Let’s go big, loud, and happy by sharing art and celebrating the BVAS 45th anniversary during the Eastside Studio Crawl (ESSC) on Saturday, September 14th, 10-5 pm . Support our silent auction by bidding on exclusive one-of-a-kind art pieces from our amazing art collective.

Check out the auction postings on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/burnsvisualarts/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/burns_visualarts_collective/), beginning September 1.

How to bid: In person until 4 pm 

Text (403)796-2510 or 

Email harrismg@telus.net

Silent Auction Closes at 4 pm at ESSC

Join us Saturday, September 14 from 10 am to 5 pm at 828 24 Ave SE for the 21st Annual East Side Studio Crawl! Tour artist studios and meet your creative neighbours!

Join us Friday February 23 from 5-9 pm or Saturday February 24 from 12-2 pm and celebrate 45 years of the Burns Visual Arts Society at Ruberto Ostberg Gallery. The exhibition runs until March 10, 2024.

20th Annual East Side Studio Crawl – Explore the Creative Spaces of Established and Emerging Artists

Artists of Inglewood and Ramsay welcome you to the 20th celebration of the East Side Studio Crawl. We are excited to bring you this year’s celebration of creativity and community. Follow the red balloons to: Artpoint, Burns Visual Arts Society, Heritage Weavers & Spinners, nvrlnd., the New Blank, Workshop Studios, 500 Collective and mud Urban Potters on September 9th from 10am – 5pm.

The East Side Studio Crawl is all about connecting with the community. Engage with artists working in diverse media, visit their studios, and participate in community art activities. We are delighted to add mud Urban Potters and 500 Collective to our venues to visit.

 We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends at the 20th Annual East Side Studio Crawl! Follow the map, watch for the red balloons and come rain or shine to Ramsay and Inglewood on September 9th!

From May 1-30, 2023 The Art of Freedom Exhibit is on view at Western GM Gallery, 80 Veterans Way, Drumheller.  Everyone welcome to the Opening Reception on May 5 from 3-6 pm:  see diverse artwork by seven members from Burns Visual Arts Society (Canada’s oldest artist’s cooperative). Flashlight Tours at 4 & 5 pm – a metaphor for light & darkness during the anniversary of WW2 Liberation in Europe. 

To commemorate 75 years of liberation, PEK (a Dutch artists’ cooperative) invited Burns Visual Arts Society to a collaborative exhibition. Seven BVAS artists* responded and the resulting artworks were on display in parallel exhibitions in Calgary, Canada and Ede, the Netherlands. In Calgary The Art of Freedom was installed at street level in the Window Gallery, Calgary Central Library March – June 2020.

*BVAS Artists:  Jo-elle Breit, Cindy Giesbrecht, Cecilia Gossen, Joan Packham, Maria Muszynski, Liz Sullivan, Bev Tosh

ART OF FREEDOM VIDEO

In 2019 Burns celebrated 40 years as an artists’ co-op! This milestone was “Something to Crow About.” And crow we did!

View our BVAS 40th Anniversary