The Opus Together Program
The Together Program is how Opus shows up for BC's art community all year: the organizations we support, the events we help make happen, and our holiday fundraiser, Art Brings us Together is what makes it possible. Opus brand purchases during the holidays help power arts in our communities.
On now until December 24
This season
Art Brings Us Together
November 1 to December 24, 2026
Every holiday season since 2020, Art Brings Us Together has turned art supplies into support for BC's art community. From November 1 to December 24, 5% of every Opus brand purchase, online and in store, goes to the fund. You don't pay anything extra and there's nothing to sign up for.
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Shop Opus brand
Paint, canvas, brushes, sketchbooks and more: every Opus brand product counts, online and in store.
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5% goes to the fund
From November 1 to December 24, 5% of the sale goes to Art Brings Us Together. Nothing extra at checkout.
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It reaches families and artists
This year's focus is Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon. Funds beyond that support small arts organizations across BC.
This year's focus
Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon
When a child needs hospital care far from home, Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon keeps the family close. It has put families at the heart of care since 1983, supporting more than 25,000 families through one House in Vancouver and Family Rooms in Surrey, Kamloops and Prince George.
Its programs include Art Therapy, alongside music and pet therapy. Funds raised beyond our support for the House go to small arts organizations across BC.
- 1,716 families supported in one year, from 147 communities
- 498 km cut from the average family's journey: five hours closer to care
- 2 in 3 Canadian families live somewhere without a children's hospital
No matter what happens, this is the best place in the world for my family to be.
Kirk family, Victoria · 150 nights
Figures: Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon, 2026 Media Toolkit.
More family stories on the Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon YouTube channel.
Last year
$24,000+for eight BC arts organizations
Each Opus store chose a local arts organization, and our mail order team chose one more. Here's where last season's holiday shopping went.
Port Coquitlam
Downtown Vancouver
Granville Island
Kelowna
Langley
National mail order
The Art Studios, Lookout Housing + Health Society (opens in a new tab)
North Vancouver
Victoria
Stories from Art Brings Us Together
See allAll year
Year-round partners
The fundraiser runs for eight weeks. Our partners get support all year, under annual agreements with Opus.
Eastside Arts Society (opens in a new tab)
The society behind the Eastside Culture Crawl and its Studio 101 youth program.
Federation of Canadian Artists (opens in a new tab)
Opus is the exclusive exhibition sponsor of On The Edge, the FCA's national juried show.
Emily Carr University of Art + Design (opens in a new tab)
Scholarships, bursaries and graduation awards, plus class supply lists built with faculty.
Harmony Arts Festival (opens in a new tab)
West Vancouver's summer festival of visual and performing arts.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Paint-In (opens in a new tab)
Moss Street's summer festival, where Opus sponsors the beverage garden and supports the presenting artists.
Plus small art programs in communities across BC.
Get involved
Make something happen with us
For arts organizations, schools and artists
Ask about support
We support non-profit visual arts organizations, schools and community groups across BC with art materials, discounts and gift cards. Tell us about your project, who it's for and what you need.
Please send your request at least six weeks before you need the materials.
For customers and members
Be part of it
- Shop Opus brand. 5% of every Opus brand purchase goes to Art Brings Us Together until December 24.
- Post your event on the community board at your local Opus.
- Submit a community event and we'll help spread the word.