.cohofestival.com
• Eastside Cultural Crawl (studio tours in Vancouver's east side) www.culturecrawl.bc.ca
• Harmony Arts Festival (North Vancouver) www.harmonyarts.net
• It Never Happens Here Arts & Music Festival (Fort Langley) www.neverhappenshere.ca
• New Forms Festival www.newformsfestival.com
• SWARM www.paarc.ca/swarm
• The Drift www.thedrift.ca
• Unleashed and Unashamed: Youth Week Festival at VECC www.vecc.bc.ca

British Columbia

• Arts on the Avenue - Ladysmith's Annual Outdoor Arts Festival www.ladysmithcofc.com/artscouncil/avenue.htm
• BC Cultural Crawl www.art-bc.com/events/culturalcrawl.php
• Broadmead Studio Tour - 250-658-1969
• Chemainus Festival of Murals www.muraltown.com
• Harrison Festival of the Arts www.harrisonfestival.com
• Kelowna Clay Festival www.bobhamm-art.com/clayfest/
• Lake Country Art Walk - 250-766-4406
• Moss Street Paint-In (Victoria) http://aggv.bc.ca/programs-mspi.asp
• Oak Bay Studio Tours - 250-592-3585
• Port Alberni ForestFest www.forestfest.ca
• Quadra Island Studio Tour www.quadradirectory.com/studiotours/
• Sidney Fine Art Show www.cacsp.com/fineart.html
• Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival (Whistler) www.whistler2005.com

BIENNALES - festivals of contemporary, visual and peforming art

Greater Vancouver

• BIMPE - Biennale of Miniature Print Exhibition http://bimpe.com
• InFest Festival of Artist-run Culture www.paarc.ca
• Live Biennial of Performance Art www.livevancouver.bc.ca

Canada

• Montreal Biennale www.ciac.ca/biennale2004/index.htm

International

• Berlin Biennale (Germany) www.berlinbiennale.de
• Biennale de Lyon (France) www.biennale-de-lyon.org
• Copenhagen Biennale (Denmark) www.biennale.dk
• Documenta (Germany) www.documenta.de
• Gwangju Biennale (Korea) www.gwangju-biennale.org
• International Architecture Biennale (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) www.1ab.nl
• Kyoto Biennale (Japan) www.kyotobiennale.com
• Prague Biennale (Czech Republic)
• Sydney Biennale www.biennaleofsydney.com.au

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts community

Greater Vancouver

• Appropriation Art www.appropriationart.ca
• Artists for Kids Trust www.artists4kids.com
• Arts in Action Society www.artsinaction.ca
• Canadian Children's Illustrated Books Project www.slais.ubc.ca/saltman/ccib/home.html
• Chilliwack Artists Association www.chilliwackartists.ca
• Chinese-Canadian Artists Federation - 604-266-2826
• City of Vancouver Public Art Program www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/oca/publicart/
• Contemporary Art Society http://www.casv.ca
• Federation of Canadian Artists www.artists.ca
• Garibaldi Art Club (Maple Ridge) www.myartclub.com/Group.cfm?C_No=15
• Leap Artist Run Centre (LARCA) (Surrey) www.vcn.bc.ca/larca/
• The Joint Woodworking Studio http://www.thejoint.ca/
• MyArtClub.com www.myartclub.com
• Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres (PAARC) www.paarc.ca
• Vancouver Public Art Registry www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/cgi-win/publicart/publicart.exe
• Vancouver Public Library Fine Art & Music Division www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/art/home.html
• West Coast Calligraphy Society http://galileo.spaceports.com/~callig/
• White Rock Art Society www.artsociety.ca

British Columbia

• Alliance of Saltspring Artists www.saltspring.com/art/alliance.htm
• Arrowsmith Potters Guild (Parksville) www.arrowsmithpottersguild.bc.ca
• BC Glass Arts Association www.bcgaa.org
• British Columbia Folklore Society www.folklore.bc.ca
• Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) (BC Chapter) www.vcn.bc.ca/carfac/
• Crafts Association of BC www.cabc.net
• Design BC Society - 604-681-3392
• Fernie Decorative Artists http://virtualfernie.com/arts/activities.htm
• Fernie Fine Arts Club http://virtualfernie.com/arts/activities.htm
• Gibsons Arts Society - 604-886-4956
• Okanagan Artists' Alternative - 250-868-2298
• Potters Guild of BC www.bcpotters.com
• Sculptor's Association of BC - 604-435-5426

