September 26, 2000

 

Artist Teams Chosen for Greenway Public Art Project

Three teams of artists have been commissioned by the City’s Public Art Program to create works for sections of the Ridgeway Greenway East. The Ridgeway Greenway is a pedestrian and bicycle-friendly path that will run from Burnaby’s Central Park to Pacific Spirit Park on the University Endowment Lands.

The artists will talk about the project and their backgrounds at a reception on:

Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Killarney CommunityCentre
6260 Killarney Street
7:30 p.m.

The teams of artists chosen and the routes they’ll work on are:

Kirsten Forkert and Peter Conlin
Forkert and Conlin will cover the section on Nanaimo from 38th to 45th Avenue, and from 45th Avenue to Clarendon. They plan to create art work that reflects the social function of urban spaces and the everyday experiences of people using them. Forkert has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and is now an instructor there. Conlin is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and studied furniture design at Sheridan College in Ontario.

Elspeth Pratt and Javier Campos
Pratt and Campos, the artists for the Gateway Vista section on 45th Avenue, are interested in exploring the myths of the B.C. landscape in their artwork. Pratt is a teacher at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and has exhibited her sculptural work in Canada,Taiwan, Japan and Italy. Campos attended the UBC School of Architecture and currently works with John Hollifield Inc.

Baco Ohama and James Brown
Ohama and Brown will provide art for the section of 45th Avenue at Killarney Park and Weir School. Their goal is to enhance a "Water Wise" garden area and create links between the park and the school. Ohama received her MFA from Concordia University, has exhibited nationally, published two artist book projects, and is an instructor at Emily Carr Institute. Brown is a graduate of the MFA program at Concordia, and UBC’s School of Architecture. He has exhibited in Montreal and Ontario and now works for Bing Thom Architects.

For more information:

Karen Henry, Consultant
Office of Cultural Affairs
731-4904

 

 

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