The Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF) is pleased to announce that it is relocating its operations into a new, expanded location at 258 East 1st Avenue at the centre of the False Creek Flats neighbourhood, an area increasingly recognized as the burgeoning centre for fine art in Vancouver.

With the new location will come an expansion of the BAF’s programming. BAF’s Residency program, which provides select local (largely emerging) artists with funding and studio space to create new bodies of work, is currently offered 4 times quarterly throughout the year.  The residencies culminate in solo exhibitions at the BAF Gallery. Within the new facility, the program’s capacity will double – welcoming eight artists per year and allowing for increased dialogue and relationship between artists who may be working concurrently with one another.

The new facility will also provide the opportunity for a dynamic addition to the organization’s program – a exhibition space that is viewable 24/7 from the street. This highly visible, sidewalk-facing exhibition space will represent another bold opportunity for work by contemporary artists to be shared with the public.

BAF’s new location will celebrate its official opening on October 3rd with a special exhibition and art auction event entitled Artists Supporting Artists, a special collaborative event between BAF and  Heffel Auction house. Regular programming will then resume on Thursday, October 18th with two exhibitions of new work from artists Michael Batty and Tyler Toews.

Find more information about the Grand Opening Heffel x BAF Auction here, and please RSVP on Facebook!