The 30th annual Celebration of the Arts Gala is coming up and Portage and District Arts Centre Marketing and Events Coordinator Lee Beaton says they're still accepting donations of art for the auctions at the gala.

She explains along with their silent and live auctions, they will be trying out a new form of auction this year.

"We're going to run an online, through Facebook, auction after the main event on the 11th. So that's going to run for about three weeks. We will definitely still take donations from different artists [for that]."

Beaton shares a few of the items which will be up for auction along with the artwork include gift certificates toward some of their programming at the Arts Centre, such as their art and dance classes.

The gala takes place on Thursday, May 11th and tickets are already on sale.