Our Partners

Arts BC is a provincial arts service organization dedicated to providing artists and arts and cultural organizations across British Columbia with the essential tools and professional development opportunities. As a nonprofit network with over 450 members spanning nearly 135 communities, Arts BC fosters connections, advocacy, and capacity-building throughout the province. Members benefit from access to health-benefits plans, shared services, peer roundtables, and resource programs, all designed to strengthen BC’s vibrant arts and culture ecosystem.

The BC Alliance for Arts + Culture is a nonprofit provincial organization that works to advocate, inform, and serve BC’s Creative Community. Our Mission is to build relationships that connect, energize, and activate the cultural community.

The British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) supports the professionals and volunteers who work in BC’s cultural sector and we aim to improve the cultural literacy of all British Columbians. The BCMA collaborates with arts, culture, and heritage partners to engage with all levels of government to share stories and make them aware of the true impact our sector has in communities large and small across the province.

The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA), founded in 1941 by renowned Canadian artists including Group of Seven luminaries Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, is a registered charity dedicated to elevating artistic standards across Canada. With chapters nationwide, the FCA operates the Federation Gallery on Granville Island—the country’s first artist-sponsored gallery—and offers robust education programs with workshops, lectures, and critiques. Membership is open to all who value the visual arts.

Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA) is a non-profit charitable organization with a membership that includes theatre companies, theatre makers and artists, and other organizations and individuals that support theatre in Metro Vancouver and across the province of BC. GVPTA offers professional development, promotional, and community-building opportunities in order to raise the profile of theatre and strengthen the local theatre industry.