The Trout Lake Community Centre Association and the Vancouver Park Board have
created a community vision for John Hendry Park. The Community Public Art program
funded the installation of markers and pebble mosaics depicting plant and animal
life which exist or once existed in and around Trout Lake. Artists: Glen Anderson,
Corinna Dahlin, Patrick Foley. Location: 16th and Victoria. (Click
here for site map)
A community process initiated by the Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood Association,
Tyee School, and local residents resulted in a new Greenway at 19th and Fleming
Street. The project artists held a series of workshops for local youth and other
residents to create individually crafted cement stepping stones embodying text,
embossing, inlay, and symbols that personalize the park. Artists: Karen Stanley,
Tom Chavez. Sponsor: Cedar Cottage Neighbours Association. Location: 19th and
Fleming St.
(Click here for site map)
In Southlands, parents from the Musqueam reserve and parents from the neighbourhood
expressed a desire to recreate connections between native and non-native students.
In association with Southlands Elementary School, artists, community members,
students, and families designed and painted a mural using the salmon motif on
the school exterior. This project fosters intergeneration and intercultural
connections. Artists: Allison Diesvelt, Debra Sparrow. Location: 5313 Camosun
St. (Click here for site map)
In association with Britannia Community Centre, artists and community members
have created a mosaic "creekway" that reflects the flow of cultures
through the Grandview Woodlands community. Mosaic Creek has been built and installed
at a new park designed and constructed by the community. Artists: Britannia
Neighbours. Location: Charles and Mclean Streets. (Click
here for site map)
For the Mount Pleasant Park Performance Project (MP3), the project created
a portable outdoor tent for community festivals and performances. Masks created
by community members adorn the structure. Artist: Kathy Kerr. Sponsor: Mt. Pleasant
Community Centre. Location: Mt. Pleasant Parks. (Click
here for site map)
Named for the lowest-income postal code area in the country, this project is
a community mural made up of more than 300 individual images. The components
of the mural reflect positive images of the Downtown Eastside. Artists: Theresa
Gaiters, Debra Gibson, and Downtown Eastside residents. Sponsor: Arts in Action
Society. Location: 528 Powell St.
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This
project uses mixed-media wall hangings to portray the theme of "those you
care for and those who care for you." Seniors, youth groups, and the after-school
care program at the Ray-Cam Co-op all participated in making the hangings that
are on display in the community centre. Artists: Caroline Embling, Mo Caffney,
and members of the Ray-Cam community. Sponsor: Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre.
Location: 920 E. Hastings St.
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A collage mural at the Central Library. The artists conducted public workshops
where participants created their own artworks and helped to design the collage
mural. The imagery reflects the themes of fine art & history. Artists: Famous
Empty Sky, Kim LeClair. Sponsor: Avenue for the Arts Society. Location: Vancouver
Central Library, 5th floor, 350 West Georgia St.
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Working with youth and inner-city community centres, the project participants
scouted the city with tape recorders and microphones to create a series of sound
recordings that identify distinct soundscapes of local neighbourhoods. These
recordings were broadcast at public venues such as libraries and community centres
across the city. Copies of the soundscapes will also be available through the
library system and the public school system. Artists: Ian Pringle, Clair Kinder.
Sponsor: Community Radio Education Society. CRES Location: 337 Carrall St. (Click
here for site map)
This project identified special places within South East Vancouver and highlighted
these with markers designed and built by the community. Artwork on 19 bus shelters,
historical markers on lamp posts, and the sidewalk at Everett Crowley Park are
the artworks for this project. Artist: Celine Rich; Co-ordinator Bridgitte O’Rooney;
Community liaison Caroline Moore. Sponsor: Fraserlands Riverside Residence Association.
Location: Throughout Southeast Vancouver.
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The project gathered local poetry and engraved a selection of poems on glass
panels. The panels are set on cedar frames which are placed along pathways in
Renfrew Ravine Park. Designed to provide strollers with an opportunity for reflection,
they have unfortunately been the target of vandalism and have had to be moved.
Artists: Bill Horne, Gek Bee Siow. Sponsor: Arts in Action. Location: Renfrew
Ravine Park, 22nd & Renfrew. (Click here for site map)
Banners designed and produced by the Downtown Eastside residents now hang along
Hastings and Main streets. These colourful banners represent neighbourhood pride
in an economically depressed part of the City. Artists: Aaron Freschi, Dorrie
Williams. Sponsor: Public Dreams Society. Location: Downtown Eastside. (Click
here for site map).
At the Cottonwood Community Gardens youth from the Britannia Streetfront Program,
Downtown Eastside Youth Action Coalition, Britannia 8J-9J Program, Eric Hambler
Program, and YMCA Leadership Program created a series of artworks and earthworks.
These pieces involve mythical characters and found object sculptures. Artists:
Young Vancouver artists. Sponsor: Environmental Youth Alliance. Location: Raymur
and Malkin streets. (Click here for site map)
Working with Brock Elementary School and surrounding community, artists Kathy
Venter and Mariette Smith facilitated the creation of a terracotta sculpture
installation of self portraits of the workshop members. Artists: Mariette Smith,
Kathy Venter, and General Brock Elementary School students. Sponsor: Brock Elementary.
Location: Riley Park Community Centre, 50 West 30th Ave. (Click
here for site map)
