UPDATE: NOV 18, 2019 We did it... and YOU made it happen! Thanks to your support, we reached our VMF Fundraiser goal!! We’re so grateful to everyone who donated and to everyone who supports us throughout the year. Vancouver Mural Festival is for all of you. THANK YOU for being a part of it and thank you for helping us make it happen! We can’t wait to bring you an amazing Year 5!
What Does your Donation Fund?
Our guest curators are driven by the opportunity to give a voice to the many amazing local artists to tell their stories. Guest Curator, Roxanne Charles would like you to take a second look at the mural below. Can you see how The Frog is at the mouth of a pipeline, possibly protecting the coast from diluted bitumen? Your donation helps us support local artists from Tsleil Waututh Nation like Jordan Gallie and Erhen Snow to create bold and meaningful art like, "The Frog" (2018 VMF).
VIDEO: Jordan Gallie and Erhen Snow, The Frog (VMF 2018)
After providing 4 epic years of VMF, an entirely free public arts festival, we are extending a hand to all our supporters and those who want to see VMF continue into 2020. We want more than anything to provide the best VMF yet for our 5th year, but we simply cannot do it without your help.
Thanks to grants and sponsorships, we're able to pay our mural artists and our production crew at market rates for their creations. Pay ranges depending on size, scale, difficulty, accessibility, safety, and a number of other factors. There are so many costs associated with making the Vancouver Mural Festival a reality each year, and this year we are turning to you, our city, to help us become an even more sustainable non-profit org that brings so much awesome to Vancouver each year.
When you donate, these are the costs you are helping
us cover!
Click the perks on the right to send us your support!
It takes a village to raise a mural festival.
Say hello to the huge team of hustlers that keep the art flowing.
Mural by KC Hall.
We are already planning next year!!
All donations go towards painting murals in the city including paying
for supplies, artist fees, and necessary equipment. 
Fun fact: Did you know that most of our artists are
local, Vancouver artists who are doing their very first mural? A huge
part of our mission is to give meaningful opportunities to local
artists and strong mentorship so they can go big with their art.
About VMF
Vancouver Mural Festival is organized by Create Vancouver Society, a Registered Non-Profit dedicated to artistic and cultural development in the Lower Mainland. Through the creation of permanent large-scale public murals, we provide a platform for Vancouver's diverse art scene to contribute to the city’s cultural legacy for years to come. Our annual festival takes place for a week in August in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, and we work throughout the year with neighbourhoods around the Lower Mainland to highlight the local culture and stories of their area.
Special Thanks to Our Perk Providers!
Purchase the $25 Perk and receive a coffee and cookie at Kafkas!
Purchase the $25 Perk and get a $20 Gift Card to Rumpus Room!
Purchase
a $50 Perk and get 20% off your purchase at Mount Pleasant's West
Coast Jungle!
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the $300 Perk and get Bailey Nelson Sunglasses + a collection of VMF
Artist Prints!
Purchase
the $150 Perk and get 40% off of purchases up to $600 on Herschel
products in their online store.
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the $500 Perk and get TWO Canucks Tickets + a collection of VMF
Artist Prints!
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You Get: Good vibes! $5 is actually a big deal. If all 150,000 people that enjoyed our festival every year give this amount, we would be able to buy a lot of paint brushes!
You get: Twice the good vibes as if you gave $5!. We use about 2000 cans of paint every year across our events and special projects. We also donate our extra unused paint to non-profits like the Overdose Prevention Society for the creation of yet more murals. Your $10 will make paint colours like "Mayonnaise, Hugs and Kisses, Tornado Season and Mown Grass" come to life!
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We get a ladder rental. Each year, we rent a lot of tall ladders to reach the hard to reach spots that boom and scissor lifts cannot reach. Help us pay for the ladders ($25 ea) and we can check this off the list!
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We Get a 6-Pack of Aerosol Paint! Each year, we rent a lot of tall ladders to reach the hard to reach spots that boom and scissor lifts cannot reach. Help us pay for the ladders ($25 ea) and we can check this off the list!
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We Get a Scissor Lift for a Day! Lifts are at the centre of VMF's logistical heart. Your contribution will rent us a small scissor lift for the day!
If you're interested in becoming one of our official sponsors and you'd like to contribute an amount greater than $1000, we'd love to chat and let you know what kinds of partnerships we can offer in exchange for your support. Make sure to connect with Donna: partnerships@vanmuralfest.com
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We get a ladder rental! Each year, we rent a lot of tall ladders to reach the hard to reach spots that boom and scissor lifts cannot reach. Help us pay for the ladders ($25 ea) and we can check this off the list!
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We get a 6-pack of aerosal paint! Does not apply to rare/specialty plants. With your donation, you have helped contribute to the creative arsenal of airborne colours that a few select artists use each year.
We Get A Medium-Sized Boom Lift for a day When artists like MEDIANERAS need to create massive Anamorphic projection murals in just one week, they need Boom Lifts! Your $300 will pay for a small boom lift for a day.
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You Get: 2 CANUCKS TICKETS, COLLECTION OF VMF ARTIST PRINTS! For this Perk, we have made things simple, you re sponsoring a whole day of high-flying artistry. These lifts can reach up 60ft!
