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Commitment to Anti-Racism
As the Board and Staff of UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness, we unequivocally support Black, Indigenous and people of colour communities — including trans, Two-Spirit, queer and disabled people — in demanding justice for white supremacy-driven murders, and defunding police. U/P operates on stolen land belonging to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First…
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Call for applicants: I spy… a disposable camera project
Information and artist fee UNIT/PITT will mail disposable cameras with return postage to five individuals, each with a unique prompt that begins, “I spy with my little lens something that is…” Participants will have one month to photograph whatever they choose, as long as one photograph in their roll responds to the prompt. Nine photographs from each…
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Welcoming our 2019/20 Board of Directors
UNIT/PITT is excited to welcome Roxanne Panchasi, Molly Randhawa, Eleanor Wearing, and Mike C.K. Ma to the Board of Directors, joining Sunny Nestler and Terra Poirier. U/P would also like to thank Emma Metcalfe Hurst and Patrick O’Neill for years of service as Treasurer and Chair respectively, and most recently, for assisting with the hiring of…
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What’s happening at the PITT?
I’ve gotten this question a lot, and rightfully so. It’s a good prompt to introduce myself in my own words, and share some Fall/Winter program teasers. Before becoming Executive Director at UNIT/PITT, I held positions with local non-profit arts organizations, including The Cinematheque, Capture Photography Festival, Discorder Magazine, and VIVO Media Arts Centre. I completed…
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2010-2019
This is almost certainly my last post on the Pitt site. I was the one responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the Pitt starting in early 2010, after some sudden cuts in provincial arts funding, when we were presumed dead by many in our community. Following the shutdown of the Helen Pitt Gallery’s Alexander Street…