Stanley Park

Arts

Stanley Park Environmental Art Project

A collaboration between artists, ecologists, park stewards, environmental educators, and the very ecology of the park itself, this project took place over a two-year period commencing with the creation of ephemeral works in the summer and fall of 2008 and the completion of semi-permanent works in the summer of  2009. Artists selected to be part of the project were Peter von Tiesenhausen, John Hemsworth, T'Uy'Tanat Cease Wyss, Davide Pan, Tania Willard and Shirley Wiebe.

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Dance at Dusk at Ceperley Meadow »

Join us in the summer at Ceperley Meadow, near Second Beach in Stanley Park, for some free, fun-filled entertainment! Learn some new dance moves or just show off your stuff. Either way, come dance under the stars. No partner necessary. All ages and levels welcome and instruction is provided. Weather permitting. Click here for description and times.

Major Monuments & Sculptures

Major monuments and sculptures are listed in the Landmarks page.

Painters' Circle

In Painters' Circle, landscape artists offer the public a chance to visit an outdoor gallery with many different styles on display. The painters demonstrate their techniques to strollers and are happy to chat with park visitors. All works displayed are for sale and are the original work of the artists on-site. Closer to the Vancouver Aquarium, portrait artists draw pictures and caricatures of park visitors while they sit. Black and white or full colour, the portraits take only minutes and are prized souvenirs for many.

To exhibit on this site, permits are required.

Theatre Under The Stars

Picture this. A beautiful summer evening, soft breeze, and you are seated under the stars as the peacocks make their haunting calls nearby. The curtain rises and another performance of Theatre Under The Stars is about to get under way.

Known by its more familiar and shorter moniker, TUTS, this theatre company, in one guise or another, has called Malkin Bowl home since 1934. That was the year former Vancouver Mayor W.H. Malkin dedicated the band shell to the memory of his late wife Marion. It should be noted that the Bowl sits on the former site of one of the park's first entertainment gazebos. Through its long history the Bowl has seen additions, fires and reconstructions while spotlighting some of Canada's best home-grown thespians.

Totem Poles

Totem Pole information is in the Landmarks page.

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