From the Ground Up: The Making of Murals
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables, Vancouver
An exhibit of mural maquettes, scaled drawings and preliminary ideas leading to recent murals, such as The Russian Hall, Crossings, River of Crows, Through the Eye of the Raven, Point of Contact (Cuba) and others. (illustrated here the color and line maquettes for a recent mural in Port Coquitlam, bordering Railside Park) The exhibit runs until April 15th, and can be viewed either during the day (ring to enter) or evenings, prior to events/performances.
Also, Look up the newly launched website, documenting 40 murals in East Vancouver and the Downtown area, www.vancouvermurals.ca
This site provides illustrations and maps for several walking tours of the murals, as well as a phone number for background information of the pieces.
