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We Inspire, Educate and Engage the Community Through the Arts
For 30 years, the Eastside Arts Society has worked to inspire, educate, and engage the Community Through the Arts. Your donation helps bring our community together through arts and culture events, and supports initiatives that keep our neighbourhood vibrant, connected, and resilient. We do this through events throughout the year, such as the Eastside Culture Crawl, the Eastside Arts Festival, and the Eastside Arts District.
You can help keep this work going for the next 30 years by supporting our goal of raising $30,000.
Your Donation matters!
Your donation helps make accessible, free, and low-cost arts programming possible and ensures artists and communities continue to connect and create. Because of supporters like you, we can ensure Art is For Everyone!
Thank you for helping build a more vibrant, inclusive, and creative future in the Eastside Side Arts District.
Use the Donate button to give online, or you can send a cheque to:
Eastside Arts Society
108–1000 Parker Street. Vancouver BC, V6A 2H2
*All Donations Receive A Charitable Tax Receipt
Art is for Everyone!
For three decades, the Eastside Arts Society has created vibrant and lasting arts and culture programming, serving as a catalyst for meaningful community engagement. Our mandate is to continue to protect cultural spaces, build capacity for artists, and bring artistic experiences to the citizens and youth of Vancouver. In a city where the arts are continually pushed to the margins, our work is critical to ensure a future where art thrives. We want to build awareness, increase access, and advocate for the arts locally and beyond. This work is driven by the core belief that Art is For Everyone!
Looking back over 30 years...
Before It Had a Name (1996)
In fall 1996, artists in East Vancouver opened their studios to the public in what became the “Open Studio Event,” involving 1000 Parker Street, Glass Onion, and Apriori Studios. About 50 artists participated, welcoming roughly 1,000 visitors. Organized collaboratively, this open studio event laid the groundwork for what would later become the Eastside Culture Crawl.
The idea was simple, invite people into the spaces where art was being made. For many visitors, it was their first time seeing the artist behind the art, and it provided an opportunity to better understand the time, effort, and creativity involved in an artistic process and practice. As a result of this invitation, studios became gathering places where artists and community members could connect face-to-face.
What started as a small, artist-led event quickly grew to reveal how much these spaces mattered, not just to artists, but to the wider community as well. Thirty years later, that same sense of connection, support, and dialogue shapes the work of the Eastside Arts Society and the Eastside Culture Crawl.
The Culture Crawl today
This year, the Culture Crawl is delighted to welcome over 85 new artists and 12 new buildings, totalling upwards of 525 artists and 83 buildings. In addition, we continue our robust pre-festival programming, which includes an annual Preview Exhibit, an artist-led lecture series, film festival, home studio artist pop-up, and fundraising campaigns. Throughout its history, the Eastside Arts Society has stayed grounded in its dedication to uplifting, celebrating, and investing in Vancouver’s Eastside community, and we’re looking forward to another 30 years of this meaningful work!
We wouldn’t be the Eastside Culture Crawl without the many incredibly thoughtful, insightful, and creative artists who dedicate their time and energy to their work, inspiring the city to think more deeply about the inner and outer worlds around us; and we certainly couldn’t do it without your support either!
How your donations help
2026 was a productive year for the Eastside Arts Society (EAS). This work was made possible in part by the support of our donors who play an integral role in helping to ensure that Art is for Everyone in Vancouver.
Because of our donors’ generous support, over the 2025-2026 year, we:
- Welcomed over 40,000 people to the 29th annual Eastside Culture Crawl in November, with 580 participating artists over the 4-day festival.
- Had record attendance and engagement in art-making workshops and performing arts at the Eastside Arts Festival, held every July.
- Allowed 220 public school youth the year-long opportunity to create art with professional artists through the Studio 101 program.
- Soft-launched the Eastside Arts District website to preserve, promote, and celebrate the Eastside arts scene.
This year we need your support to:
- Help sustain affordable artist studios and preserve and protect vital creative spaces in Vancouver’s Eastside through the Eastside Arts District.
- Support accessible festivals like the Eastside Culture Crawl and Eastside Arts Festival, which create opportunities for artists to showcase their work and inspire meaningful community connection.
- Invest in the future of arts and culture by supporting young artists through the Eastside Arts Studio 101 program and help create pathways for emerging young artists.
- Lead and collectively advocate for the sustainability of all arts and culture on the Eastside.
- Enable equity and diversity in our programming by creating opportunities and partnerships with underrepresented artists and groups.
As a registered charity, we rely on donors and partners like you to be there for our community, our artists, and the youth we support. Join us in reaching our goal of raising $30,000 on this 30th anniversary year! Your donation helps ensure that EAS arts programming and initiatives remain accessible, community-driven, and rooted in Vancouver’s Eastside, supporting artists, preserving cultural spaces, and connecting people and communities.
Our registered charity number is 872741202RR0001
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