Future Arts Network

02/24/2026

📣 CALLING ALL IBPOC ART LEADERS (in the lower mainland of BC) 📣

Do you like workshops? Community building? Embodied leadership? Anti-racism in action?

Join us on Saturday, March 7th for a FREE double-workshop ( + free lunch too 😉) facilitated by the amazing Soni Dasmohapatra. Spots are limited, so make sure to register and secure yours soon!

WHEN: Saturday, March 7, 12-5 PM
WHERE: 221A (825 Pacific St)
WHO: IBPOC cuties (hopefully you 🫵)

Let us know what you’re most excited about in the poll below 👇

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This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada.

Join us in-person for IBPOC Leaders in the Arts, a double-feature workshop packed with creativity, community, and embodied leadership!

01/16/2026

✨ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: WEBSITE REDESIGN ✨

Future Arts Network is seeking web designers & developers to redesign futureartsnet.ca and integrate content from our legacy site.

We strongly encourage proposals from:
🖥️ Students & emerging designers
✊ BIPOC designers
♿ Designers with lived experience of disability

The project includes:
• Website redesign
• Integrating past programming (images + video)
• Assessing WordPress vs Squarespace
• Strong security & malware protection
• Optional membership features

📬 Details & How to apply: Link in bio

01/13/2026

Meet our third + final FAiR artist in residence for the 2025/2026 season: Divya Kaur! (.kaur)

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Divya Kaur is a q***r disabled Punjabi interdisciplinary artist, writer, community builder, and anti-oppression professional living on stolen Coast Salish territories, including those of the Halkomelem-speaking peoples. Their work spans mediums and focuses largely on lens-based arts to explore themes of identity, trauma, q***rness, disability, pain, and healing, seeking to honor the intersections and tender complexities within these experiences. Divya’s work has been featured in 5X Press, Room Magazine, SAD Mag, Cold Tea Collective, Vines Art Society, Kickstart Disability, Enabling Arts, and Vancouver Pride Magazine. They organize with Under The Table Poetry and is the co-creator of HIR, a community-driven South Asian LGBTQIA+ zine.

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11/28/2025

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Future Arts Network is seeking participants from across Canada to take part in our upcoming Community Networking Project — a new initiative that will connect artists, individuals, collectives, and informal + formal groups dedicated to supporting racialized women in the arts.

WHO: arts workers, cultural organizers, and community leaders (individuals + organizations!)

WHERE: open virtually across “Canada”, with optional in-person components for folks in so-called Vancouver, BC

WHEN: Jan-March 2026 🗓️

HOW TO APPLY: send us an email! check our website for all the info

COMPENSATION: $50/meeting, with an estimated 3 meetings in total

Check out the link in our b1o for all the deets, and send us your application by Dec 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST 💌

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11/20/2025

📣 BIG NEWS — 2 of our FAiR artists are participating in the this year!!! 📣

Ever wondered what the studios at the Future Arts in Residence space look like??? Ever wondered what our amazing + talented artists are working on?? Now’s your chance to find out!

Find us at the Sun Wah Centre (268 Keefer St.) on the Lower Ground level (take the elevator DOWN ⬇️ after entering).

🕰️ Open hours:
Nov 20 & 21: 5-10 PM
Nov 22 & 23: 11 AM - 6 PM

Artist bios pinned in the comments below! Hope to see you there 🎉

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08/15/2025

OPEN CALL! Future Arts in Residence (FAiR) is opening up our new cycle of a paid artist in residency program.

This studio residency is founded on accessibility, mentorship, and community. Applications open now!! Deadline September 2, 2025. ✨✨✨
https://futureartsnet.ca/future-arts-in-residence-2025-2026/