Venice Family Clinic's Art Walk & Auctions

Sunday, May 20, Registration opens at 10:30 am
Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice

Please read carefully the hours of each event listed below, as they vary.

Buy Tickets

$50 per person (children age 12 and under admitted free)

Includes an all-day pass to the following activities, as well as a Venice Art Walk Catalog and Event Guide

Artists’ Studio Tours and Special Exhibits
Hours: 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
More than 60 private artists’ studios, homes and special exhibits! This year, for the first time ever, the Studio Tours expand south of Venice Boulevard, to include a fascinating new bastion of artists, photographers, and furniture and jewelry designers in the lofts and studios of Victoria Avenue. Begin at Westminster School. Free shuttle buses run continuously throughout the day and will be there to help you cover more ground and see more art. Click here to view a list of studio tour artists and special exhibits.

Silent Art Auction
Hours: Lower floor 11 am – 5 pm; Upper floor 11 am – 5:15 pm
Art collectors—don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to browse and bid on more than 400 original works of art including paintings, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramics, cartoons and furniture donated by Los Angeles-area and Venice Art Walk artists. Click here to view a list of Silent Art Auction artists.

Note: Free Silent Art Auction Preview on Saturday, May 19, from 4 - 6 pm at Westminster School. Open to the public.

Food Faire
Hours: 11 am – 6 pm
Art Walkers need sustenance—which you’ll find at our divine Food Faire, featuring cuisine from LA’s best restaurants: Acadie, Bravo Cucina, Café Surfas, California Sushi Academy, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Hotcakes Bakes, Joe’s Restaurant, Marix, Meditrina Café, Ocean and Vine, Primitivo, Upstairs 2.

Cocktail Lounges
For guests 21 years of age and over, be sure to visit the two cocktail lounges on the Venice Art Walk trail. Beverages courtesy of Sauza Tequila, Vox Vodka, Maker’s Mark and Kirin Beer.

Live Music
Hours: Noon – 6 pm
On the Main Stage.

Artful Living Silent Auction
Hours: 11 am – 5:45 pm
Bid on a fabulous selection of functional and lifestyle items.

Robert Graham Sculpture Drawing
Your chance to own an original, bronze sculpture. Winner’s name to be drawn on the Main Stage at 5:45 pm.

Mercedes-Benz Drawing
Enter to win a two-year lease of a 2007 Mercedes-Benz SLK280 or C350, courtesy of W.I. Simonson, Inc., Mercedes Benz. Winner's name to be drawn on the Main Stage at 5:45 pm.

Venice Art Walk Posters and T-Shirts
Featuring Trance by Gajin Fujita. Posters $25 each; t-shirts $20 each. Available for purchase all day.
Poster sponsored by the David Bohnett Foundation
T-Shirt sponsored by Blue Cross of California

Parking Information
Free parking and shuttle service available on Sunday, May 20, at Walgrove Avenue Elementary School, 1630 Walgrove Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066; and Coeur D'Alene Avenue Elementary School, 810 Coeur D'Alene Ave., Venice, CA 90291. Lot hours: Walgrove 9 am - 8 pm; Coeur D'Alene 10:30 am - 7 pm.

Westminster School is also conveniently accessible by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus:

Route 1: Santa Monica Boulevard
Route 2: Wilshire Boulevard

The Clinic’s mission is to provide free, quality health care to people in need. Founded in 1970, it is the largest free clinic in the country. Over 2,400 volunteers–including more than 500 physicians and nearly 1,000 Art Walk volunteers–enable the Clinic to provide services to nearly 22,000 low-income and uninsured children and adults at seven locations in Culver City, Mar Vista, Santa Monica, and Venice. All proceeds from the Venice Art Walk & Auctions benefit Venice Family Clinic.