555 Nelson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6B 6R5
T:  604.681.2700 
F: 604.683.2710
Email

Gallery Hours

Wednesday to Sunday 12 - 6 pm

The Gallery is free of charge with a suggested donation of $5

Holiday Hours

The gallery will be closed on Dec 25, 26 and 27, 2011
and will also be closed on Jan 1 and 2, 2012.

The gallery will close at 4 pm on Dec 24th and will close at 3 pm on Dec 31.

The galleries are wheelchair accessible

The Abraham Rogatnick Resource Library:

Please call 604 681 2700 or email info@contemporaryartgallery.ca to schedule an appointment if you wish to use the library.

The Contemporary Art Gallery is dedicated to the research, exhibition, education and documentation of contemporary visual art as it is practiced locally through to internationally. It aspires to generate significant audiences for its innovative and diverse programmes through free access and a profile that is international in scope. The CAG aims to be perceived as a producer and transmitter of new ideas and activities, as a container for artistic experience. Radiating out from our centre in Vancouver, our programme seeks to signify an understanding of art as something of meaning in our daily lives, asserting a continuum, enmeshed within and of significance to all other experience.

Meredith Carr, Curatorial Intern
Kevin Day, Curatorial Intern
Phil Dion, Preparator
Lisa Fedorak, Program Administrator
Jill Henderson, Gallery Coordinator
Uli Hobruecker, Bookkeeper
Susan Lavitt, Head of Development and Communication
Jenifer Papararo, Curator
Nigel Prince, Executive Director

The Contemporary Art Gallery rents its facility in order to increase public awareness of its programs and generate earned revenues for its operations. Rentals are available on Mondays, Tuesdays or other days after 6pm. Rentals may be available at other times between exhibitions throughout the year.

Rental Capacity: 216 people
Rental Area: 2132 square feet
Rental Rate: $2000 (discount for non-profit organizations)

Basic rates include opening, monitoring and closing of the facility. Additional personnel for operating audio/video equipment or assisting with setup and strike are extra. Renters are responsible for catering, liquor license, rentals and other services required for their events.

Rentals that take place within an art exhibition may be subject to further restrictions. Exhibition artworks are not typically removed for rentals. Displaying or exhibiting other artwork is not permitted.

For more information contact Susan Lavitt, Head of Development and Communication, at 604.681.2700 or s.lavitt@contemporaryartgallery.ca

Established in 1971as the Greater Vancouver Artist's Gallery, the CAG was incorporated in 1976 as a non-profit charitable society. Vancouver artists were hired for six month periods to produce art for exhibition at the gallery, and for inclusion in the City of Vancouver Art Collection. In 1984 the CAG became an artist-run centre. By the early 1990s the exhibition program had expanded to include national and international artists. In 1996 the CAG became the only independent public art gallery in downtown Vancouver. In May 2001, the CAG moved to a new purpose-built facility under the aegis of the City of Vancouver's Amenity Bonus program in cooperation with Bosa Ventures Inc.

Vikky Alexander
Sean Carter
Rick Erickson
Nancy Hay
Ross Hill, President
Germaine Koh
Attila Richard Lukacs
Marcella Munro, Vice President
Guy Pottinger
Mark Shieh
Nada Vuksic
Stephen Waddell
Tia Walsh, Treasurer
Mark Wentzell
Bruce Wright

The Contemporary Art Gallery promotes knowledge and understanding of contemporary visual art through:

• initiation and promotion of exhibitions, publications, learning and outreach programs presenting work made by both Canadian and international artists

• development of dynamic and committed relationships between art, artists and audiences that support and contribute to a diverse community

• playing a key role in the cultural life of Vancouver and British Columbia

• offering access to everyone

• informative and engaging resources on visual arts

• the City of Vancouver Art Collection of 3,000 works of art which are circulated in public spaces throughout civic buildings and loaned for exhibition to museums and galleries

The Abraham Rogatnick Library, Abraham Rogatnick (1923-2009) was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Gallery for many years and Honourary Chair of the CAG's Capital Campaign to establish its current facility. The CAG's library is named in his honour in recognition of his long-standing dedication and support. Abraham recognized the unique character of the CAG's exhibition program, saying it 'fills a critical gap that other public and private institutions in the city can not accommodate.'

The library's primary role is to support the CAG's mandate for 'the promotion of knowledge and understanding of contemporary visual art'. The library is a reference only collection which primarily consists of exhibition catalogues, monographs, ephemera and periodicals which facilitate and support CAG learning programs and the research of contemporary art. The library is available for use, to the public by appointment.

To make an appointment to use the library please email info@contemporaryartgallery.ca to arrange a time.

The CAG is not a submission based gallery but you are welcome to send an artists' CV and package (CD/DVD) introducing us to your work which will be reviewed on a bi-annual basis. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for the return of materials. We will contact you if we feel your work is suitable to the exhibition program.