---
title: Open Space Arts Society
description: >-
  Gallery presenting exhibitions, Indigenous artist programs, archival projects
  and community events.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/open-space-arts'
type: organization
createdAt: '2026-09-26'
updatedAt: '2026-09-29'
organizationType: Artist-run space
location: 'Victoria, BC, Canada'
website: 'https://openspace.ca/'
yearFounded: 1972
---

# Open Space Arts Society

*Artist-run space • Victoria, BC, Canada*

## About

Gallery presenting exhibitions, Indigenous artist programs, archival projects and community events.

Open Space Arts Society presents exhibitions and ongoing programs in its gallery spaces, including the Fort Street Window Gallery and the Foyer Gallery. Its programming includes participatory and collaborative projects such as the karaoke-based Love Songs to End Colonization, an archival program called Maintaining Memory, and the Urban Ecologies program on urban biodiversity.

The organization also supports Indigenous artists through initiatives such as the Indigenous Emerging Artists Program, which produced the On the Land mural project. It publishes artist editions like the interactive artist book CENTO and organizes community events including Small Press Fest and Desi Karaoke.

Open Space acknowledges that it works on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and commits to respecting Indigenous knowledges and reducing its environmental impact.

## Details

- **Founded:** 1972
- **Address:** 510 Fort Street, 2nd floor, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1E6, Canada
- **Website:** https://openspace.ca/
- **Social Media:** twitter: https://x.com/OpenSpaceVic, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/openspacevic, instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openspacevic/

## Programs

View current programs from Open Space Arts Society on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/open-space-arts