| Experience Visual Arts in the Making
In celebration of its 15th anniversary in 2005, the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) launched a public art project aimed at beautifying downtown streetscapes. The project involved a collaborative process between DVBIA members and a team of artists to create 12 original tile mosaics, each measuring nine square feet and permanently installed in city sidewalks throughout the DVBIA's 90-block area.
Phase two of the Mosaic Art Tiles Project creates six more tiles to add to the collection.
The piece-by-piece creation of the mosaics takes place during the seven weeks of Cultural Olympiad 2008. Artisans are working in Sinclair Centre Monday to Saturday from 10am to 3pm.
Vancouverites and visitors can watch the designs come to life, ask questions and interact with the artists. Members of the public are also invited to help design two of the mosaics. The tiles will be installed in downtown sidewalks by Summer 2008.
Link to:
DVBIA 'Streets Ahead' Mosaic Art Tile website
http://www.downtownvancouver.net/play/mosaic_overview.html
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad website
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/CultureEducation/CulturalOlympiad |
