Join us for a free walking tour of public art in celebration of Culture Days. These tours are offered in Mandarin or Cantonese, and give visitors and locals an opportunity to experience a sampling of artwork in the Yaletown and Chinatown areas. Tour Details Date: October 16thTime: 10:30 – 12:00 pmLocation: Chinatown – DowntownLanguage: Cantonese…
Join artist Carmen Papalia and the Carnival Band for a live performance of Mobility Device on Sunday, October 3 at 4:30pm, starting at Hadden Park Fieldhouse and finishing at the Kitsilano Showboat Stage. Mobility Device is a collaborative performance where Carmen Papalia replaces his detection cane with a marching band that serves as his navigation…
The City of Vancouver is welcoming submissions for Platforms: We Are Here, Live, a public art program which will commission temporary artworks for existing platforms throughout Vancouver. The program focuses on artists working in video and two-dimensional media and each commissioned artist will receive $5,000 for the creation, editing and design of the artwork. The…
Proposals for the next artwork on THE WALL at the CBC plaza are now being accepted. Independent curators and artists are invited to submit concept proposals for installation this summer. THE WALL is a large format artists’ platform made possible through a partnership between Vancouver Heritage Foundation and CBC/Radio-Canada, and produced in partnership with the…
This December, the City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to present the final month of Platforms 2020: Public Works. Every month, starting in June, artworks responding to our current condition have been presented on platforms throughout the city, from transit shelters and billboards to the VanLive screen and digital street signage. In this…
The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to present the November edition of Platforms 2020: Public Works. Throughout the month artworks by Sunroop Kaur, Ryley O’Byrne, Dejan Radovanovic, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, Manuel Axel Strain, and Gerri York will be presented on the city’s public art platforms, including transit shelters, billboards, the VanLive screen,…
For the October edition of Platforms 2020: Public Works, The City of Vancouver Public Art Program presents works by the artists Laurie M Landry, Wen Wen Lu, Rina Lyshaug, Lindsay McIntyre, Jayce Salloum and Chrystal Sparrow. The artworks presented were selected through an open call inviting Vancouver-based artists to share projects that they have been…
The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to announce its September edition of Platforms 2020: Public Works. The artworks presented this month as part of the Public Works come from an open call process that invited Vancouver-based artists to share works they have made that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current…
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…
A new public art program is now being launched on transit shelters, billboards and video screens throughout the city. Platforms 2020: Public Works is a monthly series of public art projects which will be presented from June until the year’s end. Public Works highlights the crucial role of art in our community by sharing the…
While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of arts programming internationally, artists continue to create work from their living rooms and bedrooms, and on the near empty streets of the city. The City of Vancouver Public Art Program invites Vancouver-based artists and artists from the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh) First…