Canada

• Alliance of Canadian Societies of Art http://acsa.corp.eol.ca/
• Art Dealers Association of Canada www.ad-ac.ca
• Artist-Run Network (ARN) www.canuck.com/Esalon/ARN/ARN_1.html
• Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) www.carfac.ca
• Canadian Society for Asian Arts www.cic.sfu.ca/csaa/
• Canadian Society for Painters in Water Colour www.canartscene.com/orgs/cspwc/
• Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) www.canscaip.org
• Centre for Exhibition Exchange www.cee.ca
• Drawing Society of Canada www.drawingsociety.com
• Federation of Canadian Artists www.artists.ca
• Glass Art Association of Canada www.glassartcanada.ca
• Instant Coffee http://www.instantcoffee.org
• Magenta Foundation (publisher) www.magentafoundation.org
• Ontario Society of Artists http://acsa.corp.eol.ca/osa.html
• Portrait Society of Canada www.portraitsocietyofcanada.com
• Royal Academy of Arts (RCA) www.rca-arc.ca
• Sculptors Society of Canada www.cansculpt.org
• Society of Canadian Artists http://acsa.corp.eol.ca/sca.html
• Stained Glass Canada www.stainedglasscanada.com

International

• American Society of Portrait Artists (ASOPA) www.asopa.com
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS) www.arlisna.org
• Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) http://info.detnews.com/aaec/
• International Arts and Artists www.artsandartists.org
• International Guild of Visual Artists (Victoria, Canada) - 250-658-3358
• National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) (Australia) www.visualarts.net.au
• Pastel Society of America www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org
• Portrait Society of America www.portraitsociety.org
• Worldwide Nature Artists Group www.natureartists.com

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• CreativeCommunities.ca - Vancouver's online community-based public art directory www.creativecommunities.ca
• FAD-News (Fashion, Art and Design) www.artistrun.org
• MyArtClub.Com www.myartclub.com
• Rubyarts http://www.rubyarts.org
• Vancouver Art Galleries www.welcometobc.ca/vanartgalleries/
• Westbridge Fine Art http://www.westbridge-fineart.com/

British Columbia

• Art Galleries Victoria http://aabode.com/victoria/gallery.html
• Blue Raven Co. (native art) www.blueravenco.com
• Public Art Galleries of the interior of British Columbia www.galleries.bc.ca
• Preview of the Visual Arts www.preview-art.com
• Saltspring Island Art www.saltspring.com/art/
• Van Dop Art Guide to British Columbia www.art-bc.com

Canada

• ArtFocus Online (Toronto) www.artfocus.com
• Artists in Canada http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/BASIS/aich/user/www/sf
• Centre for Canadian Art (Canadian Art Database) www.ccca.ca
• First Nations Art http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artists/
• Galleries Canada www.galleriescanada.com
• terminus1525 www.terminus1525.ca

International

• Artnet - buy, sell and research fine art www.artnet.com
• ContemporaryArt.com www.contemporaryart.com
• Culturebase.net - the international artist database www.culturebase.net
• FACTS: Fine Art Care and Treatment Centre www.artfacts.org
• Guild.com www.guild.com
• Keyplease.com: The Global Culture Portal www.keyplease.com
• Learn to Draw www.learning2draw.com/how.htm
• MisterArt Directory www.misterart-directory.com
• National Assocation of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) (USA) http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Society for Education in Art & Design - art and design education online network (UK) www.nsead.org
• Non-starving artists http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/Resources/ArtWork
• NYFA Interactive http://www.nyfa.org
• PainterGallery.com - a directory of painters and artists www.paintergallery.com

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
• Canadian Picture Framers School (Langley) www.framing-school.com
• Capilano College www.capcollege.bc.ca/programs/fine-arts.html
• Christie House Arts and Heritage Centre www.district.north-van.bc.ca/article.asp?a=1902&c=188
• Critical Curatorial Studies, University of British Columbia www.finearts.ubc.ca/programs/programs_ccst.html
• Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design www.eciad.bc.ca
• Dundarave Print Workshop www.dundaraveprintworkshop.ca
• Federation of Canadian Artists www.artists.ca
• Kwantlen College http://www.kwantlen.ca/calendar/programs/humanities.fina.html
• Langara College http://www.langara.bc.ca/programs/FINA.html
• Malaspina Printmakers Society www.malaspinaprintmakers.com/courses.htm
• Performing & Fine Arts Studio http://www.astarstudio.com
• SFU Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts www.sfu.ca/sca/
• The Arts Connection: Visual and Performing Arts Centre www.theartsconnection.ca
• UBC Department of Fine Arts www.finearts.ubc.ca
• University College of the Fraser Valley http://www.ucfv.ca/visualarts.htm
• Vancouver Academy of Art www.artacademy.com
• White Rock Summer School of the Arts www.artsociety.ca

