Richmond Public Art Bike and Parks Tour: Nature Calls

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Join us for a free bike tour along Richmond’s scenic dyke presented as part of Culture Days. This fun, family-friendly tour explores playful public art on waterfront washrooms and the wild beauty of the foreshore. Led by Biliana Velkova, Public Art Planner, and Egan Davis, Parks Operations Manager for the City of Richmond. Pack a lunch for a picnic at Gary Point Park.

Biliana Velkova is the Public Art Planner for the City of Richmond, where she helps shape the city’s vibrant cultural landscape. Prior to this role, she served as the Arts Coordinator for the City of New Westminster and as Executive Director of PAVED Arts in Saskatoon. She holds an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan and a BFA from Concordia University.

Egan Davis is the Parks Operations Manager for the City of Richmond, where he oversees the care and maintenance of the city’s green spaces. Egan has also shared his expertise as a horticulture instructor, teaching in programs at UBC Botanical Garden, UBC Urban Forestry, and VanDusen Botanical Garden’s Adult Education.

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Richmond Public Art Program

Richmond’s Public Art Program sparks community participation in the building of our public spaces, offers access to ideas generated by contemporary art, encourages citizens to take pride in public cultural expression, and creates a forum to address a range of relevant themes and issues. Moreover, art energizes our public spaces, arouses our thinking and transforms the places where we live, work, and play into more welcoming and beautiful environments that invite interaction. Since the Program’s inception in 1997, the City has collected close to 350 works of public art with almost 200 works currently on display around Richmond.