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About Us

The Cumberland Culture and Arts Society is a registered non-profit created in 2003 in Cumberland, BC.
We are a group of passionate individuals who aim to enhance the local quality of life by supporting historic venues and fostering the expression of community dedication, arts, and culture.

CCAS' Mission

To develop cultural and arts spaces within heritage buildings in the Village of Cumberland.

To provide opportunities for community education and growth in the visual and performing arts.

To provide similar and related services as determined by the membership in order to continue a legacy of the arts and culture in Cumberland.

The CCAS Board of Directors works to achieve these purposes by:

  • Building a reputation for integrity in the society’s personal and financial relationships.

  • Fostering healthy, sustainable and respectful programs and events.

  • Organizing equitable practices for inclusion of diverse artists, contractors, volunteers, audiences and participants.

  • Planning with consideration of the physical and cultural safety of all.

Code of Conduct: Board of Directors

  • Act with a spirit of co-operation and consensus building.

  • Demonstrate loyalty to the purposes of the CCAS.

  • Respect the public sources (grants, audience or participant purchases) of money that the CCAS manages.

  • Ensure the financial health of the CCAS by care in budgeting, reporting and spending. Avoid conflicts of interest and practice the precautionary principle of recusing yourself from voting when the appearance of a conflict of interest can be anticipated.

  • Recognize and protect confidential or sensitive information.

  • Support CCAS Board decisions and communicate these decisions to the communities that we serve.

  • Collaborate with other Societies, public bodies and businesses to promote the purposes and values of the CCAS.

Code of Ethics: Board of Directors

  • ​Advance the mission and vision of the CCAS through attending and participating in Board meetings, planning, promoting, and/or attending events, workshops and performances.

  • Gain understanding and stay knowledgeable of issues in the visual and performing arts, heritage buildings and public arts education sector.

  • Commit to practices of including diversity, reconciling with original peoples, respecting intellectual and esthetic property, and safeguarding confidentiality.

  • Serve the CCAS and perform the duties of a CCAS director with collaboration, enthusiasm and respect.

In Loving Memory of Diana Paige, CCAS Founding Member 

We would like to honour the memory of Diana Paige, a founding member of the Cumberland Culture and Arts Society, who passed away in May 2025. Diana had a love for community, for children, and for the arts. She especially loved music, and in addition to her role with CCAS, was a founding member of Vancouver Island MusicFest and Vancouver Island Folk Music Camp. She ran the children’s area at MusicFest for many years, and was an important supporter of arts programs and events throughout the community. Diana lived with care, creativity, and compassion, and she will be greatly missed.

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We gather to share music, creativity and stories in the traditional territory of the Pentlatch, Ieeksan (eye-ick-sun), Sasitla (sa-seet-la), and Sathloot (sath-loot) people, known collectively as K’ómoks First Nation. As an arts community, we recognize that acknowledging territory is only one step in a complex journey of reconciliation. We commit to learning, listening and meaningful relationship building with Indigenous communities, knowledge holders, and artists.

Cumberland Culture and Arts Society - 2025

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