Agro Roasters, Arterra Wines Canada, Arts Club Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Audain Art Museum, Bandavolpi Restaurant Group, Bandits Basketball Team, Bard on the Beach, BFit Health, Billy Would, Bosa Foods, Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, Cadeaux Bakery, Canadians Baseball, Chapel Arts, Chinatown Storytelling Centre & Foo Hung Curios, ChopXChop, Clubcard Printing, Copper Spirit Distillery, Dahlhaus, Dalina Coffee, DanceHouse, Dilly Dally Kids, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Donn Bennett, Everything Wine, Evo, F45 Sunrise East Village, Figaro’s Garden, Firehall Arts Centre, Fluevogs, Foe & Dear, Forbidden Vancouver, Grandview Lanes, Haven, It’s Okay Bar, James Coward, Jaybird Studios, Jesse Weise, John Steil, Joseph Martin, Kidsbooks, Laleh Javaheri, Layout Art Supply, Leslie Martin, Liberty Wine Merchants, Lovers Tempo, Marcela J Villaca, Maria Ida Designs, MEC Vancouver, Melissa Hume, Mist Thermal Sanctuary, Modo Car Sharing, Monte Cristo Magazine, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Vancouver, Nadya Gurevich, Nickie Lewis, Niki Holmes, Oh Sweet Day! Bake Shop, Origins Parkour, Out on Screen, Palmer and Sons Cooking Classes, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Pyrrha Jewlery, Retro Modern Designs, Rickshaw Theater, Rio Theatre, Robbie Vergara Screenprinting, Rolla Skate Club, Rufus Guitars, Sam Kwan Potter, Sea Vancouver, Seymour Creek Golf Course, Skoah, Slice of Life Arts, Smoking Lily, Strange Fellows, SUP Kitsilano, Tall Tree, Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine, The Cleaning Co-Op, The Cultch, The Hive Bouldering Gym, The Improv Centre, The Ivy on Parker Guest House, Tightrope Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Trail Appliances, Uprising Breads, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Recital Society, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Water Adventures, Vancouver Writers Fest, Zillion Designs.
Take Flight
Oct 08, 2025 - Nov 05, 2025
Take Flight Benefit
October 7th – November 4th, 2025
In celebration of 29 years of Vancouver’s beloved art festival, the Eastside Arts Society holds Take Flight – a festival launch benefit for the 2025 Culture Crawl festival featuring an online silent auction, and the return of our wildly popular Art Roulette draw!
By making this benefit a success, our audiences galvanize EAS’s work in making the Eastside Arts District the vibrant neighbourhood we know and love – and will ensure we can continue to bring our community together through accessible art for decades to come. ART HAPPENS HERE!
Silent Auction
Our 2025 Silent Auction features some extraordinary items, including an exclusive curator-led tour of the VAG, a 3-night stay at The Ivy on Parker Guest House, a $350 Fluevogs gift certificate, a double magnum from Burrowing Owl winery, fine crafts and so much more. Check out the whole collection of fabulous items online at 32 Auctions very soon.
The Silent Auction opens October 25th and closes November 4th at 6pm!
Art Roulette
$425 + GST PER TICKET >>> TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
*contact us at admin@eastsideartssociety.ca if you would prefer to pay for your ticket by e-transfer (and save yourself some fees).
Not eligible for tax receipt as artwork value exceeds ticket price. Only 30 tickets available.
Don’t miss our extraordinary annual art draw! There are 30 fabulous pieces to choose from and each person who purchases a ticket will go home with an original piece of art by an Eastside artist. Participants rank all art and will receive their top-ranked art available at the time their number gets drawn.
ART ROULETTE PREVIEW
Preview the Art Roulette works in person and decide on your favourite pieces (no ticket required).
We will be holding a reception for collectors and artists at the EAS offices: Eastside Arts Society, 716 E Hastings St. Vancouver, BC V6A 1R5
- Tuesday, November 4 from 5:30 – 7:30pm
Can’t make the reception? Come by any time during our office hours to see the work.
- Tuesdays – Thursdays: Oct 15th – Nov 4th from 10am – 3pm
*Tickets on sale until 11:30pm Tuesday November 4th. Artwork draw takes place Wednesday, November 5th, ticket holders will be notified by email of their winning piece and will be able to collect pieces starting Wednesday, November 12th at the EAS office.
How it Works
ART ROULETTE PREVIEW
Click the artwork images below to see the full pieces and artwork details.
Night Owl
Fran Alexander
Rock Lobster
Fiona Ackerman
Cathedral Vista
Cara Bain
Untitled, Diptych
Christine Breakell
Spell Bound
Janine Breck
Oyster Catchers
Leonard Brett
Time Of Truth
Laura Clark
Clinging to Life
Judith Mary Fairwood
Broken Crayons Still Colour
Lisa Farrell
Be Kind
Louise Francis-Smith
Fantastical Deer Skull Sculpture
Anyuta Gusakova
Alexander
Corrina Hammond
Something for Spring
Gordon Hughes
Garden-Peek-A-Boo Window
Krista Johnson
Tox Clox' Vol. 14
Jake Johnston
Whispers of the Land
NikNaz Kahnamoui
Pathways
Victoria Klassen
Partygirl
Carylann Loeppky
Untitled
Lawrence Lowe
Little Bit of Joy
Victoria Mitchell
Overland, Understory
Christina Peressini
TOCCORRA
Tanya Slingsby
Canoe Regatta
John Steil
Nasturtiums
Maureen Sugrue
Two You, Diptych
Ann Thinghuus
Corvid #2
Jesse Toso
The Flowers Will Dance Again
Lanni Weingarten
Edges of Almost
Amanda Wood
Steam Plumes
Joyce Woods
Rain Window
June Yun
Your Support Means A Lot
Supporting Take Flight enables an entire community of artists to have professional opportunities like the 29th Annual Culture Crawl and the Eastside Arts Festival, as well as provide in-studio art workshops for 220 inner city youth and develop an Eastside Arts District. By participating in this benefit, the public galvanizes EAS’s work in making the Eastside Arts District the vibrant neighbourhood we know and love – and will ensure we can continue to bring our community together through art for decades to come. ART HAPPENS HERE!
Special thanks to all of the exceptional artists who generously donate their work to support this fundraising initiative.
Artwork for Crawl Art Roulette Generously Donated By…
Fran Alexander, Fiona Ackerman, Cara Bain, Christine Breakell, Janine Breck, Leonard Brett, Laura Clark, Judith Mary Fairwood, Lisa Farrell, Louise Francis-Smith, Anyuta Gusakova, Corrina Hammond, Gordon Hughes, Krista Johnson, Jake Johnston, NikNaz Kahnamoui, Victoria Klassen, Carylann Loeppky, Lawrence Lowe, Victoria Mitchell, Christina Peressini, Tanya Slingsby, John Steil, Maureen Sugrue, Ann Thinghuus, Jesse Toso, Lanni Weingarten, Amanda Wood, Joyce Woods, June Yun.
Thank you to our Silent Auction Donors…
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