TALKING ART / The New Age: today’s art and technology

This year’s Talking Art series focuses on perspectives of Form in Crawl art practices. The first night of the three panels explores artists’ works that use technology, such as artificial intelligence, and augmented reality, or question these new forms of art making. The second night, member artists talk about their work and relationships to creativity […]

NEXT: 2022 Exhibit

We are thrilled to be presenting the Preview Exhibitions once again, mounting a multi-venue, salon-style curated exhibition at the Cultch, Firehall, Alternative Creations, Pendulum Gallery, and new this year, Strange Fellows Gallery. The theme of this year’s Crawl exhibitions is NEXT. After the extraordinary challenges of the last couple of years, there seems to be […]

MOVING ART: A Collective Point in Time

Premiering online: November 7 at 6pm Lumière Festival: November 17-27 Viewed on roving bicycle projections nightly Scheduled screening times: 17-November ~ Opening Night at the North Plaza of the Art Gallery about 7:30pm 18-November ~West End at Jim Deva Plaza about 7:30pm 19-November ~West End at Delany’s Stage on Denman about 7:30pm     A Collective Point […]

Copyright 101

With the massive amount of media being easily shared digitally, how do we know what’s fair to use or what others can use of ours? Recent court cases with Canadian artists emphasize the importance of understanding copyright. Presenting and accessing creative works – art, photography, video, writing, music – is easier than ever and this […]

Photographing Your Artwork

Wendy D will be teaching very basic ways to document your artwork, flat or 3 dimensional. whether using just your phone camera or using a DSLR, the principles are the same. Points covered will be: lighting, camera angle, camera lens, types of files (jpg, tiff), size of files, post-processing and portfolio images vs. social media […]

Grant Writing Success

Writing a successful grant application can often be a challenge – both for long-time applicants, as well as newcomers to the process. Funding guidelines priorities can often be challenging to decipher, and with an increasingly competitive grant environment can make success even tougher to achieve. For all those who need some guidance on successful grant […]

Join Our Team!

We are looking for two dynamic administrators to join our growing team! Follow the links below to find out all the details on these exciting opportunities with the Eastside Arts Society, which programs the Culture Crawl, the CREATE! Arts Festival and the Eastside Arts District. Administrator Artist Coordinator Application deadline is 5:00 p.m. Feb. 4th, […]

Ken Gerberick Museum

The Kenneth Eugene Gerberick museum KEN GERBERICK Dec 27, 1943 – Jan 27, 2021   This year we lost one of our most wildly creative and beloved Crawl artists, Ken Gerberick. This eclectic artist, automotive historian and collector will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by everyone who knew him. Already an artist in childhood, […]

Studio 101 Dinner

Dinner with Jamie Kim catered by Yooshin Kim in support of the Eastside Arts Society Studio 101 art program for inner-city school children. Sunday December 5, 2021 6:30pm Studio of Richard Tetrault and Esther Rausenberg 884 East Georgia Street (at Campbell) in Strathcona, Vancouver   Requested Dinner Donation: $250 per person *Dinner donations will receive a charitable tax receipt of […]

Plasma Hacks: Precise Cutting Without CNC

In the metal shop, a hand held plasma cutter is the next best thing to a lightsaber, but it’s difficult to get clean, precise lines without devoting half your shop to a CNC table. Janet Mader will demonstrate some hacks that will save you shop space, and open up possibilities such as precise cutting on […]