Artspeak invites applications for the position of Administrative Coordinator, with an anticipated start date of April 5, 2024

About Artspeak
Artspeak is a non-profit artist-run centre established in 1986. Arstpeak is an exhibition and programming space that encourages dialogue between contemporary visual art and writing. Artspeak is committed to intersectional participation and exchange, making visible social and cultural transformations of artists and art communities from the global south within the regional specificity of the DTES. Artspeak operates on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ First Nations.

Hours and Remuneration

– Part-time position at 20 hrs a week. Working hours are Wednesday, Thursday and rotating Saturday.

– Salary based on experience: $38500 – $44000

– Permanent position with a 6-month probationary period

– Artspeak offers comprehensive health benefits package including optical and dental coverage

Vacations
Paid vacation is aligned with the gallery operation hours. Artspeak grants 2 weeks of paid vacation during gallery closure in July, and 2 weeks paid vacation during the December/January holiday closure period. Paid statutory holidays.

Role:
Working with and reporting to the Director/Curator, the Administrative Coordinator assumes responsibility in the areas of grant development and management, gallery and exhibition administraton, communications, and projects management. The Administrative Coordinator will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

30% Grant Development & Management

– Manages external grant application resources effectively to achieve organizational goals.

– Ensures timely financial reporting for the gallery.

– Responsible for membership and donor program management, correspondence, promotion, and database management, and renewals.

– Oversees grant preparation and reporting in consultation with the Director/Curator.

– Researches government, foundation, corporate grants, and other fundraising or grant opportunities.

– Supports the development and writing of high-quality grant proposals and applications that align with Artspeak’s mandate.

– Establishes and maintains working relationships with grant funders.

20% Operations and Exhibitions/Projects

– Oversees the maintenance of facilities and liaises with Building and Strata management

– Attends Strata AGM on behalf of the organization

– Oversees and organizes events, receptions and gallery openings

– Writes and executes artist contracts

20% Administrative

– Participates in fundraising projects with the Board of Directors, Annual General Meeting, and Board Retreats.

– Prepares letters and reports using organisation templates in compliance with standards

– Manages filing and bookkeeping systems

– Assists in the preparation and submission of time and expense reports for the partner(s) supported

– Plans and coordinates cost-effective and sometimes complex domestic and international travel arrangements and itineraries for individuals and groups

20% Communications

– Creates content for social media using brand guidelines

– Maintains and updates gallery systems such as publication files, archives, support materials, computer hardware and software, manuals, and digital and physical filing systems.

– Implements publicity plans developed in consultation with the Director/Curator including production and editing of publicity materials.

– Liaises with designers, printers and media contacts.

– Oversees maintenance of the website and maintains an online archive of activities.

– Generates and oversees mailings and publicity associated with programming including – advertising, social media, and audiovisual recordings.

– Manages correspondence and other public interface regarding exhibition policy, submissions, general information and publications.

10% Programming

– Administratively assist the Director/Curator in 4 to 6 programming projects, exhibitions, events and publications, including communications with artists and writers, as well as copyediting.

Applicant Qualifications
Artspeak encourages entries from applicants with some or all of the following qualifications:

– Experience working with artist-run centres and/or other non-profit/community organizations; proven track record with non-profit administration, including grant writing and reporting, as well as contract administration;

– Experience with facets of communications responsibilities; sensitivity to representing the organization in correspondence, publicity, and other public-facing communications in a mature and professional manner;

– Interest in and some experience with curatorial dimensions of artist-run centres and ability to assist Director/Curator in executing curatorial tasks

– Strong word processing skills

– Microsoft offfice, InDesign, Adobe comprehension

– Computer savvy – ability to learn and troubleshoot various computer programs

– Ability to work independently (setting priorities, meeting deadlines, etc.) on daily tasks and collaboratively with other organization members, including the Director/Curator, Board, volunteers, artists, and guest curators;

– Ability to work creatively and think innovatively alongside other organization members in executing projects efficiently and with sensitivity to a variety of social, political, and economic concerns;

Application Process
Interested applicants must submit the following documents:

– Cover letter, outlining previous experience with aforementioned tasks and responsibilities, experience working in artist-run centres, and/or other experience relevant to the Administrative Coordinator position;

– Detailed curriculum vitae

Shortlisted applicants will be required to submit a writing sample and three professional references with contact information.

Applications will be accepted until filled. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those shortlisted will be contacted. Please submit your application to hiring@artspeak.ca

Please note that Artspeak is an equal opportunity, and living wage employer. We strongly encourage applications from; Black, Indigneous, POC, 2SLGBTQIA+ candidates that reflect our programming mandates, and welcome all forms of professional experience. Artspeak is working to improve the accessibility of our location. While masks are not mandatory, they are available in gallery. Staff and visitors are encouraged to share their safety needs. A wheelchair ramp is located at the front entrance of the gallery space. Washrooms have a 33 inch entrance with handrail. Artspeak is located in the Downtown East Side, and operates as an active community member alongside our unhoused neighbours.

November 15, 2023
Notice of Artspeak AGM 2023
Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting of the I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society will be held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. This meeting will be held remotely, via Zoom, starting at 6:00pm. Members who wish to attend are asked to RSVP to info@artspeak.ca no later than Friday, November 10 for access to the meeting link and documents.

All members are invited to attend. To renew your membership, please visit artspeak.ca/information.

Moved by Many!

We are delighted to invite you to our fall fundraising event in support of Artspeak Gallery’s programming! Please join us for a celebratory cocktail party at 233 Carrall St, on September 22, 2023 at 6pm.

​As an experimental exhibition and programming space, Artspeak is committed to intersectional participation, visibility, incubation, exchange and development of artists of color. This intention expands the possibilities of social transformation, and actively situates cultural production, critical practice, contemporary art, art criticism, community engagement, and relationship building, central to the work of challenging,  igniting and inspiring the future of the Canadian art landscape. 

