Public Art
What's New
Posted March 14, 2012
Richmond Public Art Program
2011 Annual Report
The Richmond Public Art Program 2011 Annual Report is now available! Click here to download a pdf copy.
Public Art Program 2011 Annual Report
Posted February 28, 2012
New Private Development Public Art - 9651 Alberta Road
Ribbon, by Khalil Jamal and Toby Colquhoun, is now installed at the Georgian-inspired Parkside townhome development by Centro at 9651 Alberta Road. Ribbon draws on the crisp, serpentine forms in which grass, trees, rivers and hedge mazes of the Georgian era were manipulated. This point of departure manifests itself as stylized ribbons adorning the public pedestrian entry at the Parkside development.
Photos by Toby Colquhoun. Sponsored by Centro Development Ltd.
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| Working River |
Posted January 17, 2012
Public Art included in Public
Works Award
The No. 4 Road Drainage Pump Station won the Public Works Association of BC (PWABC) 2011 Project of the Year award. This pump station features a public artwork installed on its control building. “Working River” by artist Sylvia Grace Borda was installed in May, 2011 and features archival photos of working life on the Fraser river. The site at the north end of No. 4 Road provides a beautiful venue for the artwork. Stop by to admire the art, the station and the scenery.
Posted January 17, 2012
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Roots of our Future
Sponsored by City of Richmond |
Richmond Art Gallery Teen Podcasts
The RAG Teen Podcast team has completed their next edition in a series on public art. Blake Williams and his new work “Roots of our Future” for the Steveston Fire Hall are featured. Please let the Richmond Art Gallery know that you support this program that engages with public art, discussion and technology.
Get the podcast through iTunes; search for “Richmond Art Gallery” or download it directly at:
www.richmondartgallery.org/downloads.php
Posted January 6, 2012
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Gems of Night
Sponsored by Appia Group of
Companies |
New Art on No. 3 Road
The fourth exhibit on the No. 3 Road Art Columns has begun. Based on the theme of “Live/Work/Play” in Richmond are new visual artworks by local artists, Terry Wong Gems of Night, Michael Tickner A Growing Landscape, Karen Kazmer and Todd Davis 4Cs: Postcards from Richmond.
The No. 3 Rd. Art Columns are a part of a unique collaboration of 10 municipalities in Metro Vancouver called the Necklace Project. The works illuminate the unique culture and life of each host municipality.
Posted November 10, 2011
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Water Sky Garden
Sponsored by City of Richmond |
Janet on TED Talks
Janet Echelman, artist of “Water Sky Garden” located at the Richmond Olympic Oval, recently appeared on Ted Talks. TED: Ideas Worth Spreading is a website filled with fascinating lectures and conversations on a variety of subjects.
The ten-minute video features Janet Echelman’s work around the globe. See how her artistic career started with real fish nets in India to the massive projects made of high-tech materials in Madrid, Porto, Sydney, Phoenix and, of course, Richmond.
View Janet Echelman on TED .
View Water Sky Garden in the Public Art Collection.
