
2027 Arts Spaces Forum
Join us Sunday, March 7th at Other Guise Theatre (716 Johnson Street) for our second annual Arts Spaces Forum.
This annual event brings together arts, civic, and community leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping arts and cultural infrastructure in Greater Victoria. The Forum features conversations and shared learning about creating, securing, and stewarding space for the arts.
Lunch will be provided by donation ($5-15 sliding scale)
Agenda
A networking lunch (by donation)
A presentation from the Arts & Community Infrastructure Foundation on our vision and progress to date
A panel discussion where local arts and community leaders share real-world experience navigating space, infrastructure, lessons learned and opportunities for the future
Q&A and informal networking
Panelists will be announced in the coming months
Accessibility: 716 Johnson Street is a ground-level, step-free venue with automated entry doors. There is one gender-neutral, wheelchair-accessible washroom on the main floor.
2026 Arts Spaces Forum
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Ownership
Art Spaces Forum | Feb. 2026
Moderator: Kurt Archer
Panelists:
- Jordan Dack, Haus of Owl
- Jenny Farkas, MakeSpace North Park
- Logan Ford, Vancouver Island Visual Arts Society (VIVAS)
- Jason Guille, Sunset Labs
ACI Foundation Presentation
Art Spaces Forum | Feb. 2026
Moderator: Kurt Archer
Dr. Jenn Neilson and Erin Lannan introduce the Arts and Community Infrastructure Foundation
The Arts & Community Infrastructure Foundation is a registered charity located on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən people, now known as the Songhees and Xʷsepsəm (Esquimalt) Nations.
Those of us who are uninvited settlers on these lands respectfully seek opportunities to unlearn oppressive, colonial practices that we have benefited from, and to follow the lead of the Indigenous stewards of these lands in returning to a sustainable way of life. We are committed to supporting Indigenous self-determination, supporting the decolonization of our society and institutions, and questioning existing power structures.
