Cool and Crazy Dancing with dubD3000 the Hip Hop Robot

Where can you get hip hop, robots and clowns all in one place? Where else but ArtStarts on Saturdays!

Celebrating BC Arts and Culture Week 2012

This Spring we celebrated BC Arts and Culture Week by hosting an event called "A&C Playground". With "playground" as our theme, our mission was to invite people to be carefree and have fun like we all did when we were young — and to bring that sense of play back into our daily lives.

Apply Now for Infusion: Arts in Education!

Infusion: Arts in Education is a professional learning program for artists and teachers focused on arts integration in schools across BC.

ArtStarts in Schools is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the first cohort of the Infusion: Arts in Education professional learning program.

ArtStarts' 2011 Annual Report

Looking back at a great year... ArtStarts' 2011 Annual Report is now available on our website.

Arts Champion Awards Celebrate Leaders in BC Arts Community

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Arts Champion Awards!

ArtsBC and ArtStarts in Schools have announced the recipients of this year’s Arts Champion Awards, honouring individuals and organizations actively working to enhance arts and culture in their communities. Kathy Ramsey of Gabriola Island, Lynne Hossay of Vernon, and Trudy Van Dop of New Westminster received the Arts Champion in Community Award, and the Vancouver Biennale was given the Arts Champion in Education Award.

One Woman Circus Rolls in with Thrills, Skills and Giggles

The March edition of ArtStarts on Saturdays featured a fun, interactive workshop with Sand Northup, the amazing One Woman Circus. Kids braved the thrilling Wheel of Death (!), spun plates and much more in this laughter-filled event.

Thank You, Volunteers!

Last night we hosted our Volunteer Appreciation event in celebration of National Volunteer Week.

ArtStarts relies on the amazing, quality work that our volunteers generously provide. Since 2006, we’ve been lucky enough to have been granted 6,607 hours of volunteer time! We've been shown a HUGE amount of dedication and generosity, and we couldn’t be more thankful.

Celebrating Community at Second Street Community School

We recently had the chance to visit Second Street community school in Burnaby where the entire school of over 300 students has been working for the past three months with local artists Anna Talbot and Mona Lochan and the City of Burnaby’s Community Arts Development Coordinator, Shelley Twist to create a series of banners that explore the theme of Celebrating our Community.

Join us at A&C Playground!

A&C Playground
Presented by ArtStarts as part of BC Arts and Culture Week

WHEN: Wednesday April 25, 2012, 6:30pm

WHERE: ArtStarts Gallery, 808 Richards Street, Vancouver (map)

Showcase 2012

“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein

These six words became the guiding theme of this year’s ArtStarts Showcase conference, sparking one bright idea after another. Building on this, the ArtStarts team focused on joining Inspiration and Information to shape this year’s event, which was held March 1 & 2 in Vancouver.

African Drumming and Dancing with MaObong Oku, A true African Cultural Experience

For our February ArtStarts on Saturdays workshop series, we were pleased to present MaObong Oku. This was the second time we have had this amazing Nigerian born artist visit us for the ArtStarts on Saturdays series and she does not disappoint.

Volunteer at the ArtStarts Showcase

Music, Dance and Martial Arts, A True Visual Feast with Aché Brasil

For our January installment of ArtStarts on Saturdays workshop series, we were delighted to host Aché Brasil for a fun and engaging workshop where both parents and kids were clapping along and dancing to the drumming rhythms.

ArtStarts to assume responsibility of Infusion

Volunteer Testimonial

ArtStarts would like to recognize the hard work of our very talented volunteer Anna Creasy. Anna came to ArtStarts in November 2011 to work on the gallery reception and the installation of the Kingsway Project.