What to know about the 2024 Eastside Culture Crawl

Celebrating the 28th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival

November 14-17, 2024

Eastside Arts Society presents the 28th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival from November 14-17, 2024. This year’s Culture Crawl promises to be one of the festival’s largest events yet, with more than 500 artists practicing their art in 55 studios, workshops, and galleries in the Eastside Arts District - the region bounded by Columbia Street, 1st Avenue, Victoria Drive, and the Waterfront. A signature event of the fall season, the Eastside Culture Crawl offers visitors a window into the artistic practices of artists specializing in painting, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, leather goods, photography, glass works, textiles, and more. Leading up to the Eastside Culture Crawl, preview programming will kick-off in late October, with the annual Take Flight fundraiser, the Moving Art Film and Video Exhibition, and the 2024 Preview Exhibition. Full details of Eastside Culture Crawl events, artists, talks, and locations can be found at culturecrawl.ca/events

Opus Art Supplies is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of this inspiring arts event, having supported many past years of the Eastside Culture Crawl, as well as the Eastside Arts Society's CREATE! Arts Festival since it began a few summers ago.

Eastside Arts Society (EAS) welcomes art lovers to experience the diverse range of established and emerging artists practicing their art in Eastside Arts District (EAD) studios, workshops, and galleries at the 28th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival from November 14-17, 2024 . This year’s Culture Crawl promises to be one of the festival’s biggest events yet, with more than 500 registered artists representing more than 55 buildings, including roughly 90 new artists participating in the four-day festival for the very first time.

“This is an exciting time of growth and discovery,” says Esther Rausenberg, Artistic & Executive Director of the Eastside Arts Society. “Both artists and visitors alike are eager for connection, to feel part of something bigger than ourselves. The Eastside Culture Crawl offers a unique opportunity to connect with our communities, to support artists in their livelihoods, and to come away inspired and reinvigorated by the countless ways in which artists explore and share their creativity with the world.”

In addition to this year’s traditional lineup of artists at work in their EAD studios, workshops, and galleries, the Culture Crawl will introduce a brand new pop-up exhibit designed to enhance accessibility for artists who work from their homes, but who are unable to open their studios to the public. Five artists will participate on-site throughout the weekend at the Culture Crawl’s pop-up studio space at the Progress Lab for the first time (1422 William Street).

One of the biggest cultural events of the fall season, the Eastside Culture Crawl open studios attract and inspire tens of thousands of visitors annually. Encompassing the region bounded by Columbia Street, 1st Avenue, Victoria Drive, and the Waterfront, the Eastside Arts District (EAD) is the most concentrated area of artists, designers, performers, craftspeople and culture producers in Vancouver and is known nationally as an area rich with creativity and inspiration. The festival offers visitors a window into the artistic practices of artists living and/or working in Vancouver’s EAD, representing creators specializing in painting, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, leather goods, photography, glass works, textiles, and more.

Leading up to the 2024 Eastside Culture Crawl, preview programming will kick-off in late October, with the annual Take Flight fundraiser, Moving Art Film and Video Exhibition, and 2024 Preview Exhibition. This year’s multi-venue, salon-style curated exhibition explores the unlimited human emotions and experiences related to the word, “Green.” The exhibition represents a broad and diverse range of mediums from 90+ selected artists at four galleries and venues from Oct. 29 to Nov. 29, 2024. Jury members include Paul De Guzman, Eri Ishii, and Hugh Kearney, who represent a diversity of art practices and representation in the arts community.