The Kent Harrison Arts Council is a not for profit organization, nurturing and supporting local arts and culture in the Agassiz-Harrison region for over 45 years. The arts council operates the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison Hot Springs. We strive to serve a wide demographic that includes the Seabird and Chehalis First Nations, a large retired population, as well as a thriving community of young families. The Ranger Station Art Gallery is located at 98 Rockwell Dr in Harrison Hot Springs in the original Forestry Ranger Station. This municipally owned facility is shared with the Harrison Festival Society. The Festival focuses on the performing arts and provides the Kent Harrison area with a myriad of events throughout the year. Both organizations work independently, but alongside each other, sharing the Ranger Station building.The Kent Harrison Arts Council operates the Ranger Station Art Gallery, the only public art gallery in the area, hosts a national artist’s residency program, and facilitates a number of community outreach programs complementing the Festival’s programming with both a visual arts and literary focus.
We strive to focus on our strengths as one of the smaller, unique arts councils in British Columbia, while assessing our need to improve and enhance our professionalism and expand our profile in the community we serve. We value the assistance and umbrella-support of the BC Arts Council and Arts BC and strive to answer their mission of excellence and inclusiveness in the arts in BC by doing our part in the Kent Harrison area.
We strive to focus on our strengths as one of the smaller, unique arts councils in British Columbia, while assessing our need to improve and enhance our professionalism and expand our profile in the community we serve. We value the assistance and umbrella-support of the BC Arts Council and Arts BC and strive to answer their mission of excellence and inclusiveness in the arts in BC by doing our part in the Kent Harrison area.
