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Numbers of artists referenced

I thought it would be interesting to do a table compiling the references noted in BC Artists that have the most artists listed. It was just a little harder to do than I thought, since I had neglected to put a total number of artists on some of the lists and had to count them. The 46 references are listed in descending order of the number of BC artists listed. An additional 300 or so references with fewer artists are not noted in this list, but would add about another 10,000 references if they were.

* = includes non-BC artists who are not listed in the reference page or in the BC Artist index.
** = includes non-BC artists who are listed in the reference page but not in the BC Artist index.

REFERENCE REFERENCE TITLE # ARTISTS BC ARTISTS
AIC82 Artists in Canada - 1982 est. *22,000 2,273
VABC77 Visual Arts B.C. 2,200 2,200
VPL B.C. Artist files at VPL 1,350 1,350
BIAC03 Biographical Index of Artists in Canada *8,800 1,144
AGGV85 B.C. Women Artists 750 750
RAG05 Richmond Art Gallery 1980 - 2005 718 718
M A Dictionary of Canadian Artists *? 714
IACS Island Arts & Crafts Society - Exhibitors 692 692
ART01 Artropolis 2001 - Contemporary BC Art 656 656
WVSC West Vancouver Sketch Club - Members 561 561
VSA VSA Students & Graduates 1925-50 (unknown) c500
ART03 Artropolis 2003 - The Big Picture 482 482
BCA68 VAG BC Artists exhibition 1968 473 473
SSBC98 A Century of Sculpture 402 402
IIS Island Illustrators Society - List of Members 348 348
PAV09 Angels Among Lions - Public Art in Vancouver 342 342
RCA81 RCA - Exhibitions and Members 1880 - 1979 *3,000 334
AB87 Art Bank Catalogue *1,795 331
ECC11 Eastside Culture Crawl 2011 295 295
ART93 Artropolis 1993 - Public Art 266 266
3BC74 Three Hours Later - A Catalogue of BC Artists 263 263
MPS95 Malaspina Printmakers 20th Anniversary 255 255
ART87 Artropolis 1987 - The Beatty Street Show 247 247
BCFA91 Images & Objects IX - BC Festival of the Arts 243 243
BCFA92 Images & Objects X - BC Festival of the Arts 241 241
BCFA93 Images & Objects XI - BC Festival of the Arts 240 240
ECC07 Eastside Culture Crawl 2007 237 237
BCFA85 Images & Objects III - BC Festival of the Arts 234 234
H70 Early Painters & Engravers in Canada *4,000 221
BCAC80 BC Art Collection 1974-80 219 219
BCFA99 Images & Objects VIII - BC Festival of the Arts 214 214
BCFA88 Images & Objects IV - BC Festival of the Arts 213 213
BCFA94 Images & Objects XII - BC Festival of the Arts 197 197
SOO96 Sooke Fine Arts 1996 194 194
ECC05 Eastside Culture Crawl 2005 191 191
PGBC80 Retrospect - Ceramics 80 181 181
BCFA99 Artwork 1999 - BC Festival of the Arts 174 174
AVA99 Art & Artists of the 20th Century **229 172
BCFA95 Images & Objects XIII - BC Festival of the Arts 166 166
BAG80 Artists Overland: A Visual Record of BC 158 158
BCFA00 Artwork 2000 - BC Festival of the Arts 154 154
BCFA01 Artwork 2001 - BC Festival of the Arts 146 146
THOM The Fine Arts in Vancouver 1886 - 1930 **156 126
PGBC98 Made of Clay - Ceramics of British Columbia 126 126
ABC86 Artists of British Columbia 112 112
VAG74 SCAN - Survey of Canadian Art Now **320 109
Total: 22,064

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