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📝 Reminder! Richmond-based artists are encouraged to submit proposals for the 2026 No. 3 Road Art Columns Program, Part II, on display from August 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Three commissioned artists will each receive an artist fee of $1,500 for four print-ready digital artwork files. This opportunity is relevant to artists residing in Richmond with practices in mixed media, painting, illustration, photography, printmaking, drawing and other media.

👩‍🎨 Artist Fee: $1,500.00
🎨 Eligibility: Artists residing in Richmond. Must be 19+ years.
🗓️ Submission Deadline: Thursday, May 28, 2026

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to learn more and apply.

Image: Intertidal Stilt Dance, Marina Szijarto, 2025

#RichmondPublicArt #HowArtWorks

🌟 Hello summer! Registration for Arts Programs at the Cultural Centre and Annex begins tonight. Check out the new one-day workshops, classes and daycamps.🎭
 
🗓 Tue, May 5
9pm – Online
🔗 richmond.ca/ArtsPrograms
 
🗓 Wed, May 6
In-person – when facilities open
📞 Phone – 8:30am (604-276-4300)
 
🌟 Spots fill fast so don’t miss out!

Are you ready to enter the world of art markets and craft sales? Join us for an informative session covering different types of markets, understanding the right ones for your business, planning your table, payment systems, engaging customers and other top tips for first-timers.

🧺 Art at Work: Preparing for Art Markets
🗓️ Sunday, May 3, 1:00–2:30pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
🎟️ FREE - RSVP to culture@richmond.ca (link in bio)

About the Presenters:

Ilena Cramer (@ilenaleecramer) is a multi-disciplinary artist, teacher, writer, designer and lifelong student of ceramics and clay. She studied ballet in Russia during Perestroika, received an arts degree in Alaska, made pottery in the mountains of Mexico, and has created many plays around the world. Her current practice finds local landscape, environment and materials encountering myth, story and history.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Sophie Slater (@_mothersnake) is an arts administrator, market organizer, and textiles artist based in the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver. Sophie’s artistic practice explores natural dyeing, quilting, and basketry. With five years experience organizing craft fairs, and working as Operations Manager at artist-run centre Western Front since 2023, she leads Toque Craft Fair every December.

Toque Craft Fair (@toquecraftfair) is an annual holiday market and community fundraiser benefiting Western Front (@western_front), a non-profit artist-run centre in Mount Pleasant. Welcoming over 5,000 visitors each year, Toque features a curated selection of artists, craftspeople, and designers—showcasing the very best of what’s made in BC. Spread across two floors of Western Front’s heritage building, the fair invites you to shop from over sixty artists and connect with the creativity rooted in our community.

Image 1: Sophie Slater, Tom Wilson Photography
Image 2: Ilena Cramer

Are you ready to enter the world of art markets and craft sales? Join us for an informative session covering different types of markets, understanding the right ones for your business, planning your table, payment systems, engaging customers and other top tips for first-timers.

🧺 Art at Work: Preparing for Art Markets
🗓️ Sunday, May 3, 1:00–2:30pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
🎟️ FREE - RSVP to culture@richmond.ca (link in bio)

About the Presenters:

Ilena Cramer (@ilenaleecramer) is a multi-disciplinary artist, teacher, writer, designer and lifelong student of ceramics and clay. She studied ballet in Russia during Perestroika, received an arts degree in Alaska, made pottery in the mountains of Mexico, and has created many plays around the world. Her current practice finds local landscape, environment and materials encountering myth, story and history.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Sophie Slater (@_mothersnake) is an arts administrator, market organizer, and textiles artist based in the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver. Sophie’s artistic practice explores natural dyeing, quilting, and basketry. With five years experience organizing craft fairs, and working as Operations Manager at artist-run centre Western Front since 2023, she leads Toque Craft Fair every December.

Toque Craft Fair (@toquecraftfair) is an annual holiday market and community fundraiser benefiting Western Front (@western_front), a non-profit artist-run centre in Mount Pleasant. Welcoming over 5,000 visitors each year, Toque features a curated selection of artists, craftspeople, and designers—showcasing the very best of what’s made in BC. Spread across two floors of Western Front’s heritage building, the fair invites you to shop from over sixty artists and connect with the creativity rooted in our community.

