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More Information about Art Underfoot:
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Foundry Art - Max
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| Councillor Jim Green speaks at the
unveiling of the two winners of the Art Underfoot design competition
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The Winners! Sanitary Sewer Design (left) Storm Sewer Design (right) |
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Winner Biographies
Storm Sewer Design - Kelly Cannell and Susan Point
The mother/daughter team of Susan A. Point and Kelly Cannell designed the winning look for new storm sewer covers. Both are Vancouver-based Coast Salish artists who work in a variety of media. Point is a recognized master carver, and has completed numerous major commissions including work for the Vancouver International Airport, the UBC Museum of Anthropology and the Smithsonian. Cannell has incorporated painting and wood carving with traditional Coast Salish elements in her work. She was commissioned by Canadian Airlines to create the logo for their team’s shirts in an international world airline road race; has collaborated with her mother on screen prints; and has worked on a number of her own private commissions.
Sanitary Sewer Design - Jen Weih
Jen Weih is a multi-media artist who works with installation, sculpture, video, and sound. Jen graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1999 and subsequently worked as the Exhibitions and Programming Coordinator at the Video In. She established Signal and Noise, Video In's annual festival of Video and Sound and initiated the Mercury Theatre, a series of open air video and audio events, first presented for Swarm 2003. Her own work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Media Releases
Competition Terms of Reference (PDF
, 960KB)
Art Underfoot contest calls for design submissions for
manhole covers (March 31, 2004)Winning designs for manhole covers to be unveiled (July 12, 2004)
Exhibition Invitation (PDF
Local artists win design contest for city manhole covers (July 21, 2004)
Art Underfoot - Newspaper Articles
- Finally, art you can drive over
November 17, 2003 (PDF
- Manhole Art is long overdue in Vancouver
December 30, 2003 (PDF
- Manhole art project puts city in world class company
April 4, 2004 (PDF
- Prize competition offers chance to design perfect manhole cover
April 7, 2004 (PDF
- Manhole blast sends an artist’s work down the drain
July 19, 2004 (PDF
- Art goes down the drain
July 21, 2004 (PDF
- Vancouver is once again upping its cultural quotient -- this time by beautifying the city’s 25,000 cast iron manhole covers
July 21, 2004 (PDF
- VIEWFINDER - Art Underfoot
July 22, 2004 (PDF
- Vancouver to be awash with tadpoles and bacteria
July 22, 2004 (PDF
- Manhole art - don’t touch my manhole
July 23, 2004 (PDF
- Covers
April 2, 2006 (PDFIn addition to the above print media coverage, there was also a great deal of coverage from radio and television stations.
Art Underfoot - Selection Panel
Sonny Assu
ArtistDaina Augaitus
Chief Curator,
The Vancouver Art GalleryDouglas Coupland
W riter, Artist and DesignerJim Fulton
Executive Director,
The David Suzuki Foundation
Art Underfoot - Special Thanks
Mayor and Council and City staff extend a heartfelt thanks to the 643 artists who participated in this project.
Special thanks to reception guest speaker Max Wyman; the Art Underfoot selection panel, Sonny Assu, artist; Daina Augaitus, Chief Curator of the Vancouver Art Gallery; Douglas Coupland, writer, artist and designer; Jim Fulton, Executive Director of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Our appreciation also goes to our exhibition partner, The Roundhouse Community Centre and their staff.
Additional thanks go to those who contributed to the top-30 draw prize package: H.R. MacMillian Space Centre, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver Playhouse, Storyeum, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Tickets Tonight.
Questions or Comments? E-mail: oca@vancouver.ca
© 2009 City of Vancouver
Last modified:
March 23, 2009
