About Us
Massy Arts Society is a community hub dedicated to supporting the practices of Indigenous and over-excluded artists. Our programming is extensive in its multiple forms: open talks, debates, book launches, art shows, performances, concerts, fairs, and many others. We are primarily funded by Massy Books, an Indigenous woman-owned bookstore on the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Massy Arts received seed funding from Massy Books for two years to get off the ground and continues to receive support. Today, we are grateful to receive support from the FPCC, BCAC, Government of Canada , which allows us to pay all artists to showcase their work in the gallery for the 2023 year. We are always seeking out grants to support the work we do, if you see a grant you think we might be a good fit for, please send it to us at info@massyarts.com.
We acknowledge we operate on the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Located in the historic Ming Wo building in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Massy Arts Society is a ground-level, wheelchair-accessible space featuring an interior gallery space and a window gallery. Opened in September 2021, the new Massy Arts Society gallery hosts visual art exhibitions, book launches, artist talks, performances, and community events.
If you are an artist interested in exhibiting with Massy Arts, please see our Call for Submissions .
Our Constitution:
To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by producing public art exhibitions, presentations, and performance arts events, and by providing a forum for qualified artists to exhibit, present, or perform their artistic works through participation in such events, with a priority on Indigenous and over-excluded voices.
To advance education by providing presentations and instructional seminars on topics related to the performing, literary, and visual arts.
Support
Massy Arts society is a registered not-for-profit. Our ability to build platforms for creative and critical practices is made possible through funding from Massy Books. Have a space you would like to awaken with spoken word? Wishing to bring vital ideas into the world and compliment them with art? Looking to financially support an instrumental and emerging initiative dedicated to LGBTQ2SAI+ and BIPOC practices? Please get in touch through info@massyarts.com.