The success of Artspeak Gallery is directly connected to the contributions and generosity of our patrons. Proceeds from ticket sales, and one time donations will go towards Artspeak’s charitable mandate, allowing us to meaningfully support artists and continue exhibitions, performances, commissioned writing and educational programs. 

To purchase your ticket for a one time donation please click  here

Closing Celebration
Saturday July 1, 2023
Doors open at 7:30pm
Featuring performances by Hot Snack and TJ Felix & The Trickle Down Daddies

*The gallery will be open for regular hours 12-6pm

Join us for an in person launch of dissident 02; Toward an Ethic of Collection & Dissemination with contributing text from Vancouver Black Library, I Dream Library and Library of Infinities. 

June 24, 2023
1-5pm 
1:30pm Remarks with writers present 
Light refreshments and sandwiches will be provided

Participating writers for dissident 02 are Abena Somiah, Feven Tesfay, Aisha Kiani and Shaya Ishaq

dissident is a quarterly art journal devoted to exploring community driven social practices. Writing against and alongside limiting institutional historical orientation, the series positions restorative literature, intimate recollection, transdisciplinary dialogue, and the production of knowledge and pedagogical practices through active engagements with progressive social movements central to the pursuit of complex curatorial engagement.

We are pleased to announce the 2023 recipient of our Emerging Curatorial Residency, Ogheneofegor (Fegor) Obuwoma! 

Ogheneofegor Obuwoma (She/They) is a Nigerian storyteller and writer with a BFA in film and communications from Simon Fraser University. The possibilities of bodies as personal archives and their relationship to the world is an important part of her practice. Ogheneofegor’s work emerges from an investigation of the dynamic, nuanced and ever changing state of contemporary Nigerian society, people, and culture. Her artistic practice  is influenced by African futurism and  a visual language born of cultural and lived experiences. They are constantly exploring the the interrelations between cultural production and rituals and ground their practice in  traditions of care and  reimagination. 

Special thanks to the BC Arts Council.

Please join us for an in-person launch and artist talk with Krystal Paraboo who will speak about her issue, Colonial Euphemisms & (inter) Cultural Parlances.

March 3, 2023
Doors open at 6:00pm
Artist Talk at 6:30pm

dissident is a quarterly art journal devoted to exploring community driven social practices. Writing against and alongside limiting institutional historical orientation, the series positions restorative literature, intimate recollection, transdisciplinary dialogue, and the production of knowledge and pedagogical practices through active engagements with progressive social movements central to the pursuit of complex curatorial engagement.
dissident investigates human-centric, intersectional, and decolonial frameworks, bridging autonomous authorship or anecdotal, self-reflective writing with activism, political agitation, and obscure cultural practice. Documenting creative participatory re-shaping, redirection, resistance, refusal, and care, dissident invites guest writers to share research at various stages of progress- an exercise in disrupting evaluation and presentation and a gesture towards critical experimentation, innovation, and generative idea sharing.

Start Date: January 9, 2023
Hours: 20 hours/week, contract position; 12 months with possibility for renewal
Salary: $38,000 per annum

Apply by 4pm PST on November 30, 2022

DESCRIPTION

Working with and reporting to the Director/Curator, the Gallery Coordinator assumes responsibility in the areas of facilities, operations, and administration. The Gallery Coordinator is an individual with a diverse skill set who can demonstrate well-rounded, and active knowledge in preparatory studies, as well as associated hands-on gallery administrative and operational duties. Artspeak is a small team where individuals play a large role in the identity and function of the gallery. Together our team shares responsibilities for the daily operation of the gallery, including visitor liaison, correspondence, social media management, library and archive processing, contractor management, installation, and de-installation. Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic about working in and contributing to artist-run centre culture. The initiatives promoted by the gallery require a committed, self-directed team worker who is organized, and innovative with a can-do attitude, able to respond flexibly and confidently to new challenges. This is a contract part-time position, working 20 hours each week for approximately 45 weeks a year. Please note the gallery is closed for August and December. Candidates must be able to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends, commencing January 9, 2023. Artists are encouraged to apply.

Artspeak is a leading Canadian artist-run centre established in 1986. The mandate of the gallery is to exhibit contemporary art and to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. Artspeak actively contributes to cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with various arts organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art. Throughout its history Artspeak has played a significant role in addressing the historical, social, and intellectual conditions of contemporary visual and language arts production from the West Coast and beyond. Artspeak is a registered non-profit organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees day-to-day operations of Artspeak’s facilities as the key liaison with building and strata management.
• Interacts with the gallery visitors and works onsite in the gallery.
• Assists with logistical coordination of exhibitions and gallery events, including production, installing, de-installing, painting, mounting, matting, framing, and lighting.
• Orders, receives, operates and maintains equipment and supplies used in gallery and adjunct facilities.
• Schedules and supervises volunteer support for mailings, installation, maintenance work and special projects.
• Coordinates shipping, fabrication, equipment purchase and rental.
• Coordinates display elements such as signage, exhibition texts, gallery maps.
• Assists with the movement, transportation, packing, and installation of objects in the gallery.
• Oversees mailings and publicity associated with programming including advertising, social media, and audiovisual recordings.
• Supports the Curatorial Assistant with creating and maintaining social media accounts.
• Supports events, receptions, and gallery openings.
• Assists with accessioning and arranging, cataloging and digitization of library and archive collection.
• Assists with the overall inventory and organization of library, archives and special collections using content management systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-2 years of administrative experience at an art gallery or other cultural institution.
• Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices, art criticism and review text.
• Experience in the preparation, installation, and the care and handling of art objects at a museum or gallery.
• Ability to perform physical work associated with preparation of exhibits.
• Ability to safely use a variety of hand and power tools, especially in the application of various materials.
• Detailed knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office and G-Suite applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Google Drive, Sheets, Docs, and Slides, Proficient with the programs of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent organizational, communication (verbal and written), and time management skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in diverse teams with shared responsibility and accountability.
• An understanding of the ethos and history of the Canadian artist-run centre movement, and a commitment to amplifying the creative practices of marginalized artist communities.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• De-escalation or community care experience; Naloxone and first aid training are assets.
• A valid driver’s license is an asset.

