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- General operational fund for the Victoria Arts Council … the VAC supports upwards of 250 artists annually across a dynamic program of community showcases, curated exhibitions, publications, and educational lectures. Consider making a monthly donation.
2) The Victoria Arts Sustainability Coalition (envisioning a new home for the arts in downtown Victoria). Learn more here: https://vicsustainableartscoalition.wordpress.com/media/
The Victoria Arts Council is also managing donations towards the future Cultural District, supported by the Victoria Sustainability Arts Coalition. To contribute to this fund, please select the option from the dropdown menu below. A VAC tax receipt will be issued automatically.
3. WEAVING CONVERSATIONS: The 2026 International Women’s Day project, produced in partnership with Inter Cultural Association of Greater Victoria and Salt Spring National Art Prize. Taking place 1-29th of March 2026.
Organized by Isabel Gonzalez Quiroz and featuring Salt Spring National Art Prize Winner Anna Gustafson.
4. NAMING A CRISIS – artists and community respond
More than 16,000 people have died from toxic drugs across BC since the government declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency on April 14, 2016. A decade on, nearly five people a day are dying. A new multimedia arts installation, Naming a Crisis, seeks to show the magnitude of this crisis, one name at a time. In April, the names and photos of people who have died will be projected on a wall in the Victoria Arts Council space in the Bay Centre. While watching the names of lost loved ones scroll past, people can wear headphones to hear their names read aloud, a powerful memorial to people killed by drug-related harms. This collaborative arts exhibition will serve as a space for collective grief, reflection and resistance over the month of April.
Organizers:
Stephanie Harrington – co-director
Amanda Farrell-Low – co-director
Chrystal Phan – project manager and curator
Artists:
Jackie Dives
Marie Metaphor Specht
Laura Dutton
Community Collaborators:
AVI Health and Community Services, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, Moms Stop the Harm, SOLID Outreach, Substance UVic
Presented by Victoria Arts Council in partnership with The Bay Centre | Victoria.
