The design community both in Vancouver and across Canada is vibrant and supportive. There are countless opportunities and methods for designers to connect and engage with one another. Solidarity amongst designers is the primary building block of a more equitable, respectful, and creative future for all designers.

Below are links to some organizations that can act as valuable resources to Canadian designers:

 

  • Associated Designers of Canada, ADC 659
    www.adc659.designers.ca

    • Local ADC 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. We are the representative voice for live performance designers in Canada

  • ASSOCIATED DESIGNERS OF CANADA - ARTS SERVICE ORGANIZATION
    www.designers.ca

    • Incorporated in 1965, the Associated Designers of Canada is a national, professional, non-profit arts service organization dedicated to promoting the art of live performance design in Canada, including the design of scenery, costumes, lighting, projection, and sound.

  • Working With Designers Tip Sheet

    • This document was generated for the Working With Designers panel at the GVPTA’s Making a Scene Conference in May, 2019.

  • Production Information Checklist

    • The ADC provides this helpful 2-page document to assist Producers and Designers in their working relationship.

  • Music Rights Tip Sheet, created by the ADC

    • A great resource for sound designers and anyone else interested in learning more about using existing music in theatrical works.

  • Good Night Out Vancouver

    • Good Night Out Vancouver is a local chapter of an international initiative dedicated to raising awareness about sexual harassment and assault on nights out. They offer workshops on bystander intervention and workplace harassment.

  • Tax Basics for Freelancers Notes

    • Notes from our event, “Tax Basics for Freelancers - Q&A with David Sweeney, CFP”. These notes provide a helpful overview on what was covered at the event, and are a good place to start better understanding your taxes. These notes are an overview of the information garnered from a Q&A. These notes cannot serve as financial advice.

  • THE DESIGNERS GUILD FACEBOOK GROUP

    • The Designers Guild is a closed Facebook group exclusively for designers (primarily in the performing arts, but may include other disciplines too), their agents, and officials of Associated Designers of Canada (ADC), to share information specific to our professions (fees, rights, contracting,etc.), and to collectively plan actions and campaigns to improve our situations.

  • Culturebrew.art

    • CultureBrew.Art is a digital platform that promotes and fosters intersectional interculturalism throughout BC’s professional performing and media arts sectors by facilitating opportunities and connecting Indigenous and racialized artists.

  • CANADIAN LATINX THEATRE ARTIST COALITION - Caltac.ca

    • CALTAC is a Vancouver-based service organization dedicated to furthering the Canadian Latinx theatre movement and unifying Latinx identified theatre artists.

  • Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance - www.gvpta.ca

    • The GVPTA is a non-profit charitable organization whose membership includes theatre companies, theatre makers and artists, and other organizations and individuals that support theatre. They provide services, promotion of member news and community events, opportunities to connect and network, and hold an annual theatre conference.

  • IATSE Local 118 (Vancouver) - www.iatse118.com

    • IATSE 118 is the labour union supplying technicians, stagehands, artisans and craftspeople to the Greater Vancouver entertainment industry, including live theatre, rock and roll, and trade shows, and conventions. Local 118 has a large, skilled, and experienced workforce ready to meet the needs of your production.

  • Canadian Actors' Equity Association - www.caea.com

    • Equity is the voice of professional artists engaging in live performance in English Canada. We are a national association representing almost 6,000 artists working in theatre, opera and dance from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Equity's membership includes performers, directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers.

  • The Title Block Podcast - www.thetitleblock.com

    • The Title Block is a podcast about Canadian theatre designers and their craft.  It is hosted by Michael Kruse, a former lighting designer.  Each episode focuses on one designer and their body of work and talk about their training, philosophy and history

Photo Credits: Wilderness, Studio 58. Scenic Design by Jennifer Stewart, Lighting Design by Andrew Pye, Costume Design by Sydney Cavanagh, Projection Design by Cande Andrade Gutierrez, Sound Design by Mishelle Cuttler. Actors in photo: Logan Fenske, Caitlin Volkert, Nolan McConnell-Fidyk, Alina Blackett, and Heather Barr. Photo by Tim Matheson.