Tumbler Ridge Community Arts Council - TRCAC

06/13/2026

New this year, we're hoping to add a Youth Director to our council!

This is a great opportunity to get some volunteer hours and contribute some ideas for arts and culture in Tumbler Ridge.

Interested youth should attend the AGM on Thursday June 18, 2026 at 6 pm in Room 3 of the Community Centre to learn more.

06/13/2026

Coming up, the Annual General Meeting!

Join us on Thursday, June 18 at 6 pm in Room 3 of the Community Centre.

Consider pre-paying your annual membership fee if you'd like to vote or sit on the board of directors in order to help the meeting start on time.

You can pre-pay online at https://tumblerridge.art/products/trcac-annual-membership

You can choose to pay by credit card at the secure checkout, or select the email transfer option to pay by Interac e-transfer.

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

📣📣 Calling Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) in BC with lived experience of disability interested in learning about media art.

Cinevolution's Media Art Micro Grant is now open for applications! The program offers five grants of $1500 to support racialized folks 18+ who are:

+ d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing
+ Blind and low vision
+ neurodivergent
+ live with mental illness, or
+ have physical, cognitive, or other non-visible disabilities (including chronic pain)

…to explore media art through learning activities that you lead and plan, exploratory research, or creative experimentation.

You can be an emerging artist, art worker, or someone looking to explore media art, such as video games, film, photography, digital illustration and more! No formal arts training or previous experience necessary.

Projects could include:

+ Taking a course or workshop to learn a new media arts skill
+ Researching and exploring an idea with no finished product
+ Completing a project you have been working on with the help of a mentor

📆Apply by Monday, June 22, 2026
🔗Full program guidelines and application form available at link in bio → cinevolutionmedia.com/micro-grant

You can contact us for feedback or support at any point in the application process. We are here to help you practice describing your creative ideas and gain grant writing experience, and will be happy to discuss your project and review draft applications.

📫 [email protected]
☎️ 778-803-7150, extension 5.

To discuss access support for your application (e.g. ASL interpretation, other submission options, etc.), please get in touch by June 8, 2026.

Graphic design by Mary McCoy.

06/12/2026

NEW THIS SUMMER! Join paleontology teams from the Tumbler Ridge Museum and University of Victoria for a hands-on guided dig at the Flatbed Creek trackway site. Visit https://www.trmf.ca/events/dig-tours to find out more!

06/11/2026

Art submissions are only being accepted until June 14!

This year, the exhibit is hosted entirely online to make it more accessible for folks.

See more details:

06/11/2026

From the BC Arts Council, a survey to capture ideas to support a strong, vibrant, and sustainable arts and culture sector!

Who should participate?
The council welcomes perspectives from across B.C.’s arts and culture sector, including:

• Indigenous artists and Indigenous-led organizations
• Artists, cultural workers, and arts organizations across all disciplines, including community-based organizations and their staff and leaders
• Arts service organizations
• Funders and donors supporting arts and culture initiatives
• Arts and culture‑related sectors, including education, tourism, municipalities, local governments, and creative industries
• Arts and culture media, including critics and journalists
• Equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous, Black, racialized, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2SLGBTQ+, and Francophone communities, as well as people with disabilities and people living in rural and remote areas
• Youth, arts students, and emerging artists
• Leaders, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and individuals with lived and professional experience in arts and culture

The BC Arts Council is working to shape its future and invites artists, organizations, and communities to share their ideas to support a strong, vibrant, and sustainable arts and culture sector.

Learn more about the engagement here: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/bc-arts-council/

06/08/2026

On Saturday, friends and loved ones gathered from near and far to honour the memory of Erin Wanvig.

The Tumbler Ridge Community Arts Council shares a bit more on the blog about this weekend's Celebration of Life.

A Life Well-Lived, A Friend Well-Loved: Celebrating Erin Wanvig:

It was a drizzly Saturday afternoon when folks dressed or accessorized in red began lining up to enter Room 5 of the Tumbler Ridge Community Centre for Erin Wanvig's Celebration of Life. At times, the line stretched down the hall as friends and loved ones from near and far entered and stopped to sig...

06/06/2026

Mark your calendars! The Tumbler Ridge Museum is hosting a series of events at the beginning of August in conjunction with the upcoming book launch.

Check out the details for this totally Tubular Tumbler 80's Dinner & Dance:

You're invited to Tubular Tumbler🤩 Bring your leg warmers and shoulder pads out of the closet, meet the author of "Go North, Reporter", Anne Mullens and enjoy a night of dinner and dancing 💃🕺. It's the perfect night to reunite with past and present Tumblerites

Trend Mountain Conference Centre
August 1, 2026
6:00
19+
Get 10% off the price of "Go North, Reporter" if you purchase it with a Tubular Tumbler ticket 😃

06/02/2026

Mark your calendars: the 8th Annual Filipino Canadian Art/Photography Exhibit, Ex Situ 2026, is taking place in Fort St. John from June 5 to June 27, held at the Peace Gallery North!