Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival to celebrate diverse visual artists and performers
Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:57:42 +0000
The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) is back for a seventh year. The festival seeks to promote equity while amplifying artists and performers who live and work outside of the mainstream.
This year’s festival, being held from Oct. 12-17. 2023, will feature 56 artists from across Metro Vancouver’s diverse art scenes, including 40 visual artists, 13 performing artists, and three art groups. The festival’s visual art exhibition and performances will be complemented by a series of new workshops.
Visitors will be able to learn from artisan Chantal Cardinal about the craft of handmade felt objects and from Vancouver Ikebana Association member Cecily Chang about the art of Japanese flower arranging. Additional workshops will be offered through a new partnership with BC Culture Days: independent dance artist and choreographer Fiana Kawane will teach Kathak Movement, or South Asian classical dance, and multimedia artist Bethany Pardoe will facilitate a collaborative character design session.
“The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival continues to strengthen its ties to the local and international art scenes, offering even more opportunities for participants and our audiences,” says Kristin Cheung, executive director of Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV), the non-profit responsible for the festival. “We are honoured to be able to provide a positive and safe space for people of all backgrounds, and to help visitors connect to artists facing social, economic, and cultural barriers in showcasing their work. VOAF fosters inclusion and nurtures community within this artistic city.
A collaboration between Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival and Outsider Art Festival (OAF) from Helsinki, Finland, will culminate in a film presentation featuring Finnish outsider artists.
Admission to the festival is free. Learn more at voaf.ca.
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