BENEFITS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Health and wellness fund of $500 per annum available after the three-month probationary period is complete. Accrued paid vacation and flexibility to support the artist’s professional practices.

HOW TO APPLY

Artspeak is committed to the principles of Employment Equity and encourages applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized. These include women, persons with diverse gender expressions and identities, persons of all sexual orientations, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and Black, African, First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Indigenous persons. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply, however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada, and those who hold a Canadian work permit will be given priority.
Applications should include a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact details for three references. Deadline for application is 4:00pm PST on November 30, 2022.

Start Date: January 9, 2023
Hours: 28 hours/week, permanent position
Salary: $46,500 per annum, with benefits

Apply by 4pm PST on November 30, 2022

DESCRIPTION

Working with and reporting to the Director/Curator, the Curatorial Assistant assumes responsibility in the areas of communications, exhibitions, publications, special project coordination, archives management, and administration. The Curatorial Assistant is an individual with a diverse skill set who can demonstrate a well-rounded, committed, and active knowledge in curatorial practice, including but not limited to experience in contemporary art, exhibition planning, records management, and writing. Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic about working in a context that is challenging traditional formats of presentation and dissemination for visual art and writing. The initiatives promoted by the gallery require a self-directed team worker who is organized, forward-thinking, and able to respond flexibly and confidently to new challenges. This is a permanent position, working 28 hours weekly (4-day week Wednesday–Saturday), commencing January 9, 2023. Artists are encouraged to apply.

Artspeak is a leading Canadian artist-run centre established in 1986. The mandate of the gallery is to exhibit contemporary art and to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. Artspeak actively contributes to cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with various arts organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art. Throughout its history Artspeak has played a significant role in addressing the historical, social, and intellectual conditions of contemporary visual and language arts production from the West Coast and beyond. Artspeak is a registered non-profit organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists the Director/Curator with exhibitions, publications, installation, events and special projects including external communications and logistical coordination with artists and writers.
• Develops and leads exhibition installation and production schedules, leaning on technical knowledge of presentation requirements.
• Oversees and organizes events, receptions, and gallery openings.
• Oversees communications in consultation with the Director/Curator including external communications, social media, advertising, production and editing of materials, website and archive maintenance.
• Works with the Director/Curator and contract designers to develop, maintain and periodically assess visual identity of the society. Principle liaison with designers, printers, and media contacts.
• Implementation of publicity plans developed in consultation with the Director/ Curator including production and editing of publicity materials.
• Day-to-day correspondence and other public interface regarding exhibition policy, submissions, general information and publications.
• Maintenance and update of gallery systems such as publication files, archives, support materials, computer hardware and software, manuals, and digital and physical filing systems.
• Assists Director/Curator with grant preparation and reporting.
• Participates in Annual General Meetings, Board retreats, and fundraising campaigns.
• Responsible for membership and donor program management, correspondence, promotion, database management, and renewals.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of administrative experience at an art gallery or other cultural institution.
• Demonstrated experience in communications, operations, exhibition installation coordination, and knowledge of presentation requirements.
• Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices.
• Excellent organizational, communication (verbal and written), and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, and Campaign Monitor, and familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat), WordPress, Filemaker Pro, and social media tools.
• An understanding of the ethos and history of the Canadian artist-run centre movement, and a commitment to amplifying the creative practices of marginalized artist communities.
• Strong work ethic and initiative, and able to work independently.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• De-escalation or community care experience; Naloxone and first aid training are assets.
• A valid driver’s license is an asset.

BENEFITS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Extended dental and medical benefits are available after the three-month probationary period is complete. Six weeks paid vacation and flexibility to support the artist’s professional practices.

HOW TO APPLY

Artspeak is committed to the principles of Employment Equity and encourages applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized. These include women, persons with diverse gender expressions and identities, persons of all sexual orientations, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and Black, African, First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Indigenous persons. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply, however Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and those who hold a Canadian work permit will be given priority.
Applications should include a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact details for three references. Deadline for application is 4:00pm PST on November 30, 2022.

Please send applications by email to hiring@artspeak.ca

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you in advance for your interest.

Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting of the I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society will be held on Monday, November 28, 2022. This meeting will be held remotely, via Zoom, starting at 6:00pm. Members who wish to attend are asked to RSVP to info@artspeak.ca no later than Thursday, November 24 for access to the meeting link and documents.

All members are invited to attend. To renew your membership, please visit artspeak.ca/information.

Artspeak welcomes exhibition and publication curatorial project submissions for our 2023-24 programming cycle.

Eligible applicants are independent curators or collectives engaged in community, social and/or curatorial practices. First time, emerging and mid-career curators are encouraged to apply.

If you require assistance to complete the following form, please email info@artspeak.ca or call our office (604-688-0051) to set up an application assistance appointment.

Submissions will be accepted until December 15, 2022 (midnight). Successful applicant(s) will be notified by January 15, 2023.

Apply using the following online form.

Artspeak will be closed to the public Friday, September 30 to observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Though the gallery is pausing operations, staff are participating in internal discussions concerning TRC’s 2015 Calls to Action.

