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We invite you to be part of our story in making space for the transformative potential of the arts in children's lives.

As an equity-seeking program, your funding priorities directly supports AIRS residencies in underserved schools that lack financial resources.

AIRS is a register charity. All donations will receive a tax deductable receipt.

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Your impact

Sustained participation in the AIRS has a profound impact on student well being and success in school and in life. The arts build confidence, creative expression, resilience, agency, and empathy. AIRS program embeds art into the very heart of the school community fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion.

Read about our Impacts in 2023/4

What your donation can do

Every donation no matter how big or small makes a difference.

What Your Donation Can Do:

$70 provides art programming for one child
$1,750 provides art programming for one whole class
$21,000 funds a full-school art program in one equity-seeking elementary school.

AIRS currently has studio residencies in 17 public elementary schools. There are 90 elementary schools in Vancouver School District .

Thank you for your donation

Together we are bringing the transformative power of the arts back into public education.

Our Financial Partners

We are grateful to our Financial Donors for 2025/6

The Pleasance Family in memory of Dr. Jane Garland
David Alderdice and Ingrid Fleuvog
Stuart and Della McLaughlin
Aswinee Rath
Canada Helps Donors - Lynn Fels, Gili Avrahami, Colene Bentley, Sarah Wong, Rita Irwin, Steve Krehbiel, Susan Rome, Janet Fraser, Gina Wong, Sharon Spetz, Mara Michielli, Leith Davis, Carole Heyl, Anita Haidar, Hannah Jickling, Victoria Jung

Land Acknowledgement

The Artist In Residence Studio program is honoured to be working together on the unceded, unsurrendered and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm|Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh|Squamish & səlilwətaɬ |Tsleil-Waututh people, where we learn, live and work. We humbly acknowledge that we are unlearning and relearning and with this acknowledgement comes the commitment to engage in ongoing acts of reconciliation.