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Community Art ProjectsCommunity Kaleidoscope Installation at West Richmond Community CentreWe have recently completed our latest community public art project with a group of art students from Hugh Boyd High School and West Richmond Community Centre. In an effort to reach out to the public and share the art process; the Richmond Public Art Program and the West Richmond Community Centre sponsored our community art project Our process started with a study of public art genres from monumental sponsored public artworks, installations, to non-sanctioned art forms like graffiti, culture jamming and community based art. The students explored concepts of community identity and examine opportunities, locations, materials and ideas for our project. At the end of our process we had developed a complex art piece represented by an exterior wall mosaic with community images burned into the tiles, two stained glass panels and an interior installation including community lanterns and a Community Kaleidoscope. Special thanks to the students of Hugh Boyd who suffered through a very long and sometimes difficult process, but who stayed with it until the end. The grade 9 to 12 students should feel very proud of their accomplishment and I hope you all get a chance to enjoy their work at the entrance of the West Richmond Community Centre. Thank you as well to Scott Schroeder and his excellent staff at the Centre for making us feel so welcome and appreciated, Donna Vines our City Liaison for her commitment and support, Kari Hutila and the volunteer Board of Richmond's Public Art Program and a special thanks to Casey Brown and Al Schroeder for their invaluable technical support and sweat equity.
Conversation Benches at Homma Elementary SchoolStudents at Tomekichi Homma Elementary School put the final touches on a community Public Art Project (sponsored by City of ichmond Public Art Program and The Phoenix Art Workshop). The youth developed the "Earth Benches" with the guidance of artist Mark Glavina s a gathering place for education. The project started over a year ago with slide presentations on public art and discussions with tudents on design and process. The original idea of a conversation pit was developed by students and evolved into three conversation benches representing the Deep Blue Sea, Middle Earth, and Great Big Sky (dream bench). Clay, earth, sand and straw (COB) werecombined to build these ecologically friendly conversation benches as a way of involving the community at large. Over 100 olunteers contributed by mixing the cob by foot on tarps and hand building and sculpting the benches. The benches were then finishedwith a lime earthen plaster and Silica paint. Thank-you all who helped with time and materials, including donations by Art Knapps, City of Richmond Public Art Program, School Board staff, New Image Studios’ Nicki Roberts, many parents, students, staff and administration at Homma elementary and a special thanks to the Grade 7 design committee (Pascal Schram, Sara Jampole, Alex indsay, Ophelia Yu and Alex Kwan, Kathrine Pihl, Krista Schapp, teachers Ms Jones and Ms La Pierre and alumni Denise Gittins) Great Job!
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