For settler-descendants, immigrants and refugees, and persons whose ancestors came to these lands involuntarily, we hope you will join us in engaging in Indigenous histories; today especially, we celebrate the brilliance and strength of Indigenous Nations, and continue to pointedly interrogate the ongoing violence perpetrated by the colonial project.

You can find resources for learning and donations below.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Orange Shirt Day
Aboriginal Front Door Society
Indian Residential School Survivor Society

We are excited to launch the first five installments of ‘BEACON – a pamphlet series in ten issues’. The series focuses on how the commitment of artists’ to wider social movements informs contemporary artistic practice, and features texts by artists whose practices engage with language and visual arts.

Current issues available for purchase:
01 – Ruth Buchanan
02 – Hong-Kai Wang
03 – Christina Battle
04 – Justine A. Chambers
05 – Sameer Farooq and
Jared Stanley

We’d like to thank Tess Disturnal, who has been our Library/Archives Assistant since May. As a reflection of her time with us, Tess has agreed to share to share “part of a stack of books that slowly accumulated on the desk in the Artspeak library” while she was working. A ‘to-be-read’ pile is a familiar strategy—either for aspirational or proximal (through osmosis) reading; we love catching a glimpse of Tess’s experience with the library, through a scan of the pile’s spines.

Tess Disturnal is an archival and library studies student moving to the territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Tess graduated in 2020 from Simon Fraser University with a bachelor’s degree in Art and Performance Studies and English Literature and is pursuing a masters of Information Studies at the University of Toronto in the fall. She is interested in the ways we record, preserve, mediate, and present our cultural memory and passionate about connection through stories.

Artspeak is grateful that Tess has given us this time and labour just before relocating, and wish her the best of luck at the UofT!

I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society is seeking 3 – 4 people to join the Board of Directors for a 3 – 5 year term, to begin in Fall 2022. The volunteer Board of Directors governs the policies and actions of Artspeak Gallery. Board members are expected to contribute 2 – 5 volunteer hours per month, depending on committee or executive roles.

The deadline to apply is rolling.

ARTSPEAK GALLERY

Artspeak is operated by artists from the visual and language arts who share concerns in relation to the theory and practice of contemporary art. The mandate of the gallery is to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. We aim to support the practices of emerging and established artists and writers from this region and beyond by providing opportunities to exhibit, publish, and present new work to enthusiastic audiences. Artspeak actively contributes to cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with other arts and cultural organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art.

Artspeak is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ First Nations.

THE ROLE OF AN ARTSPEAK GALLERY BOARD MEMBER

• To advance the mission of the I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society through Board Governance. The Board is responsible for strategic planning, policies, budget and committees’ oversight.
• To hold a fiduciary responsibility to the Society’s members, and to comply to all legal requirements of a non-profit and charitable society.
• To participate in Board Committees to conduct work, research and offer recommendations to the Board.
• To contribute to the evaluation of Board composition and Committee work on an annual basis.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Artspeak Gallery values the contributions that members of marginalized and underrepresented communities bring to our organization. We encourage applications from, individuals who identify among or belong to communities of Indigenous people, Black people, people of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ non-binary/gender non-conforming people.

Required qualities:
• Enthusiasm for fostering visual and written arts communities
• Commitment to fostering anti-oppressive and social justice values and practices

Additional assets (not required):
• Experience in finance or accounting
• Experience in relevant policy and legal documentation

HOW TO APPLY

• Please send a letter expressing your interest in becoming an Artspeak Board Member to info@artspeak.ca.
• We will be reaching out to shortlisted candidates to discuss any remaining details and inquiries on a rolling basis. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask questions about Artspeak and Board responsibilities.

ACCESSIBILITY

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Artspeak Gallery conducts most of its meetings virtually. Artspeak Gallery’s offices and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. If you have specific questions relating to the accessibility of our online or physical spaces, or about any aspect of the Board application process, please email info at artspeak dot ca (info@artspeak.ca) or call 604 688 0051.

The board and staff of Artspeak are excited to announce the appointment of Nya Lewis as the organization’s incoming Director/Curator. Nya will begin their tenure in early September.

Nya Lewis (MFA) is an independent curator whose hybrid practice is rooted in the culmination of centuries of resistance, love, questions, actions, and study concerning diasporic cultural production. Their work reflects the diversity of intersectional, inter-generational, global indigenous, Queer critical discourse and its many forms of expression. Across the disciplines of art-making, programming, research, curating, and writing, Nya’s work with Canadian institutions—including the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Capture, Vancouver Public library, Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Art Gallery, grunt gallery, and Ref. (formerly Black Art Gastown), AfroQueer, Femme Art Review, Polygon, SFU Contemporary Art faculty, and UBC Equity and Inclusion—is driven by the possibilities of historical recovery, and the reimagining of community.

As we welcome Nya, the Board and staff of Artspeak would like to express appreciation for Artspeak’s outgoing Director/Curator, Bopha Chhay. Bopha has steered the organization since 2016; her generous leadership style has left its mark on the organization, in the opportunities she has provided artists to realize ambitious exhibition and publication projects, and in the mentorship and support she continues to afford to her colleagues.

Join us in celebrating our incoming and outgoing Director/Curators!

Terms: Full-time, permanent
Start Date: June 1, 2022
Hours: 35 hours/week
Salary: $56,000 per annum + benefits
Deadline for Applications: March 4, 2022

ABOUT US

Artspeak is a leading Canadian artist-run centre established in 1986. Artspeak is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ First Nations, also known as Vancouver. The mandate of the gallery is to exhibit contemporary art and to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. Artspeak actively contributes to our cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with arts and cultural organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art. Throughout our history, Artspeak has played a significant role in addressing the historical, social, and intellectual conditions of contemporary visual and language arts production from the West Coast and beyond. Artspeak is a registered non-profit organization.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Director/Curator is responsible for establishing the artistic leadership and vision for the organization, building on Artspeak’s strong engagement with the arts community. The Director/Curator assumes full responsibility for the development and implementation of Artspeak’s artistic program. The ideal candidate should demonstrate curatorial innovation and a capacity to develop a diverse program of exhibitions, publication projects, and accompanying public events. The Director/Curator is also an adept manager, able to oversee the financial administration and the day-to-day operations of the centre, including researching and executing fundraising initiatives with the support of the Board of Directors, and maintaining strong relationships with public and private partners.

