Chapel Sound Art Foundation

CSAF was incorporated in 2016, as a continuation of the grassroots/emerging multidisciplinary artist collective Chapel Sound, which has been operating in Vancouver since 2012, organizing events, curating shows, hosting workshops, and panel discussions on cultural issues. The original collective was founded to support ESL immigrants, racialized folks, MAD artists, artists living with disabilities/chronic illnesses and anyone who dabbled in multiple mediums (street dancers, DJs, photographers, designers, visual artists, filmmakers, poets, etc) that felt like they needed to carve a small corner in Vancouver that would accept their social gesture. Currently led by a voluntary board of directors, CSAF's mandate is to push creative expression forward without artistic boundaries or prejudice. CSAF is devoted to offering platforms for local emerging artists to experiment in the field of multidisciplinary electronic art and music regardless of a person’s race, class, gender or orientation. Bringing people together through events, workshops, collaborations and cross-pollination with other local initiatives has played an important role for CASF in realizing this ambition. As an umbrella organization, CASF has administered funding and microgrants to local grassroots initiatives and politically advocated for cultural producers.