"Heart of the Community" - Footprints Community Art Project - DTES, Vancouver, BC, Various Artists

"Heart of the Community" Corner of Hastings St. at Main St.

Footprints Community Art Project (2001)


There are 31 beautiful mosaics embedded on sidewalks throughout Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).


Artistic Director of the project: Marina Szijarto

Artists: Pat Beaton, Taki Bluesinger, Joe Bolton, Jane Cameron, Jacquie Dionne, France Guerin, Dan Hill, Katie Johnson, Des Media, Anthony Sobala, Candace Wagman, Bruce Walther, Gweny Wong, Debra Yelva

Info below is taken from the Vancouver Parks Board site:

www.vancouver.ca/parks/arts/nbhd/downtown.htm

The Carnegie Community Association through the Carnegie Street Program initiated "The Footprints Community Art Project" and "Old Vancouver Town-site Walking Tour". Funding was found through street beautification and community development work-based training programs from Western Economic Diversification Canada. Artists were hired to direct the conceptual development and production of mosaic and banner markers and a guide book that together capture historic events, natural history and cultural stories from the rich history of the Downtown Eastside. Artists worked with participants from the Carnegie Street Program in a storefront studio over a six week period to research, design and produce 31 mosaic markers and 100 banners that mark the Old Vancouver Townsite.