The Purple Stapler Arts Society
Founded in 2013, The Purple Stapler Arts Society is a Vancouver, BC, Canada based nonprofit arts organization that I started as I wrapped up my undergraduate degree. I wanted to be producing my own work but found funding and opportunities for emerging in short supply. There have been and still are many other wonderful arts initiatives in the city, I'm only saying that there were still more artists struggling than thriving - including myself. So I started The Purple Stapler as a platform for collaboration and support of emerging artists across creative disciplines.
Our projects include but are not limited to: The Annual Back Alley Artists Night – a celebration of emerging artists including film, visual art and live performance, (2018 will be number 5); The Writers Forum – a bi weekly group with over 50 workshops of fiction, stage, graphic form, etc; Chrysalis - an interdisciplinary show that came out of incredible local sponsorships; art galleries featuring Amanda Smart and Yasir Ali; In Need of Caffeine – a short film; LGBT Youth Voices – a short film; and Sylva Art Workshops – a collection of environmental art workshops.
Mission
The Purple Stapler Arts Society is a community focused arts organization that facilitates the creative activism of emerging artists by creating opportunities for learning, mentorship, public presentation, interdisciplinary collaboration and networking within a framework of conscientiousness and equity.
