More than 80 artists take part in Eastside Culture Crawl preview exhibit PASSION REASON IDIOCY, to November 30
Pieces ranging from sculptures to paintings are on display at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, Alternative Creations Gallery, and Pendulum Gallery
Jai Sallay-Carrington’s Visibly Invisible
The Eastside Culture Crawl presents PASSION REASON IDIOCY: 2025 Preview Exhibit at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, Alternative Creations Gallery, and Pendulum Gallery to November 30
PASSION, REASON, AND IDIOCY are three qualities that, when tapped into simultaneously, tend to result in phenomenal art.
For its annual salon-style preview exhibition, the Eastside Culture Crawl asked more than 80 artists to contribute works that balance their own rational, emotional, and foolish sides. They are now on display at three venues: The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, Pendulum Gallery, and Alternative Creations Gallery.
The pieces range from paintings and drawings to prints, photographs, and sculptures. They were chosen by a jury made up of artists Paul de Guzman, Eri Ishii, and Hugh Kearney.
Holly Truchan’s I’ll Keep Improving
Pendulum Gallery is where the largest number of works will be on display. Among the artists exhibiting there is Jai Sallay-Carrington, a ceramic sculptor whose practice uplifts 2SLGBTQIA+ communities as a reflection of their own queer, transgender identity. Most commonly, Sallay-Carrington makes anthropomorphic creatures, such as the giant chameleon in Visibly Invisible (pictured above), complete with a tongue that stretches about eight feet. The artist made the piece while working toward their master’s degree at the University of Washington.
Over at the Historic Theatre, Emily Carr University of Art + Design–trained multidisciplinary artist Brandon Cotter has incorporated acrylic, gouache, latex, oil, graphite, crayon, and marker into their canvas painting Volcano. Elsewhere at the venue, mixed-media painter Holly Truchan is displaying I’ll Keep Improving, a strikingly colourful piece inspired by tree stumps she saw on a trip to the Oregon coast. During the Culture Crawl, folks can see more of Truchan’s work in Studio 111 at Parker Street Studios.
PASSION REASON IDIOCY will be on view until November 30, with exact closing dates varying by venue. The main Eastside Culture Crawl festival runs from November 20 to 23 across the entirety of the Eastside Arts District. 
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