Coquitlam oil painter Leanne Christie returns to the Eastside Culture Crawl to display her talent in the four-day show that opens Nov. 15 in Vancouver.
Christie, who makes the 24-km trek by bicycle to her studio at 268 Keefer St., is best known for her bold brush strokes that capture urban scenes around Metro Vancouver.
Burnaby artist Dorothy Doherty, who is the city of Port Coquitlam’s current artist-in-residence, is also a Crawl exhibitor.
Now in its 22nd year, the Crawl sees more than 35,000 visitors tour studios, houses and other venues between Columbia Street to Victoria Drive and from 1st Avenue to the waterfront.
Crawl executive director Esther Rausenberg said the neighbourhood is home to hundreds of visual artists.
But many are losing their spaces due to redevelopment.
“Our mission is not only to celebrate our visual artists during the Crawl but also support their growth and vibrancy all year long,” she said in a news release. “We are committed to working together with the artistic community towards the goal of retaining a zero loss of studio space by coming up with sustainable creative solutions and assisting artists to find suitable studio replacements so they can continue to thrive.”
New for this year’s Crawl is a festival app to help navigate the area, search for artists, locate eateries and find bike parking and car-sharing vehicles; the app can be downloaded Nov. 15.
Visit culturecrawl.ca.
