Art Matters Festival
Art Matters is North America’s largest student-run Fine Arts festival that takes place every year in March. Since 2000, Art Matters has hosted exhibitions and events across Montreal creating platforms and opportunities for undergraduate artists studying at the University.
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- Art Matters is a non-profit, student-run, arts festival that celebrates and supports the developing talent housed at Concordia University, with the aim of providing emerging artists with practical skills, tools, and knowledge.
- Art Matters takes place in March. Exhibitions curated by students are spread out over three to four weeks, punctuated by our signature events.
- Art Matters is a fee-levy organization. That means a fraction of all students’ fees collected when they pay tuition allows the festival to take place. Art Matters is created by and for undergraduate Concordia University students.
- Art Matters gets people together. We encourage students from different artistic practices and backgrounds to exchange ideas.
- Art Matters supports new ideas. We promote diverse artistic approaches, processes, and risk-taking.
- Art Matters starts a dialogue between students and professionals. We collaborate with galleries, art centers and venues in order to provide platforms to promote artwork. Art Matters also provides students with the opportunity for development through hosting speakers and workshops.
- Art Matters strives to build an inclusive community, working within an anti-oppression framework. Art Matters recognises and encourages diversity through promoting access to groups that are traditionally marginalized based on gender, sexual orientation, race, economic status, language ability, religious preference, age, ability and other intersecting forms of oppression.
- Art Matters makes it known that Art Matters!