“Art is an opportunity to get comfortable with the unknown”
— Ashlee Conery, Curator
Supporting Creators
Be part of an ecosystem that sees sustainability as something bigger. Choose a desk or office that directly supports local artists, culture and not-for-profits.
Solidarity
unity or agreement of feeling or action
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week
VIFW highlights how fashion can build connections, with Indigenous values, wisdom, and history becoming a powerful tool for the cultivation of strength and resiliency in Indigenous communities. As well as a vehicle for understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Supernaturals Modeling
Supernaturals Modelling is the world’s first and only all-Indigenous modelling agency. With a focus on healthy and high-end representation, Supernaturals’ works with top brands and organizations across Canada to help redefine how Indigenous people are seen in media.
Kula Foods
Since launching in 2018, Kula Foods has been focused on connecting people back to the roots of where our food comes from through delicious, plant-based nourishment. Plant-based eating is the future, and we’re elevating this culture one plate at a time by creating space for diversity beyond the ethnic aisle.
Upcoming events
We host private and public, community driven events at And-Co. Check-out our Instagram and LinkedIn for details @AndCoCommunity
The Arts & Culture Team
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Our Culture Team is here for inspiration and support.
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CURATORAsh (BA, MFA Curating), is many things. A sailor, a salad enthusiast and And-Co’s Art Curator. She is also currently the Creator & Project Manager of CubeCommons, a Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Strategy Funded database & streaming platform for the educational materials produced by arts organizations and artists.
Along with 18 years of Curatorial projects and exhibitions in over 6 countries, she some how found time to also become a Full-Stack Web Developer. Ash has worked with public institutions, not-for-profit organizations and commercial apps.
Her projects often span physical and digital spaces, with artists and audiences disrupting curatorial conventions.
Her CV includes, guest lecturing, at The Courtauld Institute of Art and Central Saint Martins, University of Art London; Curator of Interpretation at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Curator, FormContent (London + Vienna); Assistant Curator, ICA London (UK); Curator, Florence Trust (UK); Co-Directed PANDO at Enclave Labs (UK).
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And-Co DirectorIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.