THE CANDIDATE

The Director/Curator is an individual with a wide range of skills and interests who can demonstrate an active knowledge of contemporary art, writing, and culture. Our ideal candidate is committed to working in a context that challenges established formats of presentation and support for visual art and writing. The initiatives promoted by the gallery require a self-directed leader who is organized, forward thinking and path breaking, dedicated to a collaborative approach to building relationships, and responsive to changing contexts. We are looking for someone who expresses high cultural competency and a dedication to fostering a strong sense of community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

(Attached: Schedule A_Director-Curator Job Description-2022 PDF)

• Responsible for overseeing Artspeak’s organizational planning, day-to-day operations, and artistic programming
• Curating all Artspeak artistic programming, and/or working with guest curators, artists and writers; conceiving of and editing Artspeak publications
• Working closely with artists in the development of exhibitions, including shipping, travel, insurance and equipment needs
• Managing and working closely with Artspeak staff, interns, volunteers, arts workers, and contractors; overseeing hiring, training, and mentorship
• Creating and administering the annual budget; keeping accurate books; working with an accountant and auditor in the preparation of monthly and yearly statements of revenues and expenditures
• Ensuring the operation of the gallery through successful grant applications from municipal, provincial, and federal governments, as well as foundations and other private sources
• Assisting the Board of Directors in reviewing policy, operational planning, organizational development, and fundraising campaigns
• Working with the Board to coordinate Board of Directors meetings, Annual General Meetings, retreats, board recruitment, and fundraising campaigns

QUALIFICATIONS

• An advanced degree or equivalent experience in visual arts, art history, or curatorial studies
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the administration of an art gallery or other cultural institution
• Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices and an understanding of the ethos and history of the Canadian artist-run centre culture
• Experience developing and administering curatorial and publication projects
• Strong organizational and management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven track record in financial management and planning
• Successful grant writing experience with the ability to develop further fundraising opportunities
• Proficiency in Mac OSX, Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat), WordPress, Filemaker Pro, Campaign Monitor, and social media tools
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends

BENEFITS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Extended dental and medical benefits available after the three-month probationary period is complete.

One month paid vacation during the summer period when the gallery is closed in August. An additional 14 days holiday time will be granted during the December/January holiday period. Paid statutory holidays.

Given the principles of support of the professional practice of artist-run centre staff, Artspeak shall endeavour to be flexible to allow for the continuation of professional practice. This shall be determined in consultation with the Board of Directors.Travel costs as the budget allows.

HOW TO APPLY

Artspeak is committed to equity and diversity within our organization to reflect the diversity of the communities that we are part of. We encourage applications from individuals who identify among or belong to communities of Indigenous people, Black people, racialized people, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ non-binary/gender non-conforming people. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Applications should include a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and two references with contact details. Deadline for application is 4:00pm PST on March 4, 2022. Shortlisted applicants will be notified by March 14, 2022.

Please send applications by email to hiring@artspeak.ca.

We will contact shortlisted candidates for an interview, with a request to provide two writing samples (an exhibition text, essay, or a review) and a brief statement about your curatorial vision, along with 5 images of a recently completed project.

ACCESSIBILITY

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Artspeak Gallery conducts most of its meetings virtually. Artspeak Gallery’s offices and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. If you have specific questions relating to the accessibility of our online or physical spaces, or about any aspect of the application process, please email hiring at artspeak dot ca hiring@artspeak.ca.

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As public health concerns evolve due to the Omicron COVID-19 variant, and in an effort to keep our communities and staff safe, Artspeak will remain closed to the public for the time being. Following the advice of WorkSafeBC, we have been working on a COVID-19 safety plan, and will implement new protocols for our visitors and colleagues in the coming weeks.

Additionally, due to extreme weather, a water pipe in Artspeak’s building froze and burst during our 2021 winter break. We have been working with a restoration team since early January to assess the damage to Artspeak’s office; while this unanticipated incident has necessitated reprioritization of our 2022 plans, we are excited to get the office back in working order so that we can continue to focus on Artspeak’s artistic projects.

We’re in the office and will keep you updated on upcoming programming. Please email us if you need to be in touch.

We are pleased to announce that Nick Loewen has been working with Artspeak as one of our Winter Interns.

Nick Loewen is an artist historian who plays with older ‘new media,’ and explores the memories and possible futures of obsolete information technologies. They live on the territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ peoples. They have a bachelor’s degree in studio art (2015) and a master’s in art history (2021) from the University of British Columbia, and they spend their weekends making comics and animations with kids at Arts Umbrella.

Nick has joined our Summer Intern Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora for this winter internship. Together, Yasmine and Nick have been working to complete Artspeak’s Library and Archives project, wherein we have been reflecting on our library as a ‘collection,’ and through which we aim to make our literary holdings more accessible to Artspeak’s membership.

I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society is seeking 3 – 4 people to join the Board of Directors for a 3 – 5 year term. The volunteer Board of Directors governs the policies and actions of Artspeak Gallery. Board members are expected to contribute 2 – 5 volunteer hours per month, depending on committee or executive roles.

Apply before 5pm PST on Friday, November 5, 2021.

