Published: May 15, 2015
The chART public art crew has been busy planning some incredible public art projects over the winter months!
Seed Paper Making at Summerfest
The chART team is pulping office paper, mixing it with water and flower seeds, making handmade paper, and then die-cutting the seed paper into bees, which will be spread and planted into pollinator pastures in Marpole and Richmond.
Check out their paper-making and other fun art activities at Summerfest on Saturday, July 18th.
Electrical Box Wraps at Safeway
Similar to the existing box wraps at West 66th, West 70th, and at Marpole Place on Hudson St., the large electrical box in front of Safeway on Granville St. will receive the wrapping treatment.
In recognition of the existing Musqueum First Nations artwork present on the Safeway development site, chART is partnering with the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University a design in a similar spirit.
Marpole Library Mural
Through the sponsorship of Joy Kogawa House, the Vancouver Public Library, and the Marpole BIA, chART has received a City matching grant from the Neighbourhood Matching Fund for the Marpole Library Mural Project.
The community and youth in particular will be encouraged to engage and get painting on the mural this summer.
The mural concept is Read Me, based on a 2010 children’s story, It’s a Book, which explores the tension between physical books and our technological world of tablets, smartphones and e-readers.
The proposed mural will be colourful, 00engaging to children, and will bring the community together in celebrating literacy and our Marpole Library.
Watch marpoleonline.com for more details from late-June 2015 on.
The five year chART Marpole Public Art project is a collaborative partnership between the Marpole BIA and Emily Carr University. The project is also generously supported by the Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities.