The Burnaby Art Gallery is dedicated to presenting a historical and contemporary art program by local, regional, national and international artists; facilitating the development of emerging artists; providing diverse art educational programming; acquiring culturally significant works on paper; and care for and management of the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection.
The goals of the gallery are to: provide access to contemporary Canadian art, present works from the permanent collection; collect contemporary works on paper; and offer challenging and educational exhibition related programming.
The role of the gallery is to provide leadership and direction in the visual arts for the citizenry and visual arts related organizations within the Greater Vancouver Regional District and provide access to the collection for research and exhibition development by organizations from across Canada. The gallery pays artists in accordance with CARFAC guidelines as approved by The Canadian Art Museums Directors Organisation (CAMDO).
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