cultivatING awareness and skills THAT FOCUS ON both the Arts and Sustainability, through the use of community education and initiatives.
Renascence Arts and Sustainability society is a non-profit organization located in the tiny and unincorporated rural town of Ymir, British Columbia. We run a variety of programming for youth and adults throughout the year within the community of Ymir. Our main focus is on cultivating awareness and skills that focus on capacity building using arts as a catalyst for change. Our major production of the year has been the Tiny Lights Festival for almost a decade. Recently, we’ve also been delivering the Rural Arts Inclusion Lab This important project aims to address the systems that exclude marginalized voices from arts organizations, audiences and performers in rural British Columbia.
Current Projects
The Ymir Art Studio
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“Living in a rural setting exposes you to many marvelous things- the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space” - S.Orlean