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Lottery-styled art gala evening coming to UBCO

By Patty Wellborn on January 16, 2020

Tickets on sale for annual Art on the Line fundraising event

What: Art on the Line gala and fundraiser
Who: Various artists with host UBCO Professor Michael V. Smith
When: Saturday, February 1, doors open at 6 p.m.
Where: Fipke Centre, 3247 University Way, UBC’s Okanagan Campus, Kelowna
Cost: $190 (one ticket admits two people and guarantees one piece of artwork) or $10 event entry at the door

As a special fundraising event, UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) organizes a gala evening where good luck plays a part in who takes home which piece of art.

Art on the Line is an annual event that brings the community to campus for fun method of buying an original piece of art. The artwork has been donated by community artisans—and each ticket entitles the holder to one piece of art from dozens that are on display. However, they can’t choose that art until their number is drawn. The earlier their number comes up, the better chance of getting the piece of art they have been eyeing all evening.

The event is organized in part by the Visual Arts Course Union and proceeds support visual arts student exhibitions including UBCO’s fourth-year graduating show, the visiting artist program and opportunities for travel grants and art exhibitions. The evening is hosted by FCCS Professor Michael V. Smith.

Tickets are $190 a couple, which includes appetizers and a drink and one piece of artwork. Tickets are available at artontheline.net or artontheline.eventbrite.ca. There are also $10 tickets available at the door for people who want to attend the event, but not purchase a piece of artwork. This year’s Art on the Line is sponsored by alumni UBC.

About UBC's Okanagan campus

UBC’s Okanagan campus is an innovative hub for research and learning founded in 2005 in partnership with local Indigenous peoples, the Syilx Okanagan Nation, in whose territory the campus resides. As part of UBC—ranked among the world’s top 20 public universities—the Okanagan campus combines a globally recognized UBC education with a tight-knit and entrepreneurial community that welcomes students and faculty from around the world in British Columbia’s stunning Okanagan Valley.

To find out more, visit: ok.ubc.ca

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Patty Wellborn
Media Relations Strategist
University Relations

The University of British Columbia
Okanagan campus
Tel: 250 317 0293
E-mail: patty.wellborn@ubc.ca

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