Community Arts Programming
The Thriving Artist: Build Your Professional Toolkit with Candace Couse
Mon, Apr 06
|Hope Art Machine - Studio A
Candace Couse is an interdisciplinary contemporary artist who has designed a practical, 8-week course on the business side of art (the forms, the finances, the "getting your work out there”). This class runs from 6:30pm to 9pm Mondays in Studio A starting on April 6th and finishing June 8th.
Time & Location
Apr 06, 2026, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Hope Art Machine - Studio A, 357 Fort St, Hope, BC V0X 1L0, Canada
Guests
About the Event
Bio:
Candace Couse (she/her) is a Canadian artist living in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia. She is a grateful guest on the traditional territory of the Stó:lō People, where she is an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley. Candace earned an MFA from the University of Calgary (2010) and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Brock University (2020). Her work has been shown across Canada, the USA, the UK, Switzerland, Italy, Trinidad, Pakistan, Nepal, Iceland and India.
Class description:
This 8 week course starts on April 6th and finishes on June 8th with no class on April 20/27.
Are you a local artist, a passionate hobbyist ready to go pro, a recent graduate, or a creative entrepreneur in the Hope region? Do you feel ready to take the next step but aren't sure where to start? You're comfortable in the studio, but navigating the business…