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Culture Days will return September 20 – October 13, 2024.
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Pond at Minoru Park - installation site of new public artworks by RAG Youth Art Intensive program -
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Herbalist Lori Snyder with RAG Summer Youth Art Intensive program -
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Instructor Emily Neufeld & the RAG Summer Youth Art Intensive students -
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Instructor Emily Neufeld & the students of RAG Summer Youth Art Intensive 2020
Public Art Unveiling by the RAG Youth Art Intensive program
In-person
Nature & outdoors Photography Sculpture & installation Visual arts Youth & teensDate and time
Location
Minoru Park
7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond
Richmond, BC
Directions: Location: North of Granville Avenue between Minoru Blvd and Gilbert Road. Parking is available beside the Richmond Lawn Bowling Club (7321 Westminster Highway), and the ponds are a short walk from this parking lot. The artworks will be installed at various places in the ponds.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Visit the ponds in Minoru Park for the unveiling of a new public art installation created by 9 Richmond youth as part of the Richmond Art Gallery's Summer Youth Art Intensive program.
Students worked with lead artist instructor Emily Neufeld, guest artists Holly Schmidt and Laara Cerman, and herbalist Lori Snyder over the course of 3 weeks this summer to work on various art projects that explored their local natural environment. The culmination of their art experiences was for each student to create a panoramic image of a Richmond landscape that was made into a stand-alone lantern. All 9 lanterns are to be installed in the ponds at Minoru Park, and will be on display until October 25, 2020, as part of Culture Days celebrations.
The unveiling will be an opportunity for the public to meet the young artists as they view this new public art installation. Visitors are also welcome to visit the nearby Richmond Art Gallery before or after viewing the installation, for the exhibition of teaching artist Emily Neufeld and see how her work inspired the students' public art pieces.
Participating artists:
Byron Huang, Ethan Liu, Samantha Lu, Rachel Marliss, Nicole Villalon, Gabby Yan, Emily Yuan, Shirley Zhang, Julienne Zhao.
Note - social distancing protocols will be in place.
This event will take place rain or shine.
Project sponsored by the BC Arts Council Youth Engagement Program and City of Richmond Public Art Program.
Links
- More info richmondartgallery.org
Organizer
Richmond Art Gallery
The only public Gallery in Richmond, the Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) is a municipal Gallery supported by the non-profit Richmond Art Gallery Association (RAGA), a charitable organization. In operation since 1980, the Gallery presents curated exhibitions by British Columbia, national and international artists, maintains a permanent collection, and presents innovative and diverse programming for children, youth, and adults. Richmond Art Gallery is dedicated to promoting dialogue among diverse communities on challenging ideas and issues of today as expressed through local, national and international contemporary art. Through its exhibitions, publications, educational programming, collections and significant partnerships, the Richmond Art Gallery provides opportunities for the enhancement of life in Richmond while serving the contemporary arts community in Canada.