ARTSPEAK GALLERY

Artspeak is operated by artists from the visual and language arts who share concerns in relation to the theory and practice of contemporary art. The mandate of the gallery is to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. We aim to support the practices of emerging and established artists and writers from this region and beyond by providing opportunities to exhibit, publish, and present new work to enthusiastic audiences. Artspeak actively contributes to cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with other arts and cultural organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art.

Artspeak is located on the unceded Territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

THE ROLE OF AN ARTSPEAK GALLERY BOARD MEMBER

• To advance the mission of the I.E. Artspeak Gallery Society through Board Governance. The Board is responsible for strategic planning, policies, budget and committees’ oversight.
• To hold a fiduciary responsibility to the Society’s members, and to comply to all legal requirements of a non-profit and charitable society.
• To participate in Board Committees to conduct work, research and offer recommendations to the Board.
• To contribute to the evaluation of Board composition and Committee work on an annual basis.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Artspeak Gallery values the contributions that members of marginalized and underrepresented communities bring to our organization. We encourage applications from, individuals who identify among or belong to communities of Indigenous people, Black people, people of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ non-binary/gender non-conforming people.

Required qualities:
• Enthusiasm for fostering visual and written arts communities
• Commitment to fostering anti-oppressive and social justice values and practices

Additional assets (not required):
• Experience in finance or accounting
• Experience in relevant policy and legal documentation

HOW TO APPLY

• Please send a letter expressing your interest in becoming an Artspeak Board Member to info@artspeak.ca before 5pm PST on Friday, November 5, 2021.
• We will be reaching out to shortlisted candidates to discuss any remaining details and inquiries sometime in mid-November. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask questions about Artspeak and Board responsibilities.

ACCESSIBILITY

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Artspeak Gallery conducts most of its meetings virtually. Artspeak Gallery’s offices and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. If you have specific questions relating to the accessibility of our online or physical spaces, or about any aspect of the Board application process, please email info at artspeak dot ca (info@artspeak.ca) or call 604 688 0051.

The last box of periodicals in the Artspeak Library contains Writing magazine. Founded in 1980 by Fred Wah, David McFadden, and Julian Ross, Writing ran until 1992, with a run consisting of 28 issues. Published by the Kootenay School of Writing, the magazine featured writing by established and emerging poets. Alongside its publishing activities, KSW’s interdisciplinary approach to writing offered a number of workshops, and courses, as well as organizing readings, lectures, and colloquia.

Artspeak’s early association with KSW began in 1986, when both organizations shared space at 105 – 1045 West Broadway. This initial interdisciplinary community of artists and writers continues to shape our programming today. In 2016 we ran the first iteration of the Studio for Emerging Writers (facilitated by Sheryda Warrener), a program that emphasizes collaborative and experimental approaches to writing and learning by visual artists and creative writers. Attempting to find different approaches to write about art, with the intent to see what can emerge in that space between visual arts and writing practices. With its focus on collaborative work, the aims of the Studio program are not dissimilar to that of KSW.[1] In their Introduction to Writing Class: The Kootenay School of Writing Anthology, editors Andrew Klobucar and Michael Barnholden identify the processes of working and creating together as defining KSW’s aims – ‘Inspired by labour unions and their capacity to effect significant social change, KSW often worked as well as wrote collectively. The prominence of collaborative work and thinking demonstrates the school’s high regard for communal identities. In other words, what kept KSW writers together, either professionally or personally, was friendship and a common perspective on poetry.’[2]

Something that caught my eye was the advertisements on the back covers of the 1986 issues for ‘Split Shift: Colloquium On the New Work Writing’, which was held at the Trout Lake Community Centre, and sponsored by the Kootenay School of Writing and the Vancouver Industrial Writers’ Union. With precarity and scarcity remaining a constant that determines current labour conditions in the arts and cultural sector, a colloquium such as Split Shift unfortunately remains highly relevant 35 years on.

Through their dedication to write, think, and read together, KSW’s work always remained grounded, and critically engaged with wider socio-political urgencies, as Klobucar and Barnholden recognize – ‘The KSW has never claimed to be a visionary organization in the leftist, or any other, ideological tradition. The school’s primary political concerns focused instead on whether language, in art or writing, could effectively displace a system that works for the few at the expense of so many’.

— Artspeak Director/Curator Bopha Chhay on Summer in the Stacks

[1] We’re looking forward to launching the third iteration of the Studio for Emerging Writers in Spring 2022.
[2] Klobucar, Andrew and Michael Barnholden. Writing Class: The Kootenay School of Writing Anthology, New Star Books, Vancouver, 1999, pp. 4.
[3] Ibid., pp. 33.

We’ve been reading a lot over the last few weeks whilst digging through the library archives, sometimes uttering a line or two aloud while pacing from the shelves to the table—dangling something to discuss later. We’re also reading together: Uneven Bodies (Reader), edited by Ruth Buchanan et al.. A compilation of symposium texts interrogating institutional power structures in galleries and museum collections, written and gathered with much care.

In the introduction, Buchannan poses a question while addressing the complexities that arise when invested communities begin interrogating institutional collections, the latter of which seem to require a certain amount of “holding and constraining” to function.[1] She asks: “How can an institution become a container for . . . those rendered barely visible by history, those who require adjustments in order to engage with the content and those who simply want to gut such structures from the inside out?”[2]

Buchanan’s question brings up others for me. How do you become a container for contradiction? Or hold without constraining? What does it mean to hold a collection that is never whole but a gathering of many parts always in flux? What if we start thinking about the holes in a collection rather than the whole collection?

In their four part collaborative series, artist Andrea Heller and writer Rebecca Geldard think a lot about holes. Through small stories and soft imagery, Holeness (Artspeak, 2013) gracefully and playfully wonders what might happen when our need to stabilize by blocking/filling holes meets our curiosity to dig, pull and look inside the hollows/voids/caverns waiting beyond the surface. In this series, holes become a means of transportation and exploration. They become portals, webs and networks of fruitful accidental exposure.

