Professional Development
Richmond offers lots of opportunities for artists, cultural leaders, community members and creative changemakers to learn new skills, deepen their practice and build supportive networks.
Photo: Artist Salon with Evan Lee presented by Richmond Art Gallery, 2018
Art at Work: Professional Development Workshop Series
Art at Work is a series of professional development workshops designed for professional artists and arts organizations practicing in any artistic medium. The program is presented in partnership by the City of Richmond Arts Services and Richmond Art Gallery. The program is intended to provide artists and arts organizations with knowledge and skills relevant to pursuing a professional practice in the field of public art, performance, visual art and community arts.
Art at Work offers workshops from February through October each year. To view an archive of past workshops, click here.
Photo: Perpetual Sunset by Jinhan Ko & Kelly Lycan, 2012
Artist Salon Series
Richmond Art Gallery’s Artist Salon is an opportunity for emerging and established artists to meet other artists, learn from other arts professionals, share or create work and discuss upcoming opportunities in the arts community. Discussion topics change monthly and often include presentations by artists on their professional practice. To view previous sessions, click here.
Richmond Art Gallery hosts a variety of artist talks, workshops, programs and tours. Check out the Gallery’s online programming, RAG@Home, featuring digital content that connect you to the stories behind its exhibitions.
Photo: Screenshot of virtual Artist Salon: Curators' Panel Discussion, 2020
Resident Art Groups
Looking to meet like-minded people and hone your craft? Join one of the Resident Art Groups at the Arts Centre. Groups meet regularly for studio time and new members are always welcome to join.
Photo: Richmond Potters Club
The Lulu Series: Art in the City
The Lulu Series is a free, annual three-part lecture guest speaker series by leaders in the fields of public art, community engagement, architecture and city planning that explores how the arts work in cities.
More opportunities to build your networks and skills
Richmond Arts Coalition
This Richmond-based arts association actively supports, promotes and advocates for the arts. They maintain an arts-focused newsletter, event calendar and member-features. They also produce arts initiatives designed to strengthen the local arts community and support local artists. Learn more.
Community Arts Council of Richmond
Founded in 1970, this registered non-profit charity provides opportunities for Richmond residents of all ages to participate in and benefit from the arts. They sponsor exhibitions, performances, classes, workshops and special programs. They are actively looking for further opportunities to assist in the development of art and culture. Learn more.
BC Alliance for Arts and Culture
Offers workshops for artists, cultural producers and organizations. Their website features resources including classified ads, artist calls, publicity support, professional development workshops, grants and funding info, research, reports, advocacy and toolkits. Learn more.
Arts BC
Supports knowledge-sharing through its province-wide network with services include toll-free arts help hotline, grants calendar, toolkits and annual conference. Learn more.
Charity Village
Canada’s largest and most popular online resource for employment and volunteer recruitment in the non-profit sector. Their Learning Centre offers affordable and accessible online tutorials, eLearning courses and resources. Learn more.
Richmond Diversity Symposium
The Diversity Symposium is a free conference for professionals, volunteers and community members interested in learning, sharing and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in their communities. Learn more.
Visceral Visions
Visceral Visions is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of Indigenous and racialized Canadian artists. Artists of diverse backgrounds are invited to submit artist profiles highlighting their creative discipline, marketable skills and portfolio items on their searchable database with the goal to connect artists to producers, directors, curators and publishers looking for Indigenous and racialized artists (IARA).
CARFAC BC
CARFAC BC is the collective voice for professional artists in British Columbia advocating for artists' legal rights, and offering practical advice and skill development to support the professional practices of cultural producers.
Organizational Development
Vantage Point
Vantage Point provides training and consultation for not-for-profit organizations and professionals in the areas of governance, leadership, planning, and human resources.
Nonprofit Lifecycles
Nonprofit Lifecycles helps arts organizations evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and build organizational capacity in governance, management, financial resources and administrative systems.
Discover new opportunities for artists
Subscribe to our newsletters to learn about artists calls, program announcements, deadlines, events and workshops.
Look at our Artist Opportunity page regularly for new programs and opportunities.
The Artist Salon also has it's own Facebook group, where links to artist calls, opportunities, resources and member's events are listed.
Visit our What’s Happening page to explore other ways stay in the loop.
Check out Richmond Arts Coalition, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture, Akimbo and Instant Coffee Vancouver for arts-related information and artist calls.