A new neon artwork by Paul Wong honouring the history of Cantonese migrants now illuminates 475 Main Street. The piece is designed to promote discussion around the significance of, and challenges to, Chinese language, culture and preservation of heritage assets in the neighbourhood. The neon artwork displays the Chinese characters 鹹水埠温哥华, which translates to “Saltwater…
The City of Vancouver Public Art Program invites you to a talk and reception with artist Vanessa Kwan. Tuesday, July 17th at 5:30pm Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House – 800 East Broadway Free admission; no registration required Vancouver-based artist Vanessa Kwan is interested in doing a public art project for Sahali Park at Fraser Street and…
SeeSawSeat: A New Artwork for Sunset Park Please join us in celebrating the installation of SeeSawSeat , a public artwork by Germaine Koh crossing a bus bench with a teeter-totter. Waiting for the bus is transformed from a passive pause into a playful activity. The artwork was commissioned by the City of Vancouver Public Art Program…
The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to announce a new artwork by Erica Stocking for Vancouver’s newest library location, the nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch. All My Favourite People are Animals by Erica Stocking, 2017 Bronze and one-way mirror nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch (720-730 East Hastings) Commissioned by the City of Vancouver Public Art Program…
Natalie McHaffie’s Solo, located in Devonian Harbour Park (Denman and Georgia streets), is an abstract sculpture of stainless steel and carved cedar planks or ‘wings’ that fan out in a spiral. McHaffie says the artwork means to show movement, but not flight. Installed in 1986, Solo was one of ten pieces in the City Shapes…
Alan Storey’s the Coopers Mews pays tribute to the industrial history of the north side of False Creek. In particular, it references the Sweeney Cooperage that operated between the 1890’s and 1981, when it closed to make way for the new Cambie Bridge, B.C. Place Stadium and the Expo ’86 grounds. The cooperage was capable…
During August 2016 look for new temporary works by Lisa g. Nielsen and Kyla Mallett, on the streets of Vancouver, as part of the Platforms: Coastal City Series.
Even up close the illusion is very convincing. The semblance of weathered wood, the life preserver hung by the window, the molluscs clinging to the posts – these are the first of a number of sensory tricks played by Liz Magor’s public artwork LightShed. The scale, for example, is very disorienting. The structure is situated…
Douglas Coupland’s latest work pays homage to a well-known natural wonder in Stanley Park.
We left Chinatown around two in the afternoon. We both decided the day before that we should spend some time away from East Georgia Street. On Hastings Street, we pointed out a lot of things—colourful Korean lettering on the window of a high rise (you translated: We are Vancouver Language School!), a chocolate-themed café (a…
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