Introduction to Future Arts Network Future Arts Network Society is looking for members to join our Board of Directors. Board Members are volunteer positions. We are seeking peers who share our progressive values and dream of a world run by intersectional feminism in the arts and rooted in social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our… Continue reading Call for Members: Board of Directors (2024)
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Introducing Future Arts’ Artists in Residence!
Joy Gyamfi is a Black, queer photographer and writer from Ghana. As a multipotentialite with a wide range of skills, she enjoys working across multiple mediums to create a blend of visual and textual art. Be it collage, graphic design, or poetry, Joy’s endless love and care for community is a recurring theme in her… Continue reading Introducing Future Arts’ Artists in Residence!
Meet Future Arts in Residence’s (FAiR) co-organizer and project coordinator!
Shanna Cheng is a Canadian-Chinese, Hard of Hearing emerging curator and printmaker. She has her BFA from ECUAD and Cultural Resource Management certification from UVIC. She currently works out of so-called Vancouver on the unceded lands of the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Her past curations include Inscapes: Our Landscape Within and… Continue reading Meet Future Arts in Residence’s (FAiR) co-organizer and project coordinator!
Strategic Plan (2024-2027)
Our organization has shifted through numerous iterations from workshops to reports to remote workshops across several regions. This project started small in 2016 and has now grown slowly over time with different mentors and leaders participating through its various iterations. You can read more about our origin story here. As an organization that shifts with… Continue reading Strategic Plan (2024-2027)
BIPOC Arts Leaders Lab
Hello there ✌️, The Future Arts Network is excited to announce a new program coming this fall! BIPOC Arts Leaders Lab is a free 6 month peer-mentorship / leadership program that seeks to provide training, mentorship, and skills exchange to support BIPOC arts leaders, directors, and community arts organizers in Vancouver. This project is organized… Continue reading BIPOC Arts Leaders Lab
Update: mid-year update
Hello there ✌️, This a small update on whats happening behind the scenes of the Future Arts Network. This Jan/Feb we hosted our first workshops of the year that was focused on creative writing. We hosted 8 online sessions with 13 participants across Canada, and we’re currently putting together a print publication with our participants.… Continue reading Update: mid-year update
Community Survey
Hello there ✌️, There has been lots of growth and changes here at Future Arts. In the next few months we are working with Roots & Rivers to develop a bit of a ‘strategic plan’ to plan how we work in the next few years. We’d love to have your feedback to grow this little… Continue reading Community Survey