Art Exchange

Art Exchange 2023-2024
A Visual Art Partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery

October 2025- June 2026

This exciting full-scholarship visual arts program for teens (ages 13-15) is a collaboration between Arts Umbrella and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Students will explore, critique, and observe exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, then respond to the exhibition by making their work at Arts Umbrella.

This program takes place at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Arts Umbrella Granville Island

This yearlong contemporary arts program is a collaboration between the School of Art & Design and the Vancouver Art Gallery. At the gallery, students gain behind-the-scenes access, workshops, and tours of a number of exhibitions and have the opportunity to speak with and learn from exhibiting artists and gallery professionals. They will then respond to their experience back at our studios through mentored and self-directed projects, with the chance to curate, install, and critique their work multiple times a year in the Cassils | Henriquez Exhibition Gallery at Arts Umbrella.

Full scholarship provided by
Terrence and Lisa Turner & Elmar and Christine Klukas

In Partnership with

Submission Guidelines

Portfolio:

Please submit 5-7 images of completed work and 3-5 images of sketchbook explorations that demonstrate study and experimentation. Please make sure that images are in JPEG format and no larger than 1 MB each. You should send no more than 10 images total. If there are barriers to submitting a digital portfolio, please contact us to make alternative arrangements. Work should be titled in the order you’d like us to view them (eg. 01.Emily Carr_Big Raven.jpg, 02.Emily Carr_Above the Gravel Pit.jpg)

An image list with the title, date, and medium used for each work must be included in your portfolio.

Letter of Intent: 

Your letter must be between 500-1000 words, or roughly one page, in length. In your letter, please tell us why you are interested in this program, what you will contribute and how you will benefit from the experience. Please include a brief statement about the work in your portfolio and a description of your art practice (ie. primary medium, themes, references, and inspirations, etc).