Each location for FLEET will bring different contexts and opportunities for arts and culture programs. FLEET programs are guided by place, local community needs, and how to best advocate for and alongside ongoing arts and culture activities in each location. FLEET explores collaborative models for how the studios are used, engaged with, and activated over the course of the studio’s stay in a location.
Programs are delivered by a small team consisting of artists, arts workers, curators, planners, and architects. The team’s approach is to build and sustain responsive, respectful, and reciprocal relationships with artists, community partners, municipalities, and the public with a priority of removing and/or reducing systemic barriers to access FLEET as a resource.
FLEET programming reflects these ongoing relationships through the lenses of care and community.
Current Programs
Visiting Artist: Aleen Sparrow
Aleen Sparrow is a Musqueam weaver who learned her practice from her mom, Debra Sparrow. She grew up watching her mom and aunties weave together at the kitchen table, where wool, tea and conversation were always present. Visit FLEET & meet the artist during one of the days she’s working in the studio, or at a workshop!
