Summer 2024

The Penticton Art Gallery’s 47th Annual Fundraising Auction

Each year since 1978, the Penticton Art Gallery has held an annual auction to raise funds in support of our exhibitions, public outreach and education programming. We invite you to join us for our largest annual fundraising event which will be held at the gallery on the evening of Saturday June 22nd, 2024.

This fundraiser is a celebration of the transformative power of the Arts, and the importance of cultural institutions like the Penticton Art Gallery to the social fabric of our community.

The gallery has worked hard over the last twelve months to put together a specially curated collection of 200 unique and wonderful items with the funds raised going directly to the ongoing programming costs of the gallery.

More items will be added in the coming months, but you can begin viewing this years collection now at the following link:

www.32auctions.com/PAG2024

Advance bidding will begin on Saturday March 22nd and will continue through to 9:00 pm on Friday June 21st with all of the bids being carried over to the live in person event onSaturday June 22nd

Live Auction Event: Satuday June 22nd 5:30 10:00 pm
Doors: 5:30
Dinner: 6:00-7:00
Auction: 7:00-9:00
entertainment to follow TBA

Location: Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Way, Penticton, B.C.
Advance On-line Bidding ends: 9:00 pm Friday June 21st

Tickets for the live auction are:
$35.00 Members / $45.00 Non-members

Catering by: City Eats, Kelowna, BC
(Jamaican and Caribbean inspired)
www.cityeatsca.com

Fine Wines from: Gold Hills Winery, Oliver, B.C.
www.goldhillwinery.com

Craft Beers: Cannery Brewing, Penticton, B.C.
https://cannerybrewing.com/

Preview and advance bidding online at:
www.32auctions.com/PAG2024

To register or purchase tickets please email:

info@pentictonartgallery.com

Or by phone (250) 493-2928

Note: General seating only, but you can reserve a table of eight in advance

To participate in the live auction online via Zoom please pre register at:

info@pentictonartgallery.com

A zoom link will be sent to you in advance of Wednesdays live event. All successful online bidder will be notified by e-mail within 48 hours of the closing of the auction.

If you have any questions regarding any of the items, or you would like additional photographs, and/or you would like to make arrangements to see the works in person or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Paul Crawford at:

Email: curator@pentictonartgallery.com

Phone: (250) 493-2928

Thank you for your support and Good luck to you all!

OUR MISSION
The Penticton Art Gallery’s mission is to engage the public in an ongoing dialogue about issues and ideas that affect our numerous communities, as expressed through contemporary and historic art practices, while providing opportunities for the public to interact with artists and the artistic process.

OUR VISION
We envision a gallery accessible to everyone as a vibrant public space in service of our community, to foster greater social engagement, critical thinking, and creativity.

OUR MANDATE
The Penticton Art Gallery exists to exhibit, interpret, preserve, and promote our collective artistic and cultural heritage as expressed through the visual arts. This is supported by the creation of education and outreach programs to engage our community in local, regional, and global issues while also being attentive to cultural and gender diversity and the work of Indigenous artists.

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Penticton Art Gallery acknowledges that the land on which we gather is the unceded, traditional territory of the syilx (Okanagan) Peoples.