08/31/2026
📌 What is CreateAbility?
CreateAbility - The Program:
The artists participate in CreateAbility,
a free monthly art therapy program held in Oliver.
Established in 2017, the program receives support from the Oliver Community Arts Council and the BC Arts Council, allowing artists of all abilities to explore art making in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Each month instructors introduce new projects using prompts and reference images.
Support is tailored to individual needs so everyone can participate comfortably and confidently.
Many artists interpret the prompts in their own distinctive and imaginative ways, resulting in work as diverse as those who create it.
CreateAbility: The Art of Being Seen brings together artwork by 23 adult artists living with a range of disabilities and life experiences.
Some disabilities are visible, while others are not, affecting physical abilities, mental health, cognitive functioning, communication, or how individuals experience the world.
Some artists have lived with disability throughout their lives, while others have experienced significant changes through illness, injury, mental health challenges, or recovery from substance use. While these artists are very much part of our communities, many have shared the experience of feeling unseen. CreateAbility offers a different experience, one in which their creativity, perspectives, stories, and artistic accomplishments take centre stage.
This exhibition invites you to slow down and look closely, not only at the artwork, but at the people behind it.
SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 24
📍PAG | 199 Marina Way
