Surfacing 2021: The Eastside Culture Crawl preview exhibits return to mark 25th anniversary

Salon-style curated exhibition returns to five venues with works by more than 85 artists

SPONSORED POST BY the eastside arts society

Gabriel Zanas’s Breath 2020.

Carylann Art’s FloatingForward.

David Robinson’s Mantle—can it be secured?.

After a pandemic hiatus last year, the Preview Exhibitions are back in celebration of the Eastside Culture Crawl’s 25th anniversary.

Called Surfacing 2021, the multi-venue, salon-style curated exhibition features key works by more than 85 Crawl artists across media—including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, and much more. It’s an opportunity to discover artists whose work you may want to explore in a more in-depth way during the Crawl, happening in a unique, expanded format this year, by appointment November 12 to 14 and in its traditional drop-in format from November 18 to 21.

Find the exhibition spread across Eastside Arts District venues the Cultch (which is hosting its display online), the Firehall Arts Centre, and Alternative Creations; new this year, the downtown’s iconic Pendulum Gallery and Gastown’s Herschel Infinity Room will be exhibiting for Surfacing. 

This year’s exhibition will harness the creative force that’s come out of the pandemic period, chronicling new directions of recent works.

Here are the details for each venue taking part in Surfacing:

The Cultch, November 1 to 30 online

Artists: Sorour Abdollahi, Cara Bain, Elizabeth Barnes, Tiffany Blaise, John capitano, Niina Chebry, Garrett Andrew Chong, Leanne M Christie, Jennifer Clark, Jessica CRAIG, Andrea Des Mazes, Marney-Rose Edge, Elizabatz Gallery, Zohar Fiszbaum, Deanna Fogstrom, Victor Goertz, Lori Goldberg, Kayan Hamadeh, Jennifer Harwood, Tannis Hopkins, Gordon Hughes, Laurie M Landry, Jean Lee, Helena Maizlin, Suzan marczak, Pilar Mehlis, Annette Nieukerk, Desirée Patterson, Joanne Probyn, John Steil, Colette Tan, Elizabeth Topham, David Tycho, Patti Wall, Jeff Wilson, Aimee Young

Firehall Arts Centre, November 2 to 28 (Opening reception November 4, 5 to 6:30 pm)

Artists: Polly Almond, Nadia Baker, Suzy Baker, Andrea Des Mazes, Dorothy Doherty, Deanna Fogstrom, Anne Gaze, Mat Holmstrom, Cliff Kearns, Dzee Louise, Julie McIntyre, Bronwyn McIvor, Sonia Mocnik, Ann Robson, Sherri Rogers, Claire Sower, Rose L. Williams

Alternative Creations Gallery (1659 Venables Street), November 2 to 21 (Opening reception November 4, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm)

Artists: Deborah Bakos, Shary Bartlett, Marcy Cariglino, ken clarke, Galen Felde, Claudine Gevry, Laleh Javaheri, Pippa Lattey, Bettina Matzkuhn, Pilar Mehlis, David Robinson, Michal Tkachenko, Patti Wall

Pendulum Gallery  (885 W Georgia Street), November 1 to 26 (Opening reception November 4, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm)

Artists: Rosemary Burd, Niina Chebry, Sung ah Cho, Jessica CRAIG, FELT à la main with LOVE-Chantal Cardinal, Lori Goldberg, E.R. Gott, Tannis Hopkins, Gordon Hughes, Ed Hunt, Laleh Javaheri, Sam Joseph, Hugh Kearney, Jo Ann Kronquist, Jorma Kujala, Carylann Loeppky, Kate MacDonald, Megan Majewski, Bettina Matzkuhn, Robert Morris, Monique Motut-Firth, David Robinson, Janine Schroedter, Maria Schumacher, Richard Tetrault, Umbra & Lux, Tyler Wilson, Gabriel Zanas

Herschel Infinity Room (347 Water Street), November 8 to January 31

Installation by: Amberlie Perkins

For specific exhibit dates and more information, visit culturecrawl.ca/events

Post sponsored by the Eastside Arts Society