ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Ireland Canada Monument (ongoing project) Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. Object Type/Medium Pathway; wall; urban street furniture/Stone Subject Contribution of Irish Canadians to Canada Venue George Wainborn Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Ireland Canada Monument Society to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Vietnamese Boat People Monument (ongoing project) Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) ViVi Vo Hung Kiet Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject 60,000 Vietnamese “boat people” who arrived in Canada after the end of the Vietnam War (1975) Venue McAuley Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Little Saigon Vancouver Foundation to the [...]
Photos by Louise Solecki Weir ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year John Paul II/2015 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Louise Solecki Weir Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject John Paul II (1920-2005), Polish pope Venue Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver Ethno-cultural [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Shore to Shore/2015 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Luke Marston Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject Adventurer Joe Silvey (1828-1902), one of the first Portuguese immigrants to B.C, and his first and second Coast Salish wives, Khaltinaht and Kwatleemaat Venue Stanley Park Funding Source/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Portuguese [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Armenian Genocide Monument/2014 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Matilda Aslizadeh Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Stainless steel Subject 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide (1915) Venue Mountain View Cemetery Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/ Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada – Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community Armenian [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument Sopa SUR/2013 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Roberto Palomino and Oparin Ortiz Object Type/Medium Engraved granite stone Subject Latin American community’s contribution to Vancouver Venue Seaforth Peace Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/ Proyecto Cultural Sur Vancouver to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community Latin [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Komagata Maru Monument/2012 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Erick Lees + Associates Object Type/Medium Panels/Steel; glass Subject Steamship Komagata Maru, aboard of which 376 passengers from India were escorted out of Vancouver’s Coal Harbour in 1914 Venue Harbour Green Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Khalsa Diwan Society & [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Kinuko Laskey/2009 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Keith Shields Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Kinuko Laskey (1929-2004), Hiroshima survivor Venue Seaforth Peace Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Keith Shields & Vancouver and District Labour Council to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community Japanese community Additional Electronic [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Air India Memorial/2007 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Erick Lees and Associates Object Type/Medium Wall/Stone Subject Victims of Air India Flight 182 (1985) Venue Stanley Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Public commission/Government of Canada & Vancouver Parks Board Ethno-cultural Community Indian Community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 LINK [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Chinatown Memorial Monument/2003 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Shu Ren (Arthur) Cheng Object Type/Medium Statue; sculpture/Bronze; concrete Subject Chineses who built the Canadian Pacific Railway (1881-1885) and fought in WWII (1939-45) Venue Chinatown Memorial Square Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Public-private commission/The Chinatown Memorial Square [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Rabindranath Tagore/2002 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Gautam Pal Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Bengali writer Venue Centre for India and South Asia Research, University of British Columbia (UBC) Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Consulate General of India and the Indian Council for [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Sopron Gate/2001 [1992] Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) László Józsa and Arpád Gál Object Type/Medium Pole and gate/Yellow cypress wood Subject UBC Forestry students and faculty members that fled Hungary after the 1956 Revolution Venue Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (UBC) [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year The Immigrants/2000 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Sergio Comacchio Object Type/Medium Statue group; bas-reliefs/Bronze Subject Italian immigrant family arriving in Vancouver Venue Il Giardino Italiano, Hastings Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Vancouver Italian Community to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community Italian community Additional [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. Sun Yat-Sen/1993 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Tsang Juk Wan Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925), physician, politician and founding father of the Republic of China Venue Dr. Sun Yet-Sen Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/China Overseas Exchange Association & The Chinese [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section II ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Goddess of Democracy/1991 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Joseph Caveno and Hung Chung Object Type/Medium Statue/Resin; marble dust composite Subject Tiananmen square uprising (1989) Venue Student Union Building Plaza, University of British Columbia campus Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Rune Stone or Scandinavian Stone/1986 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Michael Binkle Object Type/Medium Stone/Swedish granite Subject Scandinavians who built the City of Vancouver / 100th anniversary of the City of Vancouver Venue Vanier Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Vancouver Scandinavian Festival Society to [...]
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ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year The Dreamer, Christopher Columbus/1986 [1870] Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Giulio Monteverdi Object Type/Medium Statue (replica)/Bronze; granite Subject Honourable Mr. Justice Angelo E. Branca (1903-1984), Q.C., LLD Venue Hastings Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/The City of Genoa to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Italian Army Memorial/1986 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Severino Trinca Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze; granite Subject Italian alpine corps soldiers Venue Italian Cultural Centre Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/National Alpini Association Ethno-cultural Community Italian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 LINK 2 [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year: Shakespeare Monument/1935 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s): John Francis Watson Object Type/Medium: High relief/Brick; limestone Subject: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), England's national poet Venue: Shakespeare Garden, Stanley Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor: Gift/Vancouver Shakespeare Society to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community: British community Additional [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Robert Burns/1928 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) George A. Lawson Object Type/Medium Statue (replica)/Bronze; granite Subject Robert Burns, Scottish poet (1759-1796) Venue Stanley Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Vancouver Burns Fellowship to the City of Vancouver Ethno-cultural Community Scottish Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 [...]
