By Pepper Parr
May 24, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
With the Performing Arts program for the 2016/17 season now known, the next major event on the cultural calendar is the annual Art Gallery Burlington art sale – this is the 38th such sale.
It draws a different crowd than the Performing Arts; a little younger, a little more hip and a lot more fashionable. You will actually see people turned out in well-cut suits and smartly fitted dresses. This crowd usually has more in the way of disposable income.
The art sale usually has a better buzz to it – maybe that’s because it has a longer pedigree.
Some of the choices in the 38th annual art gallery sale.
The event is an occasion to chat with your peers, freshen your network and button hole someone you wanted to “bump into”.
There is an ample bar and surprisingly different finger food. The catering crowd seems to pull out their top menus for the Performing Arts crowd and then one up things at the art gallery sale.
All the art will be displayed in the Lee Chin Family room.
The sale kicks off at our Public Opening Preview on May 29th at 2pm, and runs until our Live Auction evening on June 3rd.
Tom Thomson’s iconic Jack Pine
This year’s Art Auction celebrates the 100th anniversary of The Jack Pine, a beloved oil painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson that has become an iconic representation of 
the Canadian landscape. Thomson was an important influence on the Group of Seven and together they ignited a passion in Canadian artists that still resonates today.
There will be a collection of Tom Thomson paintings on display in the Perry Gallery – they are on loan from the PLACE
