The Victoria Arts Council is taking this opportunity to reflect on decades of supporting artists and cultivating community, while also celebrating our founding artist Pat Martin Bates.
Please join us, Saturday 17 June, for the official announcement of the naming of our main gallery space, the Pat Martin Bates Gallery, with PMB in attendance as Guest of Honour.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to show your support of the Pat Martin Bates Gallery, donations can be made online:
https://vicartscouncil.ca/support/donate/
Tickets to the event can be purchased through eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/garden-party-2023-tickets-602876107667
The Garden Party will feature signature cocktails, tasty treats from La Roux Patisserie, a magic show from The Great Giffoni, refreshments from Unsworth Vineyard, and floral arrangements by Poppies Floral Art … along with an art auction featuring original paintings, ceramics, photography, and prints by: Pat Martin Bates, Alison Bigg, Jane Coombe, Samantha Dickie, Kevin Harney, Todd Lambeth, Mike Andrew McLean, Lynda Gammon, David Hunwick, Xane St Phillip, Dave Skilling, Irma Soltonovitch, Avis Rasmussen, Matt Trahan, Ha’wilh Way’anis Joshua Watts, Wendy Welch, and Chin Yuen.
For a complete catalogue of work available through this auction, please click here.