MEDIA INVITED
A Sculpture Garden and Cedar Bark Braid to Be Installed in Stanley Park

July 24, 2009 (No. 18) - Exciting new art projects in Stanley Park include a series of carved nurse logs and a giant braid plaited from red wool and cedar bark hanging from a tree. Artists are currently installing these unique works in the park's forest. The Vancouver Park Board, the Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver are presenting these new installations as part of a two-year Stanley Park Environmental Art Project: K'aycht'n! (We Hold Our Hands Up To You!) by the artist team of Davide Pan and T'Uy'Tanat Cease Wyss and Entwined by Tania Willard. Media are invited to watch the artists at work. Interviews and photo opportunities will also be available at this time:

10am
Monday, July 27
Meet at the Parking Lot by the Totem Poles near Halleluiah Point
Park Drive

Using only natural materials found in Stanley Park, K'aycht'n creates a series of sculptural elements that will transform into nurse logs giving a new sense of texture to this ancient landscape. This work is located on the east side of the service road behind the totem poles. With Entwined, a 10-foot braid made of cedar bark from the park and hand-dyed red wool, the artist explores the interconnectedness of Stanley Park's ecology and how the different uses, experiences and perspectives of both indigenous and non-indigenous people, plants and materials are interwoven. This piece is located on the east side of the trail located behind Lumbermen's Arch Café.

The Stanley Park Environmental Art Project was developed in reply to the overwhelming public response to the impact of the windstorms of 2006. A program of discussions and hands-on workshops will create opportunities for everyone to engage with nature through art and help explore a new relationship with our natural environment.

For more information on the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project, please visit our website at vancouver.ca/spea or contact Community Arts Programmer, Anna Nobile at 604-257-8479 or anna.nobile@vancouver.ca.

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The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation maintains 220 parks and 40 major facilities throughout the City of Vancouver. The Park Board's mission is to provide, preserve and advocate for parks and recreation services to benefit people, communities and the environment.