PAVED Arts is a non-profit, artist run centre for production, presentation, research and dissemination of contemporary media arts. The word PAVED is an acronym signifying the integration of media art forms including: photographic, audio, video, electronic, and digital arts. PAVED Arts exists to support artists who work in these media.
Mission
PAVED Arts supports creative expression in the media arts by providing vibrant, inspiring, and equitable spaces for production, presentation, learning, and exchange.
Vision
PAVED Arts wishes to democratize and demystify media production, empowering people in our community to tell their own stories and creating the conditions for new voices to emerge from our region.
Values
- Collaboration: Among artists, community, and partners through our spaces, our knowledge, and our resources.
- Innovation: An environment of learning, experimentation, and growth that helps artists be creative, collaborative, and joyful.
- Responsiveness: Adaptable and flexible programming and resources to support artists at all stages of learning and practice.
- Accountability: To our members, our community, and our stakeholders. We operate with integrity and honesty.
- Equality and Inclusivity: Committed to the principles of reconciliation, decolonization, equity, diversity, and inclusion, we strive to be representative of the community that we serve in our programs, board, and staff. We want to be both physically and socially accessible for the community.
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Download our 2020-21 Annual Report and Commitment to Action
