Outsiders and Others 5th annual fundraiser

Welcome to our annual online auction fundraiser! We are starting our 5th year of exhibiting artworks by self-taught and non-traditional artists and we need your help to start it off on the right foot, financially speaking.
This auction is our annual fundraiser, which means we rely on the support from our community to help make the auction as successful as possible. All the proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards supporting the artists we work with and paying all the basics we need to stay open and continue to do the important work of providing a professional exhibition space to non-traditional artists. 

This year we have an amazing selection of original artworks, theatre and opera tickets, wine tastings, and even airline tickets! 

All auction items were donated to us by artists and businesses that support our mission. We would not be able to have this fundraiser without their generosity and support. Thank you to each and every one of them. 

Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts.
It truly makes a difference. 

Outsiders and Others is a non-profit established in March 2020. Our mission is to bring non-traditional artists to the forefront which includes self-taught artists, outsider, folk, visionary, intuitive, and artists with disabilities.

As a non-profit that serves non-traditional artists, we always find it difficult getting the funding necessary to do the work we do.

We present monthly exhibitions at our gallery at 938 Howe Street, as well as artist talks, workshops, and special cultural events. We also do lots of work to directly support artists. This includes offering free one-on-one consultations to artists who identify as living with a disability or with mental health experience; we assist artists with framing their artwork for an exhibition when a financial barrier exists; we mentor artists through the entire process, we pay artists 75% of all art sales which is significantly more than most galleries, and an exhibition honourarium on top of that!

Our gallery is a safe and welcoming space for all people to come view and discuss outsider art or to review books in our growing outsider art book library.

Lastly, we are primarily run by volunteers. A group of people dedicated to  sharing art and culture that you don't find anywhere else in our city. 

Outsiders and Others is located on  the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and the səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. 
We are grateful and honoured to be here.

www.outsidersandothers.com