Place des Arts, Arts education centre in Maillardville, Coquitlam, Canada.
Place des Arts is a non-profit teaching arts centre and music school in the Maillardville area of Coquitlam, founded in 1972. It holds 14 music studios plus studios for pottery, fibre arts, yoga, dance, drama, drawing and painting, and three exhibition spaces that rotate local artists' work monthly.
Place des Arts opened in 1972 as a non-profit teaching arts centre and music school in Maillardville, the Coquitlam neighbourhood settled by French-Canadian families from Quebec and Ontario from 1909. It grew into a regional hub for visual arts, music, drama, dance and creative writing, run by about 20 staff and more than 200 volunteers.
Place des Arts presents faculty concerts, student recitals and free Family Days at PdA throughout the year, alongside adult-only pARTy@PdA art events. Three exhibition spaces rotate local emerging artists' work monthly, and the centre runs specialised programmes for school students and home learners.
Place des Arts is in Maillardville, Coquitlam, and holds 14 music studios plus studios for pottery, fibre arts, yoga, dance, drama, drawing and painting. Three exhibition spaces rotate local artists' work monthly, and free Family Days are held at the centre. Programs run for school students and home learners as well as the general public.
Place des Arts is run by 20 staff members and more than 200 volunteers, who manage the facility, its programs and its exhibitions. Around 80 instructors teach there, and over 90,000 members of the public visit each year.
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