Mission & Mandate of Island Mountain Arts

Our Mission

“Island Mountain Arts serves artists and stimulates and enhances artistic, cultural and economic development by striving for excellence in the arts through workshops, seminars, exhibitions and the ArtsWells Festival.”

Core Values

Accountability, Excellence, Integrity, Community

Vision Statement

IMA’s programs aim to improve the artistic and financial well-being of artists by offering a learning environment within a day’s travel of most places in B.C. It aims to increase the level of respect and appreciation for art and artists, and to integrate culture into all possible areas of society.

Health, Safety and Operational Policies

Updated November 6th, 2023

Code of Conduct

Island Mountain Arts is intent on building inclusive spaces for our staff, contractors, artists, performers and workshop facilitators. Our mandate is to provide a safe, welcome space for artists and program attendees of different gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, disability, physical appearance, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, and/or religion.

Being treated with respect is important to all of us. Respect can be measured by levels of: patience, communication, tolerance, active listening, kindness, trust building, on-going improvement, openness, humility, honesty, voice volume and tone, and non-verbal or body language.

Implementation:

Island Mountain Arts has limited resources to handle conflict, and our capacities vary from day-to-day. If we are unable to resolve conflict, we have the right to respectfully ask for time and space to continue the conversation in a respectful manner. Emergency services will be called to address unsafe or hostile behaviour.

If you feel you have been treated disrespectfully, we encourage you to get in touch with the appropriate parties. IMA’s bullying and harassment policy, as well as incident reporting forms can be found below.

  • IMA Board of Directors and Staff 2024

Island Mountain Arts Society | Communicable Diseases Plan

Island Mountain Arts Society | Bullying and Harassment Policy for People 17+

Island Mountain Arts Society | Incident Report Form

Operations

Island Mountain Arts Society | Refunds

Island Mountain Arts Society | Child Programs Policy