Hundreds turned out to support the Ottawa Art Gallery's signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held at the OAG's Alma Duncan Salon on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara Zamith
The Ottawa Art Gallery was pretty as a picture as hundreds came out last week to support its signature event, Give to Get Art Auction.
The pink-themed evening offered up artisan food and drink, complemented by live painting, music and various forms of other entertainment. Featured were more than 95 works donated by Ottawa and Gatineau artists ranging from paintings to photography to sculpture to multimedia pieces.
Proceeds from OAG’s signature fundraiser help to support OAG’s exhibitions, community and health initiatives, and local artists. Along with being a major arts benefit, the Give to Get Art Auction remains one of the hottest parties of the season.
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Present were OAG director and CEO Alexandra Badzak, OAG board chair Mark Schaan and many of his fellow board members. They were joined by artists, art collectors and art enthusiasts, business sponsors and leaders from the arts sector.
From left, Graham Fraser, a former journalist and commissioner of official languages in Canada, and his wife Barbara Uteck, a former board member with the Ottawa Art Gallery, alongside OAG’s board chair Mark Schaan and OAG director and CEO Alexandra Badzak at the OAG’s Give to Get Art Auction held Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithThe Zoom Photobooth experience was a hit with partygoers at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Give to Get Art Auction held at the OAG on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, Jared Jarman, district vice president of sponsor TD, Ottawa Art Gallery board vice chair Vanessa Pilotte, Ottawa artist Evelyn Duberry, TD community engagement manager Lee Rose, and Angela Fenton at the OAG’s Give to Get Art Auction. Photo by Clara ZamithAttendees of the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, seen in the Alma Duncan Salon, which was filled with more than 95 artworks donated by Ottawa and Gatineau artists. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, National Arts Centre marketing strategist Jennifer Covert, Ottawa Arts Council executive director Nicole Milne and Cassandra Olsthoorn, executive director of Arts Network Ottawa, at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Give to Get Art Auction held in the gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithHundreds turned out on a beautiful spring evening to support the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held at the downtown municipal art gallery on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, Mark Schaan, board chair of the Ottawa Art Gallery, as well as a senior assistant deputy minister, alongside fellow OAG board member Michel Liboiron, associate vice-president at CIBC, and long-time OAG supporter and former OAG board chair Lawson Hunter, senior counsel at Stikeman Elliott, at the OAG’s Give to Get Art Auction. Photo by Clara ZamithThe Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held Thursday, May 16, 2024, is full of creativity and excitement. Photo by Clara ZamithOttawa Art Gallery board member and artist/educator Simon Brascoupé, OAG director and CEO Alexandra Badzak, Ottawa city councillor Stéphanie Plante (Rideau Vanier) at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithOttawa artist Don Kwan alongside his brother Edward Kwan, better known as Ottawa drag artist China Doll, at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Give to Get Art Auction. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, Alexandra Badzak, director and CEO of the Ottawa Art Gallery, with OAG board member and leadership and team dynamics coach Maureen Cunningham, Walk the Arts co-director Mónica Márquez, Walk the Arts founder and director Yves Larocque and OAG chief curator Rebecca Basciano at the OAG’s Give to Get Art Auction, held Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithHundreds turned out to support the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held at the OAG’s Alma Duncan Salon on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, Alik Angaladian, a board member with the Ottawa Art Gallery and principal at Maple Leaf Strategies, and OAG board member Deborah Duffy with a fellow attendee at the OAG’s Give to Get Art Auction held Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithHundreds turned out to support the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held on a beautiful spring evening on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithFrom left, Ottawa artist Eric Chan, professionally known as EEPMON, alongside Jonathan Malino, Susannah Dalfen and Victoria Henry, retired director of the Art Bank at the Canada Council for the Arts, at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Give to Get Art Auction. Photo by Clara ZamithThe Zoom Photobooth experience was a hit with partygoers at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Give to Get Art Auction held at the OAG on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithHundreds turned out to support the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held at the OAG’s Alma Duncan Salon on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara ZamithLeslie McKay, investment counsellor and portfolio manager with CIBC Private Investment Counsel, and Ottawa Art Gallery board member and lawyer Gabriel Poliquin at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s signature fundraiser, Give to Get Art Auction, held at the OAG’s Alma Duncan Salon on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Photo by Clara Zamith