British Columbia

• Artwaves - Shuswap Summer School of the Arts www.shuswapartscouncil.bc.ca/sssa.html
• Camosun College www.camosun.bc.ca/schools/artsci/arts/index.php
• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• Gibsons School of the Arts www.gibsonsartschool.net
• Island Mountain Arts (Wells) http://www.imarts.com
• Kootenay School of the Arts (Nelson) www.ksac.bc.ca
• Malaspina University College http://www.mala.ca/calendar/FineArts/index.asp
• Shuswap Summer School of the Arts (Salmon Arm)
• Nelson's Summer of Learning www.nelsonlearning.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• The Old School House Arts Centre (Qualicum Beach) www.theoldschoolhouse.org
• University of Victoria http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2005/FACS/FoFiA/DoViA/index.html
• Vancouver Island School of Art (Victoria) www.vancouverislandschoolart.com
• Victoria College of Art (VCA) www.vca.ca

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Abby Arts and Crafts www.bby-biz.com/abbeyarts/
• Associated Graphic Supplies Ltd. - 604-733-1331
• Big Door Fine Art www.bigdoorart.com
• Bilton's Art Centre - 604-985-4033\
• Dragon Arts and Supplies http://www.dragonarts.net
• Framagraphic Framing Gallery www.framagraphic.com
• Frame of Mind - 604-871-1175
• Larson Juhl Custom Framing www.larsonjuhl.com
• Loomis Art Store www.loomisartstore.com
• Maxwell's Artists Materials - 604-534-1125
• Opus Framing & Art Supplies www.opusframing.com
• Oscar's - Vancouver Art Book Store 604-731-0553
• Osterson's Framing & Art - 604-988-8102
• Petrov Restoration Gallery Ltd. - 604-985-1545
• Trio Bronze (Langley) - 604-534-1490
• Urban Source www.urbansource.bc.ca

British Columbia

• Picture Perfect Gallery (Victoria) http://vic-biz.com/pictureperfectgallery/
• Needlemania (Nanaimo) www.needlemania.com
• The Gallery (Dawson Creek) www.pris.bc.ca/thegallery/home.htm

International

• Arts Boards http://www.art-boards.com

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

Vancouver

• City of Vancouver - Office of Cultural Affairs http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/oca/Grants/index.htm
• VADA Awards - Visual Arts Development Award www.vada-awards.org

British Columbia

• BC Arts Council http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program.php?active_page=761
• Grace Cameron Rogers Scholarship for craftspeople www.cabc.net/about/awards.htm
• VADA Awards - Visual Arts Development Award www.vada-awards.org

Canada

• Canada Council for the Arts - Music in Alternative Spaces www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/music/mush26x-e.asp
• Canada Council for the Arts - Visual Arts www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/visualarts
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/03_e.htm#cteip
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Cultural Spaces Canada www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ecc-csp/index_e.cfm
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DEFAIT) - Visual and Media Arts www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/visual-en.asp

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

Canada

• Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Annual Award www.appliedartsmag.com/contests/index.html
• Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning www.time-cat.com/wrights.html
• Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggvma/default.htm
• Hilde Gerson Award for Craftspeople www.cabc.net/about/awards.htm
• Sobey Art Award www.sobeyartaward.ca

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, etc.

• AppliedArtsMag www.appliedartsmag.com
• Artichoke magazine www.artichoke.ca
• Artists Handbook: The Studio Handbook for Working Artists www.artistshandbook.com
• Border Crossings magazine www.bordercrossingsmag.com
• C Magazine www.cmagazine.com
• Canadian Art Magazine www.canadianart.ca
• Doppelganger Magazine http://doppelgangermagazine.com/main.html
• Fuse Magazine www.fusemagazine.org
• Galleries West www.gallerieswest.ca
• MIX Magazine www.mixmagazine.com
• Parachute www.parachute.ca
• Parkett Publication www.parkettart.com
• Preview of the Visual Arts www.preview-art.com
• Purple Magazine www.purple.fr/magazine.php
• The Artist's Journal www.artnews-healthnews.com
• The Fillip Review http://fillip.ca
• Westbridge Publications http://www.westbridge-fineart.com

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2008