Come one, come all Okanagan Valley artists to be a part of 颁补苍补诲补鈥檚 150th birthday.
The Lake Country Public Art Commission is looking for artists to design an interactive sculpture, themed after Canada.
The sculpture will be part of a Canada-themed symposium which commission chairperson Sharon McCoubrey said will include talks, events and hopefully aboriginal elements.
The idea came a year ago, 鈥淲别 then and still do kind of want to have first nations involvement or part to it. We hope to have a number of related activities we hope to have during the summer as 飞别濒濒,鈥� she said, adding the commission has been working with the Okanagan Indian Band.
鈥淲别鈥檙e hoping those related activities will allow us to celebrate our First 狈补迟颈辞苍蝉.鈥�
As a sculpture symposium, there will be related activities and possibly other artists working on site.
鈥�They benefit because 迟丑别测鈥檙别 there working with other 补谤迟颈蝉迟蝉,鈥� said McCoubrey.
She said depending on the sculpture, the plan is for the artist to build part or all of the piece outside in one of the surrounding parks to be interactive in the community.
鈥沦辞 that the general public can watch what is happening. Now that means people can come regularly to visit the 蝉颈迟别,鈥� she said.
McCoubrey said examples of interactive sculptures.
In Times Square in New York, a Canadian created a series of red and black cylinders, when looked at it from a certain point, one could see a heart that people could walk through.
In Osgoode Hall in Toronto at the law court, there are figures shaped like a jury, except one of the jurors is missing. Viewers can stand in the missing spot and think of their role in there, she said.
鈥淭丑别谤别 are many many different ways in which the sculpture can be 颈苍迟别谤补肠迟颈惫别,鈥� she said, adding lights can be one element.
The deadline is Apr. 15 for artists to submit a proposal. A proposal will be selected Apr. 30 with the official opening of the symposium on July 1.
The artist selected will receive a $50,000 commission for the piece.
Proposals can be emailed to sharon.mccoubrey@ubc.ca and for more information visit www.okanaganway.ca/2017/02/public-art-call-canada150/.
