Arts and Culture

Partnership Projects

"The Board works with artists, art organizations and community partners to expand the opportunities for experience of art in everyday life." - Vancouver Park Board Arts Policy

Oppenheimer Park Commemorative Projects
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the Oppenheimer Park Commemorative Task Force is pleased to announce The Oppenheimer Park Commemorative Projects Initiative.

These commemorative projects in Oppenheimer Park celebrate the rich cultural history of the park and help build connections for the community in the future. The Task Force consists of representatives currently living in the community and others who have an historical affiliation with the area. The recent renovation of the park and the new field house, which opened in spring, 2010, provides a focus for this initiative.

125 years of Vancouver's history reflected by you - Digital Media Artists in Communities
This summer, as part of the City’s 125 celebrations, the Vancouver Park Board is hosting the digital media project, Vancouver Stories. The goal of the project is to gather and record neighbourhood stories in communities across the city.

Our partners on this project include:

LINK Connecting Communities Through Dance Series
This annual dance concert and the open studio sessions bring together each of the centre's distinct community dance groups as well as guest contemporary and cultural dance companies.

LINK is presented in partnership by the Arts and Culture office, Vancouver Park Board, Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre, the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

Vancouver Draw Down
A celebration of drawing in everyday life! Everybody does it... from doodling while on the phone, to drawing a map for directions; from drawing cartoons and caricatures to imagined landscapes. And May and June will be an opportunity to recognize and celebrate drawing for all.

The Vancouver Draw Down is presented in partnership by the Arts and Culture office, Vancouver Park Board and the Museum of Anthropology (UBC), the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG). Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Britannia Community Centre, Sunset Community Centre, Moberly Arts and Culture Centre as well a participating workshop community centres.

Arts and Health Project: Healthy Aging Through the Arts explores the relationship between professionally led community-arts practices and seniors' health outcomes.

This project is presented in partnership by the Arts and Culture office, Vancouver Park Board with the following funders, Canada Council, BC Arts Council and the Vancouver Coastal Health – SMART Fund. Community Partners include: Britannia Community Centre & Britannia Community, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Renfrew Park Community Centre, Renfrew Collingwood Seniors Society, Silver Harbour Seniors Centre, Strathcona Community Centre, Qmunity: BC’s Queer Resource Centre and the UBC School of Nursing

Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is pleased to partner with Out in Schools for the presentation of the NO HATE filmmaking boot camp for youth.

The films created by youth during the most recent camps are available for viewing here .

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