South Vancouver's Eco-Arts Festival |
Photo: Kelvin Yip
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In partnership with Free The Fern Stewardship Society, the Invasive Art Initiative co-organized and curated South Vancouver's first Eco-Arts Festival. Held in June 2025, the free, public event welcomed over 300 community members to learn from and experience local, environmentally-based artists' practices.
Edward Fu-Chen Juan demoing plant based ink pigments. Photo: Alison Boulier
Christi York posing with recycled paper pulp. Photo: Alison Boulier
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Loriann Bird's painting station using wild and medicinal plants. Photo: Kelvin Yip
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Joe Boyd instructing on the weaving of invasive ivy baskets. Photo: Kelvin Yip
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Arts Accessibility in NatureHosted in the Douglas-Fir Teaching Garden, seven partner artists' works were featured throughout the duration of the event. Each highlighting ways to creatively collaborate with plants or utilize upcycled materials in art making processes. Working hands-on with the public, participants of all ages and abilities were welcomed to take their own paper, sculptures, paintings, and prints home, or otherwise add to the artists' legacy work from the festival.
Free The Fern's Elder in Residence, Marge Wylie (Tl'lazt'ten) was in attendance, handing out homemade bannock and jams. The festival featured an additional table set up as a free art supply swap, with materials donated by and for community members. |
Nickie Lewis preparing sticks. Photo: Alison Boulier
Segment of Lorna Moffat's legacy weaving project. Photo: Alison Boulier
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Erica Mulder holing an ivy wand. Photo: Alison Boulier
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Thank you to the Festival's Sponsors: |
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