If you think it’s just about art,
you’re missing the point.
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Open Art shines a spotlight on local artists and brings their art into the every-day spaces we inhabit so that its many values can be appreciated and realized.
We’re also opening pathways to collecting for organizations that creates corporate value, sustains our collective artistic heritage, and, is a catalyst to creating a dynamic and vibrant city that people want to visit, live and work in, and contribute to.
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To truly benefit from art, to have that palpable and visceral experience, you need to get out in front of it. Art belongs in the everyday spaces where it can be experienced by all.
We’re getting art in the open, making encounters with art happen.
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By integrating art into your space, you not only create an aesthetically pleasing environment that enhances well-being, you also create opportunities to celebrate and inspire, and stimulate creativity, ideation and innovation.
We’ll show you how.
our brand
Art is not just another asset class. Art has value beyond the intrinsic. We believe both active and new collectors deserve to capitalize on art’s full value.
Through our patronage platform, we help clients unlock art’s exponential value.
Art
Artists are integral to vibrant and thriving communities. Their works enhance the built environment helping transform ordinary neighbourhoods into destinations. The arts and culture drive economic value.
We’re promoting local artists not just as makers but engines of economic value.
Local
To experience art, to have that palpable and visceral experience, you need to get out in front of it. Art belongs in the everyday spaces where it can be experienced by all.
We’re getting art out there, making encounters with art happen.
Open
Open Art was conceived in the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations whose lands, traditions and art continue to inform and inspire many of our artist partners.
Founder’s message
When I moved to Vancouver one of the first events I attended was the Culture Crawl. The event, and more specifically the sheer number of attendees of all ages and backgrounds, was the inspiration for what would become Open Art. I realized that people crave art; they want to experience it, and they want it in their everyday lives.
It took two more years to create the vision of what Open Art could be – an ‘ongoing program’ that:
i. brings art into everyday spaces where it can be experienced routinely by anyone,
ii. breaks down traditional patronage models and the barriers to acquiring art, and,
iii. enables artists to sell their work and thrive.
In other words, the offering had to be inclusive and economically viable and have positive impact for artists, “collectors” and community.
Open Art is an art invest-in-art platform that blows the notion of patronage wide open. Open Art is a disruptor encouraging organizations to rethink the value of art, where art belongs, and who gets to participate.
I believe art belongs in the open, in the everyday, where people can see it, enjoy it and where patrons can benefit from its full value. If you share this vision, I invite you to explore the different ways you can partner with us.
Lenka Los, Founder