Summer City Street mural revisited!

The mural Summer City Street has been displayed in both the library and most recently, the main floor lounge of Carnegie Centre, 401 Main Street Vancouver, for more than 30 years.
Recently, I removed, cleaned, reframed and repainted elements of this mixed media collage work. It will be re-inaugurated at 4:00 pm this Friday, Oct. 14th as a part of Carnegie renovation celebrations. Drop by and see it.
Along with forty other murals, Summer City Street is a part of the City of Vancouver's new website on murals in the downtown core. Supported through Celebrate Vancouver 125th, www.vancouvermurals.ca is the website to go to for background, photos and locations for all of these works. It included several walking tours as well, one of which I will lead for Heart of the City Festival on November 5th.

workshops fall 2011

Sorry these workshops canceled. Stay posted for Vancouver and Salt Spring Island print and drawing workshops this spring!

Relief Printmaking with Richard Tetrault

This intensive workshop will introduce everyone to the possibilities of relief printmaking, including reduction printing and multiple block printing.

Richard Tetrault is a Canadian painter, printmaker and muralist. He has exhibited his work locally and internationally. His woodblock prints are on display at the Duthie Gallery.

Workshops rescheduled for spring, 2012.

80 gallons of primer and paint from General Paint were used for the 7600 square foot wall, and two coats of sealer and 30 stencils were incorporated.
A video by Sid Tan can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjQMAZ4FBw

River of Crows

The recently completed, two block long mural 'River of Crows' is located in east Vancouver, on McLean Drive, and adjacent to Britannia High School. The mural was completed this summer with the work of numerous community members, artists and mentored youth. Please visit the mural, which will be included in the upcoming mural tour brochure and website for the City of Vancouver this fall.
The project was sponsored by Britannia Community Services, and generously supported by the City of Vancouver Celebration 125, Community and Neighbourhood Arts Development Grant, General Paint Inc, Vancouver Foundation through the Neighbourhood Small Grants, The Vancouver School Board, and Britannia High School.
Artists:
Jerry Whitehead, Jeremiah Kitch Keesic, Helen Spaxman, Miriam Gil, Malcolm McTaggart, Sean Newton, Jeff Gibson, with design by Richard Shorty, and mentored youth Brendan Rausenberg, Jeremi Whitehead and Claire Brown.
Photo Documentation by Esther Rausenberg, video by Sid Tan and original music by Sean Gunn.
Artistic coordination; Richard Tetrault

Recently installed panels that flank the Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver Arts Centre. This project was designed to link both the community arts and the City of West Vancouver Cultural Centre offices and studio space. The final work will be completed in September, 2011.

McLean Drive mural project began with planning/design sessions in spring 2011. The mural is situated along the McLean Drive bike route from Parker to William Streets, on a retaining wall bordering the oval track of Britannia High School, and will animate the length of the wall in a sequence that will make the wall into an active space. Walkers, cyclists and drivers will experience the flight of migrating crows, from night to day across the wall. Stencils and printed images designed through community workshops make up the majority of the imagery. The wall's lower section reflects plant, seed and insect life.



As coordinating artist, I am working with a team of muralists, resident volunteers and youth/students from Britannia High School and the surrounding community.

The sponsoring organization is Britannia Community Services. This project has been generously supported by the City of Vancouver, through the 125th Celebrations Mural program, General Paint, and Vancouver Foundation, through the Neighbourhood Small Grants.

Work continues throughout July, with an inaugural event planned for September.

Russian Hall mural in winter

Recent photos of Russian Hall murals showing each of three wall murals. February 2011.