The Vancouver BIPOC-CA – Black & Indigenous People of Colour Creative Association is a newly formed non-profit grassroots collective in solidarity to reclaim space and create equity in the creative industry. We are artists for artists. We are BIPOC for BIPOC. 

For BIPOC by BIPOC, we are here to reclaim our voices, empower our talented creatives, and occupy our space within the Arts & Culture industry of our city. our main goal is to organize and collaborate with our youths and women in our community.

This association marks empowerment and investment of reform for local Black & Indigenous creatives and the overall BC creative industry. We are an umbrella organization that helps open the doors for creatives to have access to space for BIPOC-CA creatives with the following:

• Workshops
• Events
• Resource Centre/Networking platform
• Building tools and resources (access to creative spaces)
• Equipment for rent or borrow
• Donations
• Grant Applications
• Blog

In order to truly reclaim our voice and address the perpetuations of our identities for profit, we have to name the systemic racism that has been designed to subdue our passion and development. We counter the acts of normalizing the denial and erasure of our historic and current presence. The deep impacts of the denial and erasure is by no means permanent. It is through the efforts of this organization, and many beautiful people that overcome the challenges of colonization, that we continually embrace, promote, fund, and support the Culture & Arts by Indigenous and Black People of Color.

Our efforts have resulted in creating an agency that allows Indigenous Black and People of Color to have space, funding, resources, and collaboration with an agency that is founded by people who are Indigenous and People of Color. That is why we created BIPOC. We seek to fund and support artists with their own authentic endeavours.

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February 6, 2024   The Revolution Will Not Be Televised