The Vancouver Art Gallery is a reflection of our communities and a place to meet and share ideas. Through art, we create pathways to share perspectives, build and engage communities and shape our collective future together.

The Gallery is committed to establishing partnerships and initiating learning opportunities that invite visitors—of all ages and backgrounds—to expand their minds and connect with others through art experiences. Providing individuals across the region with access to art is core to that mission.

Admission to the Gallery is always free for Indigenous peoples and for children and youth aged 18 and under. Through the generous support of BMO, we also offer free admission for all visitors to the Gallery from 4 to 8 PM on the first Friday of every month. Find out more »

The Gallery’s Art of Wellbeing lab is envisioned as a safe and welcoming space where community members of all ages and backgrounds have opportunities to draw upon the resources of the Gallery and its partners to improve their overall health. These opportunities are delivered through innovative initiatives such as BC Parks Foundation’s PaRx program—which allows healthcare professionals to prescribe a visit to the exhibition Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape for their patient and a guest—and Art At Any Age, which promotes healthy aging in seniors through communal art-making activities and physical movement in response to artistic ideas. Find out more »

Through the generous support of Canada Life, the Gallery’s Community Partnership Program provides complimentary admission to non-profit, equity-seeking organizations that serve historically marginalized communities. The program provides a Gallery Membership to partnering organizations and invites their communities to visit the Gallery any time, free of charge.

For more information about the Community Partnership Program and for all program inquiries, please contact us at cpp@vanartgallery.bc.ca.

If you are affiliated with one of the following organizations, please contact them directly to arrange your visit to the Gallery.

Alternate Community Programs, Prince George

Atira Women’s Resource CentreBC Brain Wellness Program

Britannia Community Services Centre, Vancouver

Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion

City Cent Community Association, Richmond

Coast Mental Health Group

Coast Mental Health Resource Centre

Community Transition Day Program – North Shore

Covenant House Vancouver

Delta Community Living Society

Downtown East Side Neighbourhood House

Dr Peter Centre

Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation, Vancouver

Enterprising Women Making Art

Gallery Gachet

Grandview/Woodlands Mental Health

Harbour City Photography Club

Heartwood Centre for Women

Island Discovery Learning Community, Bowen Island

ISS of BC

Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver

Kickstart Disability for Arts and Culture

Ladner Connections

Lu’ma Native Houseing Society

Luma Native Housing

Mosaic

My Artist Corner

PosAbilities (including Curiko)