BC public art
MAC takes over project
By Carol Aun, Mission City Record, December 1, 2010 The Mission Arts Council (MAC) has revived the photo mural project proposed for the Leisure Centre. MAC executive director Nancy Arcand picked up the phone to offer help as soon as she heard early last week the donations were to be returned and the project cancelled. [...]
Parksville: Sculpture sneak peek
Oceanside residents got to meet aboriginal artist Connie Watts last week at a reception at the McMillan Arts Centre (formerly OCAC) where she revealed a maquette of the her sculpture soon to be gracing downtown Parksville. The reception kicked off the artist’s month long exhibition Playing with Form & Time which shows her incredibly detailed [...]
Nelson: Public art litmus test
An already-painted mural on Boomtown Sports Emporium will act as a test case for two city commissions trying to hammer out an approval process for public art in the downtown core. Donna Macdonald, who sits on Nelson’s Cultural Development Committee, says the mural — painted on Boomtown’s garage doors without city permission — was given [...]
Surrey: Dancing Tower unveiled in Surrey
Coast artists Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker unveiled their latest creation, a sculpture entitled Dancing Tower, last month in Surrey. The sculpture will provide the focal point for the entrance to the Newton Cultural Centre. Much of the aluminum and tempered glass structure was fabricated on the Coast with the colourful glass panels applied on [...]
Terrace: Co-op graffiti to stay
THAT graffiti which adorns the old Co-op building downtown will remain as it is for the moment. Councillor Brian Downie wanted the city to deal with some of the garish aspects of what it approved in the fall and brought up the issue at last night’s council meeting. “This has generated various concerns and comments [...]
Nanaimo: Public art victimized by vandals
Vandals wrecked public art in Maffeo Sutton Park last week. Now police, the city and Nanaimo Art Gallery are out to repair the damage and find the culprits. The vandalized items include a ceramic sculpture of a sea bird by artist Lori Sorenson, valued at about $1,000, which someone smashed the head off on Wednesday, [...]
Vancouver: Murals to reflect cultural history, Civic-sanctioned project part of a much larger strategy
As many as 10 new murals will be splashed across Vancouver next year, with the city contributing as much as $50,000 for work that reflects its culture and history. A call for submissions for the city’s Celebrate 125 Vancouver Mural Program opened this week, but for Kristina Copeland, the mural program coordinator for Great Beginnings, [...]
Castlegar: ‘Peace Sign’ wins top SculptureWalk award
Almost 1,600 people voted for their favourite sculpture in this year’s SculptureWalk and the winner of the People’s Choice was Denis Kleine of Nelson for his piece, “Peace Sign.” As part of the award, Kleine received $10,000 from the City of Castlegar, which has purchased his sculpture for permanent display. He also received a $3,000 [...]
Vancouver mural program will help combat graffiti, City seeks mural proposals
As many as 10 new murals are scheduled to be splashed across Vancouver next year, with the city contributing as much as $50,000 for work that reflects the culture and history of the city. The call for submissions for the city’s Celebrate 125 Vancouver Mural Program opened this week, but for Kristina Copeland, the mural [...]
Vancouver: Photos: Beatty Street mural begins to takes shape
A stretch of concrete that runs along Beatty Street from Georgia to Dunsmuir has had an eventful year. Once the site of a series of colourful murals painted in 2007 as part of a fundraiser for the Steve Nash Foundation, the wall became a point of controversy when the City of Vancouver painted over those [...]
Victoria: Emily Carr statue to be unveiled
One of Canada’s most eccentric and well-known artists is being honoured with a bronze statue in a prime Victoria location near the B.C. legislature buildings. Emily Carr’s statue will overlook one of the city’s most popular tourist areas, which includes the stately Fairmont Empress Hotel. The larger-than-life statue shows Carr with two of her most [...]
Terrace: Co-op artwork makes a splash
The Co-op building’s new look has been generating a lot of comment, both good and bad. While the City of Terrace received a handful of complaints last week from residents not happy with the Co-op building’s new look, some city councillors say they have mostly heard good comments. Councillors Bruce Bidgood and Bruce Martindale were [...]
New Westminster: City seeks creative way to turn iconic ‘Wait for me Daddy’ photo into public art
With the New Westminster city budget just around the corner, it will be up to council to determine what kind a project to create a public art piece to honour the iconic “Wait For Me Daddy” photo taken 70 years ago Friday (Oct. 1). Greg Magirescu, the city’s manager of arts and cultural development, said [...]
Penticton: More repairs needed for damaged shoreline sculpture
The popular Romp sculpture, damaged last year by vandals, needs more work than originally anticipated before it can be returned to the waters of Okanagan Lake, according to Coun. Judy Sentes. The statue, created by sculptor Chong Fahcheong, was removed from its home off the shore of Marina Way Park last August after it was [...]
Replicas of squatters’ shacks find home across Burrard Inlet, Ken Lum’s installation to move closer to community that inspired it
An art work that plays around with the meaning of Shangri-La is moving closer to the local spot that inspired it. Earlier this year, artist Ken Lum’s from shangri-la to shangri- la was installed at Offsite, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s public art site at the Shangri-La Hotel on West Georgia. Works installed on the site [...]
