Raffle tickets are being sold now for a chance to win one of 11 works by the late Craig Canoy, including this one titled “Late Winter in Ladd Canyon.” For details, visit artcentereast.org or stop be Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave. The raffle supports ACE galleries and the Wallowa Avalanche Center.

LA GRANDE — Art Center East (ACE) is hosting its annual Galleries Fundraiser in collaboration with the Wallowa Avalanche Center to raise funds for WAC’s avalanche education programs and ACE’s Galleries Program.

The fundraiser runs through Dec. 10.

The fundraiser is a raffle of 11 original works by local artist and avid outdoorsman Craig Canoy, who passed away in 2020. Canoy bequeathed his art collection to ACE for the organization to use for fundraising purposes.

Many of the pieces in Canoy’s collection are his own work and many depict winter outdoor activities, environments and landscapes in the region.

Raffle pieces from this collection can be viewed online at artcentereast.org/fundraiser.

These pieces have a combined value of more than $3,000.

Raffle tickets are $20 per ticket or $100 for six tickets, and can be purchased online at artcentereast.org/fundraiser, at ACE (1006 Penn Ave.) or by calling 541-624-2800.

The 11 winning tickets will be drawn at ACE on Dec. 10 (a Sip and Shop Saturday at ACE).

The first winner will have first choice from the 11 works. As the subsequent winners are drawn, each will select their choice from the remaining art.

To learn more about Wallowa Avalanche Center, visit wallowaavalanchecenter.org.

To learn more about the Art Center East Galleries, visit artcentereast.org/the-art-center-east-galleries.

About the artist

Canoy was born in 1943 in Silverton. An avid outdoor enthusiast, he enjoyed hiking, backpacking, free-heel skiing and rock-climbing, including ice and snow climbing.

He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon and taught art and design in the Hillsboro Union High School District for three decades. He lived in several cities on the western side of Oregon before relocating to La Grande upon retirement in the 1990s. He loved the Elkhorn Mountains, Anthony Lakes and the Owyhee high country of southeast Oregon.

For his art, Canoy worked primarily in pastel. Upon his death in 2020, Canoy left his art collection to ACE for the purposes of fundraising.

Many of the pieces in the collection are his own work, but he also was actively attentive to and collected the work of regional artists.

A benefit show was held in summer 2021 to honor his legacy.