I like a hole as a recognized lack. As an undoing of hard ground, a visible slippage that makes room. Holes call into question the solidity of structures by making space for something new to seep in. Like breath or water, or new voices and fresh eyes.

— Artspeak Summer Intern Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora on “Summer in the Stacks”.

[1] Buchanan, Ruth. “Uneven Bodies.” Uneven Bodies (Reader). Edited by Ruch Buchanan et al.,, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2021. pp. 3.

[2] Ibid., pp. 3.

A recent addition to Artspeak’s library is Uneven Bodies (Reader). Built around transcripts from a 2020 symposium of the same title, and informed by Ruth Buchanan’s 2019-20 exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (Aotearoa New Zealand), the Reader’s texts consider “approaches that weave in and out of the institution in order to recalibrate the ways in which we produce, engage with and shape collections” [1].

Neck deep in Artspeak’s library I wonder: how do catalogues, artist books, miscellaneous literature and periodicals—cobbled together via decades of curatorial research and directorship—serve to reflect an art organization’s values and intentions, and how does this compare to the reflective qualities of an art collection?

Their similarities are more abundant than their differences. Books are to be held close, thumbed through, and touched, whereas collected artworks are to be held at arm’s length, by acquisition policy, and as endowment—but both are shelved when not in use. An organizational library may be more intendedly private, but artworks don’t regularly feel the breath of the public either. As well, books and art are both lent out to ‘friends’ (for reading or for exhibition), with accompanying worry regarding loss and damage. While the ramifications of a stilted art collection are more staggering—given that many museums operate through at least partial public funding and their collected works are considered as markers of ‘excellence’—a library does justify and reflect the decisions of those in leadership positions.

In light of their parallel operations, a sense of responsibility and opportunity for visioning arises within an art gallery’s book shelves. As collections “walk a tightrope, balancing on the one hand a commitment to capturing the important artists and conversations of a given moment and, on the other, creating a microcosm of a world that we hope for, that we strive towards into the future,” so too must institutional libraries [2].

— Alexandra Bischoff on “Summer in the Stacks”.

[1] Buchanan, Ruth, et al., editors. Uneven Bodies (Reader). Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2021. Front cover.
[2] Ibid. Back cover.

Our newest publication initiative is underway, with its first issue fresh off the press!

‘BEACON – a pamphlet series in ten issues’ focuses on how the commitment of artists’ to wider social movements informs contemporary artistic practice. The series will feature texts by artists whose practices engage with language and visual arts.

Issue 1 is Ruth Buchanan’s “Where does my body belong? From institutional critique to infrastructural transformation Or Standards and Mothers”. This issue also includes texts by J.C. Sturm and Anne Boyer.

Purchase via our website for pick-up or mail delivery; $12 ea. or $100 for a subscription to the whole series.

As I sift through and arrange Artspeak’s wealth of publications, and as I learn more about the history of the gallery’s current home at 233 Carrall, connective tissues across century-long concerns emerge.

For example, the exhibition catalogue for Susan Schuppli’s 1996 exhibition Domicile includes a text by Patrick Mahon, who explores feminist spatial criticism alongside Schuppli’s work. Early in his essay, Mahon considers how “relations of representation and difference within the spatial matrix of the city . . . are implicit within any history of space” [1]. These matrices include numerous intersections of identity, but the traditional “notion of ‘a public man and a private woman’” in particular informs the city’s earliest examples of gendered economies [2].

Via Mahon’s text, I reflect on the Old Granville Townsite’s (ie. Gastown’s) predominantly ‘masculine’ origins. As former Vancouver Sun journalist Pete McMartin frames it, 85% of the city’s first colonial settlement “consisted of single males with no permanent homes, and sleep was the last thing on their minds” [3]. Sex work was such a prevalent part of the local economy that one of Vancouver’s earliest de facto tax systems was developed specifically for well-known Madame Birdie Stewart and her “ladies,” as their “cash flow rivalled the city’s” [4][5]. As it turns out, this tax against a very public-facing class of women, which “started as a sort of business licence” and “became protection money,” was decided upon at the Bodega Saloon [6].

233 Carrall was built circa 1886 as the Bodega Saloon and housed many businesses of the same name over the years: the Bodega Hotel, Boarding House, Cabaret, Cafe, and so on. In memoriam of its fabled origins, a Vancouver Province journalist wrote in 1900 that “[n]o public meeting could be held, no city council or committee sit without an adjournment to the Bodega, there to fight the battles over again, and incidentally drink a bit” [7]. In other words, the Bodega was a boys club, where men could gather to decide things and settle arguments—whether about government and taxes, real estate and gambling, or what to do about a jailed drove of errant cows (their crime: cabbage patch destruction) [8].

In light of the Bodega’s patriarchal origins, it seems fitting that Artspeak moved into 233 Carrall one hundred years later. An organization helmed by women since its formation, Artspeak has always sought to provide space for cultural conversations which oppose the “historical over-determination of the public world as the domain of a masculine subject” [9]. While these efforts may never completely eradicate the psychic hangovers of the macho Bodega, they do insert a distinctly feminist volume into the building’s storied histories.

— Communications + Operations Manager Alexandra Bischoff on “Summer in the Stacks”.

