“Heart of the Community” Corner of Hastings St. at Main St.
Footprints Community Art Project (2001)
There are 31 beautiful mosaics embedded on sidewalks throughout Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES).
Artistic Director of the project: Marina Szijarto
Artists: Pat Beaton, Taki Bluesinger, Joe Bolton, Jane Cameron, Jacquie Dionne, France Guerin, Dan Hill, Katie Johnson, Des Media, Anthony Sobala, Candace Wagman, Bruce Walther, Gweny Wong, Debra Yelva
Info below is taken from the Vancouver Parks Board site:
www.vancouver.ca/parks/arts/nbhd/downtown.htm
The Carnegie Community Association through the Carnegie Street Program initiated “The Footprints Community Art Project” and “Old Vancouver Town-site Walking Tour”. Funding was found through street beautification and community development work-based training programs from Western Economic Diversification Canada. Artists were hired to direct the conceptual development and production of mosaic and banner markers and a guide book that together capture historic events, natural history and cultural stories from the rich history of the Downtown Eastside. Artists worked with participants from the Carnegie Street Program in a storefront studio over a six week period to research, design and produce 31 mosaic markers and 100 banners that mark the Old Vancouver Townsite.
The Raven is an important part of the oral history of many First Peoples of the West Coast.
Luck- Luck ee (Grove of Beautiful Trees) on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
“Luck Luck ee”
Alexander St. at Gore St.
There was once a grove of maple trees east of what is now called Gastown. People of the Squamish Nation called this area “Luck Luck EE”, which translates to “Grove of Beautiful Trees”. This mosaic represents this historic grove and its importance to some of the area’s First People.
About the Squamish Nation: www.squamish.net/
About this Mosaic Project:
There are a series of mosaics in DTES Vancouver which document important historic, social and cultural threads of the area. The project was called the “Footprints Community Art Project” (2001)
There are a series of mosaics in DTES Vancouver which document important historic, social and cultural threads of the area. The project was called the “Footprints Community Art Project” (2001)
This sidewalk mosaic refers to the travesty of Vancouver’s Sept. 1907 Anti-Asian Riots.
More info:
www.canadiana.org/citm/specifique/asian_e.html#riot
collections.ic.gc.ca/generations/racism/riots.html
Mosaic, originally uploaded by paradigm4.
Bird’s Eye View on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Seymour and Cordova, SE corner
Sounds Around Town on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Robson and Burrard, NE corner
Street mosaic on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Enterprising Beginnings on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Seymour and Georgia, SW corner (across the street from The Bay).
1 of 12 in the Vancouver Mosaic Art Tile Project
Street mosaic on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Chinatown street mosaic, Vancouver BC Canada
Street mosaic on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Chinatown street mosaic, Vancouver BC Canada
Street mosaic closer on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Chinatown street mosaic, Vancouver BC Canada
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