Jump Start

April 29th 2010, (RoundHouse, Yaletown)

Jump Start is our opening night preview exhibition, held this year at the Roundhouse in Yaletown from 11am to 10pm. Artists will be in attendance during the reception between 7pm and 10pm. It will feature new works by 52 artists, in many mediums such as oil, acrylic, clay, watercolour, bronze, gold leaf photography, aluminum prints, glass prints, fibre, concrete and wood. This is the most diverse and innovate group to exhibit to date under the auspices of Artists in our Midst.

Our artists include a nuclear scientist with a passion for painting, a criminal lawyer with a gas kiln in his garage, a designer who has packed it in to pursue her passion and others who live and work for the opportunity to make art . This is an affordable, unique, comfortable and eco-friendly event where you can expect the unexpected.

Art Walk - 18th annual

May 1st & 2nd  (West side of Vancouver)

The Art Walk takes place Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6 pm and includes 31 venues with 52 artists. The venues are a collection of studios and artists’ galleries, where there is the opportunity to talk to artists about their creations, and if so moved, the opportunity to buy directly from the artist.

Neighbours meet; we get to know each other; we realize that artists have families, work hard, pay taxes; sometimes they have “day jobs.” They are as diverse as our communities themselves are. They are indeed in our midst.

- Amir Ali Alibhai, Executive Director , Alliance for Arts and Culture

Click here to see 2010 Preview location map

Click here to print the 2010 brochure, including map and artists' names