About Kickstart Disability Arts

Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture is a Vancouver based arts non-profit that supports and promotes artists who identify as living with disabilities.

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1st Annual Public Gathering for International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

“The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is marked around the world annually on 3 December […] to promote awareness and mobilize support for critical issues pertaining to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in society and development” —United Nations One of the greatest challenges of living with a disability is simply being seen. Join […]

Art Card launch party this Saturday!

Come join Kickstart at The Cultch to celebrate the release of our new Art Card sets! This beautiful set of 5 cards with envelopes, features five artists; L.J. Throstle, Kevo Lee, Katheryn Alma-Nihte, Deborah Leigh, and Yuki Goodman. The artists will be present as well as the original works of art will be on display. […]

An Artist Talk with amy dame and Trish Smith

Please join us for this artist talk which will feature amy dame and Trish Smith. Each of these artists is at different stage in their creative career and have had very different experiences. The artists will present images and introduce their work and then engage in a discussion with Kickstart’s Artistic Director, Yuri Arajs, followed […]

Every Day in Every Way: exhibit two

Every Day in Every Way: exhibit two

Thank you everyone who attended the artist reception for our current exhibition Every Day in Every Way: exhibit two at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. Every Day in Every Way is showing until October 16, 2016. It features works by Karen Colville, Olga Kalamkarova, Peggy Logan, Kathryn Alma-Nihte, Natalia Bogolepova, Kevin Lee, Tessa Carter, David […]