On Jan 17, the students were introduced to the Vancouver Biennale Sculptures around Vancouver through a power point presentation. The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit organization that supports the installation of monumental sculptures by emerging global artists. The 2009-2011 Biennale pursues the theme of “in-transit-ion” with an emphasis on our society and how it is culturally diverse, fast-paced, has changing attitudes.
Students were hopefully inspired by photos of the sculptures and the Big Ideas associated with them. A question was given to them with each photo that was to generate dialogue about each of the sculptures and get them thinking about what they mean. In the next 6 weeks the idea connected to each sculpture will be the idea that will be used to create new art.
On Jan 19th, students were taken on a bus tour of 10 of the sculptures in the Kitsilano, Beach Ave, Coal Harbour areas. Prior to the tour, my husband and I drove the route and visited each the 10 sculptures I was going to show my students. It was a gorgeous day and I was very impressed with the art we saw. Parking was a huge issue(we went on a Sunday) and I hoped that it would be less difficult for the Bodwell Bus driver. I mapped out the route for him and circled possible parking places.
Thank you for sharing your prep work with us. There are a lot of construction going on along Beach Avenue and makes it a real challenge to navigate around. Glad that you picked a sunny day to enjoy the weekend outing.
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