Secrets And Surprises in Stanley Park

Space is limited. FREE but you must register by phoning 604.323.5322. Quote Course No. 60905. If space is full please ask to be put on a wait list. If enough people are interested, we may repeat the program at another time.

Date:  Sat. June 19, 2010

Time:    1:30-4:30pm

Over the past several years, six artists have worked with the Park Board, Stanley Park Ecology Society and CACV to design, create and share environmental art created in situ around the park.

Six short videos (from 4-10 minutes each) will introduce you to the work, then we will dialogue about environmental and community art and walk with other participants to discover some of the “surprises and secrets” that have taken up residence in the park, noticing how nature and human interaction have affected the works.

See vancouver.ca/spea for more information

Participants will:

Understand key elements of creating environmental art

Enhance knowledge of the ways in which professional arts can work with a community

Gain an appreciation for ephemeral and semi-permanent works of art in outdoor locations

Agenda:

1:30-2:00 – Introduction to community and environmental arts and introduction to the project (Susan Gordon) Some of the artists may be present.

2:00-3:30pm – Each short film will be introduced and discussed

3:30-3:45pm – Break

3:45 pm – on– Take a tour of some of the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project semi-permanent works. Click here for a link to a self-guided walk map and descriptions.

Facilitators:

Susan Gordon has a long and strong background in the community and environmental arts in Vancouver. She currently is on the CACV board and the board rep for environmental arts. (See more at cacv.ca)

Derek Irland is the chair of the CACV Community Arts Activities Committee.

Mary Bennett is the administrator for the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, is a visual artist and interested in community and environment issues through various organizations.

Stanley Park Environmental art project

Location:  Heron Room, Stanley Park Ecology Society (upstairs of the Stanley Park Dining Pavilion).

PAST EVENTS

Nest
Come celebrate Arts and Culture Week and Earth Day
Join local artist Sharon Kallis for a hands-on workshop to create woven sculptures for the CRAB Park marsh pond. These forms will serve as perches and nesting locations for park birds. Learn about the plants and wildlife of CRAB Park while helping to make this small ecosystem more livable for birds in the Downtown Eastside.

Click below for a poster in pdf format to print out about this event.

CACV_Nest poster

Check out the website for Public Programming related to the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project for details.

Workshops run: 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-2:30 pm

Community Arts Council of Vancouver volunteers will be present before and after and at lunch break to talk with you about the importance of the community arts in Vancouver.

Sabrina, Mary & Derek with our display table at the Tea Party

DIG IN programs are FREE but please pre-register with the Roundhouse as space is limited. Please register by calling the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre at 604-713-1800. (A membership in the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre is not required.)

John K. Grande

On Thursday July 16, 2009, at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 60 people gathered to hear John K. Grande trace the pattern and history of how ‘Land Art’ morphed into ‘Earth Art’ and discuss concepts of ‘the natural’ and ‘the manufactured’ as they apply to sculpture in the environment. His presentation will be illustrated with images from the Earth Art show he curated for the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario this summer.

The presentation was followed by questions and discussion.

John K. Grande is author of numerous books on art and environment including Dialogues on Diversity (2007 – Pari, Italy ) and Art Nature Dialogues (www.sunypress.edu NY, USA) as well as the classic Balance: Art and Nature (Black Rose, Montreal, 1994 and 2nd edition 2004)

Harry Jongerden, current Garden Director of VanDusen Botanical Garden, was previously the Director of Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton and worked with John to create the “Earth Art” opportunity. http://www.rbg.ca/

This evening is presented in conjunction with the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project; for more information on the project go to: www.vancouver.ca/spea
Project partners: The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, The Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver.