What is Friends of Bez?

Friends of Bez is an arts not-for-profit organization committed to fostering artistic growth, supporting emerging artists, and promoting community engagement through various initiatives. Our purpose is to provide meaningful opportunities and resources to nurture artistic talent, foster creative expression, and cultivate a vibrant arts community.

We seek to support and engage with artists of diverse genres, backgrounds and generations to facilitate a rich arts ecosystem of aid for training, fortification for sustainability, means for innovation and connection for collaboration.

Friends of Bez Objectives

OBJECTIVE 1: To provide opportunities for veteran and emerging artists to present their original work with creative, technical and production support.

OBJECTIVE 2: To outfit an arts focused facility to educate the public in the arts, focusing on humanizing artists and making the arts accessible to people of all ages, cultures, abilities, and socio-economic means.

OBJECTIVE 3: To provide a venue where performance arts events are produced for the purpose of cultivating and advancing the public’s enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of the arts.  To give artists the opportunity to inform and practice their craft through presentation.

OBJECTIVE 4: To create a home for artists to connect with one another, new audiences, mentors, presenters, and collaborative opportunities.

OBJECTIVE 5: To provide financial support in the form of scholarships, bursaries, production expenses, residency costs, and subsidies

Bez Arts Hub is a live performance venue and Arts Training centre in the heart of Langley, BC and is home to Friends of Bez

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