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If you are an artist living in BC,
please join us! and learn about the benefits!
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists. As a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, our mandate is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.
CARFAC was established by artists in 1968 and has been recognized by the Status of the Artist legislation. CARFAC is guided by an active Board, elected by the membership.
We believe that artists, like professionals in other fields, should be paid for their work and share equitably in profits from their work. As the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists, CARFAC defends artists’ economic and legal rights and educates the public on fair dealing with artists. In doing so, CARFAC promotes a socio-economic climate conducive to the production of visual arts. CARFAC engages actively in advocacy, lobbying, research and public education on behalf of artists in Canada.
If you've ever been paid an artist's
fee for exhibiting your work, you've already benefited from the existence
of CARFAC (Canadian Artists' Representation/le Front des Artistes Canadiens).
Founded by artists like the late Jack Chambers, CARFAC is a democratic,
non-profit, national artist-run organization for visual artists. It
has members in B.C. and affiliates across Canada.
CARFAC BC is the primary vehicle in British Columbia through which visual
artists may obtain information and practical advice to support
their professional
practices.
CARFAC BC was incorporated in 1990 and functions as a volunteer
organization on behalf of its membership. of, 800+ BC artists
are members. CARFAC BC currently receives no operational funding. It functions on
the resources of its members alone, and is run by volunteers. Together,
we have the strength
to make fair contracts and payments of proper fees the norm, to tackle the
illegal reproduction of artists work, and lobby for tax reform, etc. With
hundreds, if not thousands, of artists in British Columbia, we hold tremendous
untapped power to actually change the conditions in which we live and work. |
