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ongoing projects

Welcome to our new project page!

These are projects that we have taken on in addition to our usual operational programming, and how you can get involved.

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new metal arts studio
& artist residency 

We have collaborated with Malaspina Printmakers Society to support a metal arts residency in their Howe Street Studios location in downtown Vancouver. We accept applications on a rolling basis between residency intake calls.

We are helping to build a new metal arts shop at the same location and are accepting donations or leads on what you think would make for a fantastic facility. Contact us with leads and suggestions.

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metal arts hub feasibility study
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Part One:

Community

Needs Assessment

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Part Two:

Operating &

Financial models

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Part Three:

Facility Plan &

Site Selection

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metal arts hub
feasibility study

This multi-phase study by the Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Hessey Architecture + Consulting, and City in Colour envisions a metal arts hub rooted in cultural safety, multiculturalism, truth and reconciliation, and equitable access.

This study aims to create a shareable blueprint that any researcher, policymaker, planner, not-for-profits or other artist-run collectives can use.

 

We offer deep gratitude to our funders, without whom this study would never have come to be.

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2025-2026 exhibitions

From inception, our group exhibitions have comprised the majority of our work. 

Pictured: piece by Addison de Lisle for VMAA's 2024 "Evolving Spaces" juried group exhibition.

For more, keep an eye on the exhibitions page and sign up to our newsletter.

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04

decade archive project

The history of our organization has included many, many fantastic artists. Over the next year, we hope to apply for and secure funding for assistance with properly archiving many articles, exhibition catalogues and featured artist profiles.

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funder acknowledgments

We acknowledge with gratitude the contributions of the City of Vancouver Cultural Services department, whose Cultural Spaces (small grants) funding stream has made both phases of our metal arts feasibility project possible.  

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The Vancouver Metal Arts Association operates on unceded and ancestral Coast Salish territories. These include the traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, the Semiahmoo and the Stó:lō peoples, including the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Matsqui and Qayqayt Nations, and the treaty lands of the Tsawwassen Nation.

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