May 30, 2019 — From May to August 2018, the Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference/Conférence des collectifs et des centres d’artistes autogérés (ARCA), Canadian Artist Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC), and the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV) conducted research on the professional conditions for performance art in Canada. The organizations »»

ARCA is proud to once again play a role in activating the agenda of the 5th Biennial Canadian Summit of Art Performance Organizers taking place on the cusp of the Rencontre internationale d’art performance de Québec (RIAP) and the first edition of the Rassemblement Internations d’Art Performance Autochtone (RIAPA) in Wendake. With support from the Canada Council’s Digital Strategy Fund, ARCA has invited Hélène Brousseau, Artexte’s digital librarian, »»

ARCA is proud to invite you to complete the following survey titled Assessing Professional Conditions for Performance Artists in Canada developed at the instigation of an ad hoc group of performance art organizers gathered in Calgary, as part of the M:ST festival in October 2016. The survey is intended for all artistic organizations that program performance art. The questionnaire was developed with input »»

Montréal, May 17, 2016 — From May 3 to 7, 2016, the Galerie du Nouvel Ontario (GNO) invited some 30 artists from the francophone minority communities and indigenous collectives to the 5th edition of the Fair of Alternative Arts of Sudbury (FAAS5) titled «Abricadabri». Read L’arca in the loop no 5

The Biennale d’art performatif de Rouyn-Noranda, operated by L’écart, is hosting the 2nd edition of the Performance art networking meeting bringing together some twenty organisations from across Canada. Expanding on the first edition organised and hosted in October 2012 by LIVE, Vancouver, BC, the second meeting has invited a few more artist-run centres and collectives »»

ARCA is proud to announce the upcoming publication of PERFORMANCE ART PRESENTATION IN CANADA TODAY, a summary of the LIVE Retreat minutes, Vancouver October 9 & 10, 2012, in INTER, ART ACTUEL – #115 fall issue, prepared by Stacey Ho and Randy Gledhill with the support of the Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference / La Conférence des collectifs et des centres d’artistes autogérés (ARCCC/CCCAA, aka ARCA).