March 9, 2019 from 1-3pm at The Gathering Place, 609 Helmcken Street, Vancouver Facilitated by: Wendy D – Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture’s Board President, and practicing artist. Cathy Browne – Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture’s Board Vice President, PR veteran. Social media and marketing is fast paced and constantly in flux. The content people want […]
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Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Workshop Series: Grant Writing for Artists
February 9, 2019 from 1-3pm The SpencerCreo Centre, 610 Main Street, 5th Floor, Vancouver Facilitated by: Mary Ann Anderson of Little Dog Consulting There is a lot of untapped potential in the world and amazing projects that are spinning around heads uncompleted. One of the causes of this buildup of unused inspiration is lack of funding […]
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Workshop Series: Portfolio Development and Professionalism
January 12, 2019 from 1-3pm The Gathering Place (609 Helmcken Street, Vancouver) Facilitated by: Yuri Arajs – Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture’s Artistic Director, and practicing artist. Wendy D – Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture’s Board President, and practicing artist. The world of galleries, curators, and the arts market can be daunting and confusing. There […]
Hootenanny: Songs of Peace and Social Justice
Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture presents Hootenanny: Songs of Peace and Social Justice, Friday August 31st 8pm at The Culture Lab in The Cultch. Tickets are $10 and available at The Cultch box office. There is no better time than the present for us to have a Hootenanny! We are bringing together a group of […]
BC Access Awareness Day
Saturday June 2nd 2018 from 5pm to 7:30pm At The Gathering Place Community Centre 609 Helmcken Streen Produced by All Bodies Dance, Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture, and the Gathering Festival. With performances by Dave Symington Band, All Bodies Dance, and MC Paul Beckett. Trivia with prizes. Register at the Gathering Place reception desk to guarantee […]
Gaelynn Lea Concert Ticket Giveaway
Kickstart is giving away 2 sets of 2 tickets to Gaelynn Lea’s performance at CBC Vancouver on April 5th! Follow us on twitter, tweet about the event & contest, then visit (and like!) our Facebook page to maximize your chance to win. If you’ve got your heart set on these tickets, you can tweet about […]
Kickstart Community Blog
Welcome to Kickstart’s new interactive blog! First and foremost, we want to hear from you! Artists and people who identify as living with a disability. Want to write a review of an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery? Go for it! If you went to see a concert at the Vogue, tell us about it! […]
Gaelynn Lea: In Concert
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture is pleased to present Gaelynn Lea in concert! Tickets available here, through EventBrite.com Thusday April 5th 8pm – 10pm CBC Vancouver, 700 Hamilton Street, Vancouver Gaelynn Lea was given the opportunity of a lifetime when she won NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, and she certainly made the most of […]
Kickstart 20th Anniversary Online Auction
The purpose of this fundraiser is to help raise awareness and funds to support our upcoming 20th anniversary season of events. This year we are so fortunate to be partnering with the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Cultch, CBC, and many other organizations, to bring a series of concerts, visual art exhibitions, experiences, artists talks, workshops, […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3rd @ 12-2pm, Robson St. Plaza One of the greatest challenges of living with a disability is simply being seen. Join us outside for a cup of coffee this December 2nd at the Robson Street Plaza in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. “The right to participate in public life is essential to create […]