Who are we?

We are the Youth Arts Council of Surrey (YACOS)! We are a volunteer arts group run by youth for youth, and it’s our goal to create opportunities for young people in the arts. We provide these opportunities throughout the year through large-scale events such as talents shows, play-writing competitions, film festivals and fashion shows.

All of our members and participants are 13-21 years old, and either live or go to school in school in Surrey, BC

Do you want to know more?

We are working on lots of projects such as a playwriting competition, City-wide talent show, and a fashion show.
By working on the youth council, we have the chance to discover who we are, to meet people from other backgrounds and to learn exciting new skills. At the same time, the events we organize are the perfect opportunities for Surrey youth to show off their talents to the community.

The Youth Arts Council of Surrey is currently working to provide opportunities for young people to become actively involved in the arts community. Our Youth Coordinator works with us to develop programs by and for youth. In 2004 the major community theatre project “Let Me Sing” raised enough money to help get us started.

The way we work is: Surrey’s youth provide the ideas and proposals, and then we get together with mentors in the community to make it all work.

Cynthia Singh, Chair Amrit Rai, Vice-Chair Rachel Carich Trisha Dulku Joe Given Adam Olgui Sunny Shah Shubhi Singh

Currently there is NO FORM REQUIRED.
We invite you to contact us if you are interested in joining us:

We want to hear from you!

Email: info@youtharts.ca
Phone: 604-594-2700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6292524521

Mailing Address: 13530 72nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3W 2P1

Write On! – our annual one-act playwriting competition. The two winning writers get to play director and stage their plays at the Surrey Arts Centre for cash prizes, turning their written word into reality!

Write On 2011 will be held this November so start writing! Email us (info@youtharts.ca) for an application form; submission deadline is October 31st!

Surrey Shines! – our annual talent show! Every year, Surrey Shines becomes bigger and more exciting, and we love it!
Surrey Shines 2012 will be taking the stage in January 2012! Auditions will be in December and everyone—in any performing art—is encouraged to audition! Send us an email (info@youtharts.ca) now with your name, number and category (dance, vocal, etc.) and when we have auditions dates in the Fall, we’ll give you a call!

Y.E.S Fashion Runways – our youth fashion show, co-sponsored by Guildford Town Centre! The show included an instant beauty contest, live entertainment, and plenty of original designs made by Surrey youth!

So You Think You Can Rock? – our youth battle of the bands held in May 2009. Surrey-based bands competed for prizes and glory, and the winners are:

1st: Tales from Abbot
2nd: Necromik
3rd: The Pillars
3rd: Fall With Them

Keep an eye out for a possible So You Think You Can Rock 2012!
Surrey High School Film Festival – YACOS co-sponsored the filmfest with MOONLiTE Productions in 2009 and 2010. Some excellent films submitted by Surrey secondary students competed in several different categories, including animation and short film.

Although YACOS is no longer co-sponsoring the filmfest, aspiring filmmakers can still check out www.surreyfilmfest.ca for their chance to win the coveted Best of Festival trophy!

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Arts Council of Surrey and the Newton Cultural Centre
Knights of Columbus #2742
Coast Capital
Ukrainian Self-Reliance Association
Surrey School District #36
Surrey Public Library
The Society for the Preservation of Vaudeville
Tom Lee Music
Young People’s Opera Society of BC

Tony Yang - Past Chair
Tina Yang - Past Chair
Lynn Vo - Past Chair
Kiran Dhillon - Past Chair
Isuru Withanage - Past Chair

Beth Barlow – Chief Librarian, City of Surrey
Catherine Bayley – School District #36
Barb Wolfe – Surrey Arts Centre
Chris Thornley – Thornley Hayne Creative Communications
Jarnail Singh – Artist
Barb Gould – Writer and Former Coordinator
KC Gilroy – Former Coordinator
Petra Barker – Guildford Town Centre

Coming Soon!

Coming Soon!