TALKING ART / Material Matters: Engaging With Nature
To mark 25 years of the Eastside Culture Crawl, this year’s Talking Art series focuses on a prime mover of Crawl art practices: exploration. In the first night of three panels, member artists talk about their works that begin with research into social histories. The second night is devoted to artists’ works that explore physical […]
TALKING ART / Histories In The Making: From Research To Artwork
To mark 25 years of the Eastside Culture Crawl, this year’s Talking Art series focuses on a prime mover of Crawl art practices: exploration. In the first night of three panels, member artists talk about their works that begin with research into social histories. The second night is devoted to artists’ works that explore physical […]
MOVING ART: Natural Analog/ues
Premiering online November 8, 2021 at 7pm The Culture Crawl’s 8th annual film and video series. Natural Analog/ues “Nature of and in the space” As quarters became closer and social connections dissolved, artists looked outward to forge new relationships with their local environments, both urban and wild alike. Boats that disappear in a torus of […]
SURFACING: 2021 Exhibit
The Preview Exhibitions are back in celebration of our 25th Anniversary! We are thrilled to be mounting a multi-venue, salon-style curated exhibition featuring over 80 Crawl artists at the Cultch (online), the Firehall Arts Centre, Alternative Creations, and new this year, the Pendulum Gallery and Herschel Infinity Room. This year’s exhibition, Surfacing will harness the creative force […]
Take Flight
Studio 101
Studio 101 is an Eastside Arts Society program dedicated to supporting diverse and engaging artistic experiences for Vancouver’s inner-city youth. Many Eastside schools are designated as inner-city and have limited exposure to professional artists and arts experiences beyond the classroom. Studio 101 brings school children into participating Eastside Culture Crawl artist studio spaces for free, […]
Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl Brewery Tour and Fundraiser
The Eastside Arts Society is thrilled to announce that the 9th Annual Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl fundraiser & tour will be held in person on Saturday, July 27th, 2024 a part of the CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival. Tickets are each $55 + GST & processing fee. The Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl takes art lovers on a cycling or walking […]
TALKING ART / Traversing Sensitive Territory

What’s the point of making art during a pandemic? Why is art important in these uncertain times? A selection of participating Eastside Culture Crawl artists connect these big-picture questions to their own practices in three Talking Art online discussions. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 | 7pm Traversing Sensitive Territory Online discussion with: Bettina Matzkuhn Megan Majewski Cat Pino […]
TALKING ART / Good Grief: Working Through Loss

What’s the point of making art during a pandemic? Why is art important in these uncertain times? A selection of participating Eastside Culture Crawl artists connect these big-picture questions to their own practices in three Talking Art online discussions. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | 7pm Good grief: Working through Loss Online discussion with: Michal Tkachenko Trevor Van […]
Encaustic: Painting with Molten Beeswax Demo

Virtual demo with Shary Bartlett SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 – 1pm Be amazed by the ethereal, translucent, layered and textural effects that can be achieved when painting with sweet-smelling molten encaustic beeswax. In this demo you’ll learn about the myriad ways this ancient medium is used by artist, Shary Bartlett, to explore themes of human nature and […]