Image 1: Sophie Slater, Tom Wilson Photography
Image 2: Ilena Cramer

🐟🎉🪁 Set sail for Steveston Village and discover the City’s public art collection, take in the world-class tall ship, the Kaiwo Maru, and enjoy a unique celebration of maritime heritage.

🐟 Steveston Village Public Art Walk
🗓️ Sat, May 2, 10:30am–12:00pm
📍 Meeting Point: Steveston Fisherman’s Memorial, Garry Point Park, 12015 7th Avenue (southeast corner of the park)

Learn about the artworks and artists who created public artworks on a guided walking tour led by local arts professional, Carmen Levy-Milne. Afterwards, visit Garry Point Park and enjoy the Ships to Shore festivities.

🔗 Check the link in our bio to register.

🎉 You’re invited to the Richmond Arts Strategy launch!

Join us for an inspiring and informative afternoon of connection, conversation and celebration.
 
🎨 Richmond Arts Strategy Launch Event
🗓️ Saturday, May 9, 1:00–2:30pm
📍 KPU Wilson School of Design, Room 4900, 4th Floor, 5600 Kwantlen Street
 
Learn about important updates and initiatives included in Artworks: Richmond Arts Strategy 2026–2031 and discover what it means for you and your creative journey. Stay for a relaxed fireside chat with our community roundtable, where cultural leaders and community members will share insights, ideas, and plans for the future of the arts in Richmond. This is a chance to meet community partners, connect with arts and culture collaborators, and be part of a shared moment as we move forward together.
 
Space is limited. Tap the link in our bio to save your spot.
 
Learn more about the Arts Strategy at HowArtWorks.ca.

🦉🎨 Calling all artists! The Richmond Public Art Program invites artists residing in B.C. to submit applications to be placed on the Community Mural Artist Roster for 2026–2028.

The Community Mural Artist Roster is updated biannually and provides a list of pre-qualified artists to work with community groups, business or property owners, schools, and private developers proposing murals on their buildings.

👩‍💻 Applications are being accepted until May 4, 2026 at 5:00pm PDT.

🔗 Check the link in our bio under Public Art to learn more and apply.

📷 Image: A Meeting of Parliament, David Camisa, 2025

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )!

📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition:
✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨
🗓️Wednesday, April 15
⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT
📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history.

If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film!

The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio!

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CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )!

📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition:
✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨
🗓️Wednesday, April 15
⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT
📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history.

If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film!

The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio!

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CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )!

📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition:
✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨
🗓️Wednesday, April 15
⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT
📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history.

If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film!

The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio!

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CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )!

📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition:
✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨
🗓️Wednesday, April 15
⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT
📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history.

If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film!

The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio!

---
CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )!

📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition:
✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨
🗓️Wednesday, April 15
⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT
📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history.

If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film!

The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio!

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CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

Magical moments from the 17th annual Children’s Arts Festival 🎭🎨

This year’s festival celebrated community and cultural harmony, and featured a wide variety of arts activities and performances for all ages centred on the theme of “home and belonging.”

#RichmondChildrensArtsFestival #ChildrensArtsFestival #HowArtWorks #RichmondBC

📽️ Join us for a free screening of Phranc: The Butch Closet and a conversation with director Paige Gratland (@pgratland) and artist/performer Phranc (@phranc.la).

This short form documentary follows artist and musician Phranc as she reflects on her recent exhibition, Phranc: The Butch Closet, a memoir in the form of a multi-disciplinary art installation that spans forty years of her life as a queer, gender nonconforming visual artist and performer.

🗓️ Saturday, April 11, 1:00pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
🔗🎟️ RSVP at the link in our bio (@howartworks)

📽️ The film is 21 minutes with English subtitles. An informal conversation and Q&A will follow with light refreshments.

Paige Gratland is a visual artist and filmmaker producing projects and objects that engage with social history, design and craft practices. She is 1/3 of the artist group Three Way Mirror with Daniel Barrow and Glenn Gear.