[1] Schuppli, Susan, and Patrick Mahon. Domicile: Susan Schuppli. Edited by Susan Edelstein, Artspeak Gallery, 1996. pp. 8.
[2] Ibid. pp. 9.
[3] McMartin, Pete. “When Gamblers Flourished.” The Vancouver Sun, 4 June 1986, p. B5.
[4] Ibid.
[5] The timing of this research discovery feels even more pressing, as the federal government’s 2014 Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which criminalizes most aspects of sex work, is slated to be reviewed this year. The “ladies tax” of 1886 may be seen as our city’s first movement toward the criminalization of sex work, the negative consequences of which are still felt.
[6] Ibid.
[7] “In Memoriam – Bodega.” The Vancouver Daily Province (1900-1952), Jul 12, 1900, pp. 3.
[8] Matthews, Major James Skitt. Early Vancouver, Vol. 3. Vancouver: City of Vancouver, 2011. pp. 202.
[9] Schuppli, Susan, and Patrick Mahon. Domicile: Susan Schuppli. Edited by Susan Edelstein, Artspeak Gallery, 1996. pp. 8.

We are pleased to announce that Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora has joined our team as Artspeak’s Summer Intern.

Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora (she/they) is an emerging artist/writer/curator living and working on the territories of the xwməθkwəýəm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. A recent graduate with a Bachelors in Art History from the University of British Columbia, Yasmine’s interests revolve around embodied methodologies as sites of activism and activation within theory, art and curatorial praxis. Yasmine’s practice is largely situated around video, field recordings, collage, writing and ongoing citation.

As the Assistant Director of the Hatch Art Gallery in 2020, Yasmine curated two shows with the works of the AMS Permanent Collection, which focused on public engagement and a broader re-framing of the collection’s mandate moving forward. These days, Yasmine is working as the Digital Archives Manager for the LIVE Performance Art Biennale and as an artist assistant to Tom Burrows. 

Artspeak is pleased to announce that Alexandra Bischoff has joined our team as our new Communications and Operations Manager.

Alexandra Bischoff (she/her) is an amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton born performance artist and writer. She holds a diploma from MacEwan University and BFA in Visual Arts Studio from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Bischoff is an MFA candidate at Concordia University in the department of Intermedia. She currently lives on the  territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver.

Bischoff’s art practice is based in durational performance and installation. The nature of labour, precarious living, and underrepresented archives are some of her primary concerns. As an arts administrator and project manager, Bischoff has most recently worked with the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres (PAARC), the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, as well as with several independent artists. Since 2018, she has been a Board member for VIVO Media Arts Centre.

Jesse Gray’s Mesomonuments video tour is now available to view on our Vimeo page! In her tour, Gray gives insights into her artistic process and the two bodies of work  Mesomonuments: Ex-situ (2020) and Mesomonuments: Scrap Figures after Elza Mayhew (2020).

For Postscript 79, Chelsea Lee Wood responds to Jesse Gray’s exhibition “Mesomonuments” (October 30–December 12, 2020). Read it here.

Start Date: April 2021
Hours: 28 hours/week. Temporary contract position, 15 months
Salary: $38,000 per annum, with benefits

Apply by 4pm PST on March 5, 2021

DESCRIPTION

Working with and reporting to the Director/Curator, the Communications and Operations Manager assumes responsibility in the areas of communications, operations, exhibitions, publications, special project coordination, and administration. The Communications and Operations Manager is an individual with a diverse skill set who can demonstrate a committed and active knowledge in contemporary art, writing, and culture. Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic about working in a context that is challenging traditional formats of presentation and dissemination for visual art and writing. The initiatives promoted by the gallery require a self-directed team worker who is organized, forward thinking, and able to respond flexibly and confidently to new challenges. This is a temporary position (15 months) working 28 hours weekly (4-day week) commencing in April 2021. Artists are encouraged to apply.

Artspeak is a leading Canadian artist-run centre established in 1986. The mandate of the gallery is to exhibit contemporary art and to encourage a dialogue between visual art and writing. Artspeak actively contributes to cultural communities through our commitment to artists producing challenging, innovative work in diverse media, our affiliation with various arts organizations, and the public interest we generate in contemporary art. Throughout its history Artspeak has played a significant role in addressing the historical, social, and intellectual conditions of contemporary visual and language arts production from the West Coast and beyond. Artspeak is a registered non-profit organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Assists the Director/Curator with exhibitions, publications, events and special projects including external communications and logistical coordination with artists and writers
• Oversees communications in consultation with the Director/Curator including external communications, social media, advertising, production and editing of materials, website and archive maintenance
• Oversees and maintains gallery systems such as publication files, archives, support materials, computer hardware, manuals, and digital and physical filing systems
• Oversees day-to-day operations of Artspeak’s facilities as the key liaison with building and strata management
• Oversees exhibition installation including scheduling, shipping, fabrication, equipment purchase and rental
• Recruits, schedules and supervises gallery interns, volunteers, and contract and program staff
• Assists Director/Curator with grant preparation and reporting
• Participates in Annual General Meetings, Board retreats and fundraising campaigns

QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Skills, Knowledge)

• 3-5 years of administrative experience at an art gallery or other cultural institution
• Demonstrated experience in communications, operations, exhibition installation coordination and knowledge of presentation requirements
• Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices
• Excellent organizational, communication (verbal and written), and time management skills
• Proficiency in Mac OSX, Microsoft Office, and Campaign Monitor, and familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat), WordPress, Filemaker Pro, and social media tools
• An understanding of the ethos and history of the Canadian artist-run centre movement
• Strong work ethic and initiative, and able to work independently
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends
• A valid driver’s license is an asset

BENEFITS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Extended dental and medical benefits are available after the three-month probationary period is complete. Six weeks paid vacation and flexibility to support artist’s professional practices.

HOW TO APPLY

Artspeak is committed to the principles of Employment Equity and encourages applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized. These include women, persons with diverse gender expressions and identities, persons of all sexual orientations, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Indigenous persons. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply, however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada, and those who hold a Canadian work permit will be given priority.

Applications should include a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact details for three references. Deadline for application is 4:00pm PST on March 5, 2021.

Please send applications by email to hiring@artspeak.ca

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you in advance for your interest.