2018 – 2019
221A is developing a model for a Vancouver-based “Cultural Land Trust”. The study is conceptualized as a collective response to escalating real estate prices that have placed severe pressure on security of tenure for artists and arts organizations.
2019 – 2022
A three-year digital strategy initiative by 221A that researches, develops sectoral capacity, and implements blockchain technology for cultural, social and ecological use-cases.
June 2018 – August 2019
T’uy’tanat Cease Wyss is a media artist and ethnobotanist. Her Fellowship with 221A will lead a transformation of Semi-Public 半公開 at 271 Union Street, converting the site’s compacted road base gravel to a communal garden designed with permaculture systems and plants that are indigenous to the bioregion of the Pacific Northwest Coast and the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Stó:lō Nations.
March 2018 – August 2019
Amy Nugent is a Vancouver-based cultural worker and resource developer. As the former president of Artspeak’s board, she has been recognized with a 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award from the City of Vancouver. Her own research over the past five years has focused on the history and restitution of sculptors Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968), the current state of Canadian art collections and the limited acquisition funds to support them.
(2014–2024)
271 Union Street
Semi-Public 半公開 is a 3,000ft² public art site located at 271 Union Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. Semi-Public 半公開’s programming is informed by the contested spatial politics of its location, and hosts commissions, installations, and processes by artists
(2017–)
100-221 E Georgia Street
Pollyanna 圖書館 Library collects print material, audio, videos, objects, and artworks acquired by the Fellows and Research Initiatives of 221A. Pollyanna 圖書館 Library also hosts educational programming — talks, performances, screenings, reading groups, and classes — that animate and develop the collection.
(2011–)
222 E Georgia Street
222 is a 8,000ft² property leased from the Yee Fung Toy Society of Canada, a Chinese benevolent association established in 1904. Since 2011, the 222 E Georgia St property has been used by 221A as a space for collective art production and presentation.
(2015–)
1654 Franklin Street
1654 is a 21,515ft² industrial leased property that provides space for over 30 cultural organizations, small businesses and an intergenerational mix of artists. The building was previously leased in part by Bombast Furniture, where it produced furniture for two decades.
(2018–)
236 E Pender Street
236 is a 9,000ft² property located at 236 E Pender St that provides space for the production and presentation of art.
(2019–2039)
1265 Howe Street
Under Construction
1265 is a 8,697ft² purpose-built artist production facility leased by 221A starting in Autumn 2019. 1265 will be managed based on a cost-recovery model that will set rental rates for artist studios according to the overall cost of operating the facility.
