Squirrel for Mayor is a research-creation project that combines arts-based methodologies and community engagement to examine the increasing concerns for urban forest and tree health, and the role of public participation in successful urban forest governance. https://youtu.be/gUQ9AY20cqg?si=tl7tjRW0dxsiMsv9 Video credit: Ryan Wilkes The role of Squirrel for Mayor is inspired by Vancouver artist Vincent Trasov [...]
Presentation: Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 6:30 P.M. Council Chambers E. Request to Address Council E.7 Carollyne Yardley: Urban Forest and Natural Assets (LiDAR) update for Draft OCP "Victoria 2050" Video Link: https://pub-victoria.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=22a0de46-6b14-4887-83fe-114fa79ced8d&Agenda=Merged&lang=English&Item=29&Tab=attachments Documents: Presentation Notes - Urban Tree Canopy (.pdf_ Presentation Slides (.pdf) Slide 1 – The City of Victoria has collected urban tree canopy data over [...]
Thanks to Steps Public Art for including me in the article. Wu, Wenying. “Fieldnotes: Sustainable Practices in Public Art. Beyond a Greenwashed Canvas: Creative Placemaking and Public Art Strategies for Environmental Resilience.” STEPS Public Art, 9 Dec 2024. https://stepspublicart.org/fieldnotes-sustainable-art/ and Fieldnotes: Sustainable Practices in Public Art | STEPS Public Art.pdf Screenshot
Screenshot The VCAN Community Mapping Project was supported by the City of Victoria's My Great Neighbourhood Grant (Resilience), and was conducted on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, known today as the Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations. This initiative focused on the Kwetlal food system, also known by it’s colonial [...]
Photos by Carollyne Yardley. Garry oak galls created by gall wasp on oak seedlings. Oak galls are plant growths found on foliage and twigs of many species of oak, and are produced by small oak gall wasps. Shapes of galls vary from spherical to urn-shaped to star-shaped to fuzzy. They vary in [...]
Corvus, 48" diameter, oil on panel by Carollyne Yardley available at Fazakas Gallery @fazakasgallery #carollyne #carollyneyardley #seattleart #yvrarts #yvr #arttoronto #artcollector #squirrealism #birdmask #crow #crowmask #raven Sun Squirrel 2, oil on panel, 40″ x 24″, 2016 Shapeshifting: Rande Cook and Carollyne Yardley at Fazakas Gallery April 27 to May [...]
Media: Wu, Wenying. “Fieldnotes: Sustainable Practices in Public Art. Beyond a Greenwashed Canvas: Creative Placemaking and Public Art Strategies for Environmental Resilience.” STEPS Public Art, 9 Dec 2024. https://stepspublicart.org/fieldnotes-sustainable-art/ and Fieldnotes: Sustainable Practices in Public Art | STEPS Public Art.pdf Made in response to the RECLAIM Public Art Residency, I created a new series called Speculative [...]
Reclaim Public Art Residency A partnership between VAC and STEPS Public Art Lead Artist: Germaine Koh Participants: Alison Bigg, Laveen Gammie, Mike Glendale, David Martinello, Carollyne Yardley The VAC is hosting a month-long professional development workshop in August 2023. Reclaim focuses on the use of upcycling art and/or construction materials in the creation of new [...]
Multispecies Methods Research Symposium 2023. It was a pleasure to present my paper and research-creation at the International Multispecies Methods Research Symposium (2023, May 8-12), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. "The Multispecies Methods Research Symposium is a unique event that brings together scholars, artists, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, animal care providers, and animal communicators [...]
It has been a long time since I've last made a post. The last two years have been difficult, as I was in a primary and secondary caregiving role for two older relatives faced with complex and critical illnesses. I will elaborate on this more in future. But in the meantime, I've been experimenting with [...]
