Take Flight

An online benefit and festival launch event

Celebrate 26 years of art creation at the Culture Crawl’s 2022 fundraiser and festival launch!

The Eastside Arts Society is pleased to announce our 2022 Take Flight, the official launch and benefit for the Eastside Culture Crawl. This year’s event features an online silent auction, as well as the return of our wildly popular Art Roulette. New this year is an intimate Collector’s Cocktail Party for Art Roulette ticket-holders!

Scroll down to view Art Roulette artwork!

Silent Auction

Our Silent Auction features an amazing array of items including: Sechelt and Whistler Get Away packages, Burrowing Owl Winery double magnum, Fluevog Shoes gift card, art workshops from Culture Crawl artists, plus many more! Check out the whole collection of fabulous items and get bidding! The auction opens October 11^th and closes November 5, 2022 at midnight.

Art Roulette

$400 + GST DRAW TICKET
Not eligible for tax receipt as artwork exceeds ticket price. Only 30 tickets available.

Don’t miss our fun 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. Participants rank all art and will receive their top-ranked art available at the time their number gets drawn.

Art Roulette ticket-holders are invited to celebrate and collect the artwork they’ve won at our Collector’s Cocktail Party November 5th from 6-8pm at Georgia Art Studios. Ticket-holders will enjoy complimentary wine, beer, cocktails and appetizers, all included in the price of their Art Roulette ticket. Guest tickets are available for $25 + GST, as capacity is limited, ticket-holders are limited to one guest ticket each. Please note, the Art Roulette draw is conducted prior to the cocktail party.

See How It Works below for full details. You can also preview the art in person!

ART ROULETTE PREVIEW
OCTOBER 16, 20, 22 & 27, 2022
Georgia Art Studios at 884 E Georgia St 2022
Sun and Sat 1pm-4pm
Thurs 5:30-7:30pm

How it Works

ART ROULETTE PREVIEW

Click the artwork images below to see the full pieces and artwork details.

Let's Start Over

Fiona Ackerman

Ancient Corners

Sorour Abdollahi

Fold and Fault, #8

Crissy Arseneau

Escape Artist

Deborah Bakos

Lemon Lift

Christine Breakall-Lee

Raindrops

Janine Breck

Past the Magic Hour

Niina Chebry

Urban Weave 2020 #1

Dana Cromie

Dromedary

Dorothy Doherty

Ombre Bottles Set

Cameron Dougherty

Bringing Prosperity

Marney-Rose Edge

Brume No. 3

Galen Felde

Morceau de Paris VIII / Immersed

2 Pieces: Deana Fogstrom & Ideet Sharon

Rain

Louise Francis-Smith

Affinity

Victoria Klassen

Revisiting the Valley

Kari Kristensen

Radish Daruma

Grace Lee

Savary with Hernando

Jean Lee

Unfurl

Dzee Louise

Bowed

Victoria Mitchell

Paper Orchid #8 and #10

Annette Nieukerk

klein - North Shore 05

Lisa Ochowycz

Picking Flowers

Karen Lorena Parker

Haida Gwaii #2

Esther Rausenberg

Once She Learned Geckos Wouldn't Care If She Died, She Didn't Want One Anymore

Amy Stewart

Renewal: Important Discoveries Emerge From Struggle No. 9 (series)

Laurel Swenson

Glass chain Neclace and Earrings / grey x yellow

Minori Takagi

Night Market #1, Edition #2

Richard Tetrault

What Memories we Have

Jerry Whitehead

A place for waves to rest

Arleigh Wood

Your Support Means A Lot

Supporting Take Flight enables an entire community of artists to have professional opportunities like the 26^thAnnual Culture Crawl and the Create! 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!

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