COVID-19 Visitor Guidelines
In response to the Government of Ontario’s emergency province-wide shutdown, the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) will be closed until further notice.
The general public is now welcome to visit the Gallery during the opening hours:
Seniors and Immunocompromised visitors: Open to the public:
10:00 am -12:00 pm, Tuesdays to Sundays 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Tuesdays to Sundays
The following measures will be in place to ensure your comfort and safety:
With these measures in place, we are confident that the VAC can provide a comforting refuge and space for learning through these challenging times. Thank you for your cooperation.
The general public is now welcome to visit the Gallery during the opening hours:
Seniors and Immunocompromised visitors: Open to the public:
10:00 am -12:00 pm, Tuesdays to Sundays 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Tuesdays to Sundays
The following measures will be in place to ensure your comfort and safety:
- No more than five visitors will be permitted inside the VAC facility at any given time to ensure physical distancing within our exhibition spaces; entry will be managed on a first-come-first-served basis
- Capacity: Main Gallery 5 persons
- Visitors exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 are not permitted to visit the Gallery; visitors will be asked to confirm they are asymptomatic and provide contact information on entry to support contact tracing if required
- Visitors who develop symptoms of COVID-19 during their visit are asked to inform Front Desk immediately to seek assistance in safely leaving the Gallery or isolating on-site until help can be provided
- If you or any members of your household have travelled outside of Canada within the past 14 days you are not permitted to enter the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington facility.
- Visitors will be required to sanitize their hands upon entering the VAC (pumps available at the entrance)
- Wearing of non-surgical face masks is required following the Face Covering By-law in Durham Region.
- Visitors are required to maintain a physical distance of 6 feet (2 metres) from other guests and staff throughout the Gallery
- There will be cues for visitors throughout the space, please be mindful of some of the narrowed corridors.
- High-touch surfaces throughout the Gallery including doors will be sanitized regularly by Gallery staff
- Washrooms will not be available to visitors at this time
- All onsite group programming and access to the studios has been cancelled for the foreseeable future
With these measures in place, we are confident that the VAC can provide a comforting refuge and space for learning through these challenging times. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Land Acknowledgement
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is situated on the traditional territory and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. Our work on these lands acknowledges the signatory communities of the Williams Treaties, as well as the Mississauga Nation and other members of the broader Indigenous community, for their resilience, and their longstanding contributions to the area now known as the Durham region.
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Visual Arts Centre of Clarington,
143 Simpson Avenue, Bowmanville, ON, L1C 2H9 (Hwy 401 to Liberty Street, Liberty to Baseline, East to Simpson, North to Soper Creek Park) |
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is a partially accessible venue with an accessible washroom. The front entrance can be accessed by a ramp and an outward-opening door (please note that we do not have an automatic door opener). It is important to note that the Loft Gallery and our studios are not accessible by wheelchair. Accessible parking is available on site. For any special assistance or queries about the venue, please call or email us. Admission is free and all are welcome.
The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is committed to being a space that is safe and inclusive for all people. For this space to be accessible to people with varying allergies and sensitivities, it is a pet free, nut free, and scent free zone. We ask that visitors please refrain from bringing in animals, food items containing nuts, and wearing heavily scented products. Thank you for your consideration. |
Strategic Plan
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This document captures the guiding principles of the VAC, where we would like to see our organization thrive and our plans to materialize our vision. Our goal is to articulate how and why we will use our resources to achieve our mission and broaden our investment in the community. Focusing on the outcomes and impact of who we serve, will guide us in how our operational structures, allocation of resources, and partnerships are determined.
This updated plan was developed by the board and staff of the VAC, through consultation with artists, external community organizations, instructors, members, other galleries, students, teachers, the Municipality of Clarington and volunteers from across our community. The VAC worked with Sherri Helwig and students in her “Planning and Project Management in the Arts and Cultural Sector” course, which is a senior-level course in the Arts Management Specialist program at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Download the Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023 Previous Strategic Plans: Strategic Plan 2014 - 2018 Strategic Plan 2009 - 2014 |
Annual Report 2018
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2018 marked a new chapter for the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) and we are excited now more than ever to bring to Clarington the very best of contemporary art from within our local community and to show work from artists whose practice contributes to a larger global conversation. Our focus for the 2018 year was to increase the level of programming around each exhibition. This provided exciting opportunities for each artist showing their work and provided more time for the community to learn something new.
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Annual Report 2019
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2019 was another remarkable year for the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) and we are excited now more than ever to bring to Clarington the very best of contemporary art from within our local community and to show work from artists whose practice contributes to a larger global conversation.
Download the Annual Report for 2019 |