Tag Archives: Walking Home Yaletown Public Art

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art Summer 2010

This poster summarizes our partner organizations and the presenters who helped us explore during the Summer 2010 Yaletown Public Art series.

Thank you!

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art 2010 I first want to say thank you very much to Catherine Pulkinghorn for introducing us to such a great experience during the summer.  Walking Home Yaletown Public Art is one of those experiences that you want all your friends to have.  It was so inspiring, fun and provided so […]

August 19th, 2010 What if there was some colour?

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art final project by Neudis Abreu

July 31st, 2010 Storyboard Journal by WHYPA Participant Jennifer Sarkar

Walking Home Final Project Description by Jennifer Sarkar When the Walking Home Yaletown Public Art program (WHYPA) participants were asked at the very beginning of the WHYPA program to think about our own final project I went blank. I was thinking about it but honestly not too much. I had overheard other peoples’ ideas: picture […]

July 31st, 2010 “My name… is Laurie, Ellen, Dawson…?” – The Personal Privacy of Public Art.

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art Final Project Description by Hiiro Prince Having the honour to work with Laurie Dawson in the Walking Home Yaletown Public art program (WHYPA) gave me priceless insight into the medium of radio/audio arts. It helped me understand the industry and reflect on the many waysof archiving and capturing information from […]

July 29th, 2010 Veda Hille Live at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 29 2010 – Wrap-up Session at the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre by Samantha Knopp   Our final session took place today out by the back entrance to the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre. We met on the lawn for the last time to share our experiences, reflections, and individual projects […]

July 27th, 2010 Meeting Artist & Curator Barbara Cole at the CBC Plaza

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 27 2010 – Downtown Art Walk with Barbara Cole by Samantha Knopp Tuesday July 27th marked our last official day together walking through Vancouver. Unfortunately, I had to miss this final segment as a pre-planned camping trip with the family whisked me off to Whistler. Luckily, I had some […]

July 22nd, 2010 Historian John Atkin tells it like it is with a revealing walk through Yaletown

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 222010  – Historical Yaletown Walk with John Atkin by Samantha Knopp Today’s Walking Home tour focused on the history of Yaletown.  John Atkin, a well-known local historian and author[1] was our guide, so the group was very excited. John explained that his interest in Vancouver’s past was initially spurred […]

July 15th, 2010 Getting up close with the Vancouver Biennale

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 152010  – West End and English Bay Biennale Tour with Gillian Wood and Dan Fairchild By Samantha Knopp Today’s session of Walking Home Projects was quite exciting because we started in a new neighbourhood for the program, the West End and English Bay!  It was also a special day […]

July 13th, 2010 Engine 374 & Red Horizontal – more goodies in Yaletown

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 13 2010  – Historical Roundhouse Tour and Red Horizontal by Samantha Knopp As we walked through the fifth session of the Walking Home Yaletown Public Art Project, it was exciting to see how many of the participants’ gears are beginning to shift from passive to reactive learners, spurred on […]

July 8th, 2010 Now this is a walk – Bryan Newson and Yaletown public art

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 82010  – North False Creek with Bryan Newson By Samantha Knopp Today marked another amazing session of Walking Home Projects Yaletown Public Art! Bryan Newson, the city of Vancouver’s Public Art Program Manager, was present to give us a guided interpretive tour of North False Creek’s public art. Newson […]

July 6th, 2010 Off to the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery!

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 62010  – The Jennifer Kostuik Gallery and Public Art in Yaletown By Samantha Knopp Today’s session began in the “Jennifer Kostuik Gallery” in Yaletown. This is a commercial gallery which is very different from the public galleries that most of us are accustomed to. Rather than catering to the […]

July 1st, 2010 Canada Day in Vanier Park

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  July 1,2010  – Granville Island, Vanier Park and the Museum of Vancouver by Samantha Knopp Canada Day marked our second official gathering which began under the Granville Bridge by Granville Island. Amidst the throngs of tourists and patriotic locals who all came to enjoy the Island’s Canada Day festivities, we […]

June 29th, 2010 Welcome to Yaletown!

Walking Home Yaletown Public Art  June 292010  – Our First Session – by Samantha Knopp     WHYPA June 29th, 2010 / Day 1, Where All of us Became Family; Photo by Hiiro Prince The first session of Walking Home Yaletown Public Art started at Yaletown’s Immigration Services Society, where participants were eager to hear […]

Call out to Youth!

sponsored by Immigrant Services Society of BC Walking Home Yaletown Public Art (WHYPA) is a collaborative community art education project for youth aged 15-25 where you HAVE FUN, LEARN and SHARE with others as we walk through the city interpreting Public Art. We are looking for committed and motivated young people who like to think […]