Stanley Park Environmental Art Project

The Stanley Park Environmental Art Project was born out of a desire to respond creatively to the windstorm that devastated the park on December 15, 2006.  The storm had a tremendous impact on the park, but out of the devastation, opportunities to renew, restore and improve the park presented themselves. One of these opportunities is the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project.  The goal of this art project is to honour the park and its special place in the hearts of the citizens of Vancouver by giving six talented artists the opportunity to create art works that will engage us through discussion and hands-on workshops; inform and interpret our natural surroundings; and help us to re-envision our relationship with nature so that we may find new ways to co-exist within the environment upon which we all depend.  This project is a partnership between the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, the Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver.

Through a juried process, four artists/artist teams were selected to create works employing environmental art practices that would either leave the landscape unharmed, or produce an ecological benefit, by using only natural materials and with sensitivity towards the habitat of the plants and animals of the park.  The role of the Stanley Park Ecology Society has been to act in partnership with the artists and the other organizing bodies, as the environmental and scientific advisor on the project.  We provide support, information and advice to the artists as they acquaint (or reacquaint) themselves with Stanley Park, and we and guide the selection of sites according to the artworks' potential ecological impact.  SPES also highlights the project through its public programming, leading guided walks that explore the artworks, and featuring a display of the artworks in our Lost Lagoon Nature House.

For more about the project, including more photographs of the artwork, please visit the Vancouver Park Board Web site.

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