Phranc is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist and performer. Her music, paintings and sculptures combine humour and a butch lesbian aesthetic to champion personal identities and illustrate the struggle, survival, and style of queer individuals.

📽️ Join us for a free screening of Phranc: The Butch Closet and a conversation with director Paige Gratland (@pgratland) and artist/performer Phranc (@phranc.la).

This short form documentary follows artist and musician Phranc as she reflects on her recent exhibition, Phranc: The Butch Closet, a memoir in the form of a multi-disciplinary art installation that spans forty years of her life as a queer, gender nonconforming visual artist and performer.

🗓️ Saturday, April 11, 1:00pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
🔗🎟️ RSVP at the link in our bio (@howartworks)

📽️ The film is 21 minutes with English subtitles. An informal conversation and Q&A will follow with light refreshments.

Paige Gratland is a visual artist and filmmaker producing projects and objects that engage with social history, design and craft practices. She is 1/3 of the artist group Three Way Mirror with Daniel Barrow and Glenn Gear.

Phranc is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist and performer. Her music, paintings and sculptures combine humour and a butch lesbian aesthetic to champion personal identities and illustrate the struggle, survival, and style of queer individuals.

📽️ Join us for a free screening of Phranc: The Butch Closet and a conversation with director Paige Gratland (@pgratland) and artist/performer Phranc (@phranc.la).

This short form documentary follows artist and musician Phranc as she reflects on her recent exhibition, Phranc: The Butch Closet, a memoir in the form of a multi-disciplinary art installation that spans forty years of her life as a queer, gender nonconforming visual artist and performer.

🗓️ Saturday, April 11, 1:00pm
📍 Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
🔗🎟️ RSVP at the link in our bio (@howartworks)

📽️ The film is 21 minutes with English subtitles. An informal conversation and Q&A will follow with light refreshments.

Paige Gratland is a visual artist and filmmaker producing projects and objects that engage with social history, design and craft practices. She is 1/3 of the artist group Three Way Mirror with Daniel Barrow and Glenn Gear.

Phranc is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist and performer. Her music, paintings and sculptures combine humour and a butch lesbian aesthetic to champion personal identities and illustrate the struggle, survival, and style of queer individuals.

🚀 Hard launching Richmond’s 2026 Writer-in-Residence Aaron Chan (@aaronchanvan), presented by the City of Richmond and Richmond Public Library (@rplbc). Check the link in our bio to learn more and register.

Music by Berool (https://beroolmusic.com)

Are you a self-employed artist or small business owner with tax-related questions? Here’s your chance to get them answered by Liaison Officers from Canada Revenue Agency. This webinar will provide general information on business tax deductions, explain common tax errors, and introduce helpful tools and services offered by the CRA.

📝 Art at Work: Tax Webinar for Self-employed Artists and Small Businesses
🗓 Thu, Apr 9, 12:00–1:00pm
💻 Online Webinar - FREE

🔗 Check the link in our bio (Art at Work) to learn more and register.

Together, the City of Richmond and Richmond Public Library warmly welcome Aaron Chan (@aaronchanvan) as Richmond’s 2026 Writer-in-Residence.

Aaron’s residency will explore themes of queerness, intersectionality, identity and bridging cultural and generational divides. From April 4 to June 20, Aaron will support emerging writers through a series of free workshops, events and conversations for teens and adults.

Registration is now open and space is limited. To learn more and register, visit richmond.ca/WriterInResidence

#LocalAuthors #RichmondReads #RichmondBC #RichmondPublicLibrary #WriterInResidence

Together, the City of Richmond and Richmond Public Library warmly welcome Aaron Chan (@aaronchanvan) as Richmond’s 2026 Writer-in-Residence.

Aaron’s residency will explore themes of queerness, intersectionality, identity and bridging cultural and generational divides. From April 4 to June 20, Aaron will support emerging writers through a series of free workshops, events and conversations for teens and adults.

Registration is now open and space is limited. To learn more and register, visit richmond.ca/WriterInResidence

#LocalAuthors #RichmondReads #RichmondBC #RichmondPublicLibrary #WriterInResidence