West Coast Cultural Lab is celebrating our first anniversary through a series of community focused projects, open calls, events, and collaborations across Vancouver.
We believe creativity can become a bridge between people, stories, and communities. Through film, print, illustration, community events, and cultural exchange, we hope to create spaces where different voices and experiences can meet.
Below are our current open calls and community opportunities for Summer 2026.
Open Call for illustrators: Stick Together
For our first anniversary, we are creating a collaborative sticker sheet featuring illustrators and artists from our community.
Rather than promoting ourselves, we hope this becomes a small shared gift for the community while introducing more local artists and their work to new audiences.
We welcome different styles, playful, emotional, weird, warm, abstract, character based, or anything that feels like you.
Theme: We believe each person is like a drop of water. When we come together, we can become waves.
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2026
Submit to: vancouveronink@gmail.com
Subject Line: Stick Together, Your Name
Artwork Specs:
• 2000 × 2000 px
• 300 DPI
• PNG format
• If available, please also include outlined vector files
• Artists are welcome to include their IG handle in the artwork
No AI generated images please.
Open Call for Vancouver On Ink
Vancouver On Ink is a community print publication sharing stories, reflections, art, photography, and creative voices from Vancouver and beyond.
For this anniversary issue, we are looking for works related to milestones, growth, connection, memory, everyday life, family, community, work, and personal journeys.
We welcome:
- Poem
- Local Story
- Music/Film/Event/Book Review
- Original Music Compositions or musical scores
- Expert Sharing (wellness/community/knowledge sharing/BTS)
- Photography (B&W)
- Illustration/Comic or Artwork (B&W)
Submission Deadline:
July 10, 2026
Mini Film Festival Open Call
As part of our anniversary event series, we are hosting a small community mini film festival alongside our upcoming documentary screening at The Cinematheque in Vancouver.
Theme: Warm, humorous, or heartfelt short films about companionship, connection, and reflections on life and death
- Length: 20 sec – 3 mins
- Format: MP4 or MOV
- Resolution: 1920 × 1080 (Full HD) or higher
- Orientation: Landscape (horizontal)
- Audio: clear and audible
- Deadline: June 30, 2026 (Late Deadline: July 15, 2026)
About West Coast Cultural Lab
West Coast Cultural Lab is a Vancouver based community arts initiative exploring connection through film, print culture, storytelling, design, emerging technology, and community experiences.
We believe small actions, conversations, and creative exchanges can slowly create larger waves within communities.
Thank you for being part of the journey.
Follow @vancouveronink for details.