About

Membership Information

The Vancouver Art Guild was created by and for visual artists. Membership is maintained at 32 to facilitate organization of activities and meetings and to allow members greater opportunity for meaningful interaction. The Guild has a waiting list and interviews new members when a vacancy occurs.

Non members are invited to participate in the Painter’s Art Studio on Wednesday afternoons.

Benefits of membership include:

Access to art classes, workshops, lectures, tours and trips.
Opportunities to exhibit and sell artwork.
Access to Guild events and meetings.

Members are required to have a solid grounding in composition, mediums, techniques and colour theory. Several Vancouver community centres offer courses covering these topics at a reasonable cost.

The inaugural membership is $100, which includes a one-time initiation fee. After the first year the annual membership fee is $25.

E-mail: info@vancouverartguild.com for more information

Scholarships

Each year the Guild, in conjunction with Opus Framing & Art Supplies, provides scholarships for as many as three Vancouver secondary school graduates, chosen for their artistic excellence and acceptance into post secondary Fine Art Studies. One of these Scholarships is awarded in memory of Michael Saya-Moore, long time Guild member, and made possible through a fund established with the Guild by Michael's family and friends in 2007

Recipients this year are Cheryl Loh of Windermere Secondary, Claire Hsu and Warren Cheng, both of Lord Byng Secondary. Each of these students was accepted into a post secondary Fine Art program.


Cheryl Loh of Windermere Secondary	Claire Hsu of Lord Byng Secondary Warren Cheng of Lord Byng Secondary

Lucy Chen of Lord Byng Secondary and Tina Le of Windermere Secondary were the 2008 recipients. Susan Lim and Christine Shi, 2007 graduates of Lord Byng Secondary, were awarded in 2007; Francesca Chandra from Lord Byng and Jonathon Tiong, from Van Tech, in 2006; and Phillip Materna, Lord Byng, in 2005.

The Vancouver Art Guild is grateful to Opus Framing and Art Supplies, who match the contribution of the Guild in each of these $500 Awards. The scholarships are one of the ways in which the Guild serves its goal to provide support for emerging artists.

Officers

Karen Brumelle, President
Pat Vickers, Vice President
Joan Blackwood & Irene Walsh, Co-Secretaries
Gwynneth Moriarity, Treasurer

E-mail us at info@vancouverartguild.com for more information.