Photo by James MacDonald. Squirrel for Mayor in costume beside a campaign sign during the BC municipal elections in the City of Victoria. October 2026 An ongoing art project exploring urban forest health and public participation in local decision-making. Squirrel for Mayor began as a blog in 2024 and combines arts-based methods, policy [...]
A gathering of squirrel curiosities from the Squirrel Database, where everyday objects carry stories of giving, noticing, and connection A Project Update The Squirrel Database now has 350 catalogued entries, following a recent phase of photography, cataloguing, and studio organization. I’d like to thank Felix Pauliszyn, who joined the project as a Database [...]
Instant Karma 35th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser Sonja Ahlers | Ellinor Brandenburg | Anthony Carr | Peter Christenson | Gloria Chung | David Crompton | Meganelizabeth Diamond | Shauna Doherty | Laura Dutton | Cormack Eacrett | Clint Enns | Lynda Gammon | Eric Gaucher | Emily Geen | Elisa Gonzalez | Internet Vernacular | [...]
MoCL Presents: Good Grief, A Group Exhibition Thu. May 28th @ The Ministry of Casual Living By Donation (All Ages) 5:00PM - 8:00PM doors at 5:00PM Other Dates / Times Apr. 30, 2026 5:00PM doors at 5:00PM May. 2, 2026 1:00 PM doors at 1:00 PM May. 7, 2026 5:00PM doors at 5:00PM May. 10, 2026 [...]
My presentation Squirrealism and Urban Ecologies: Listening through Psychometry ARTISTic Symposium · University of Sunderland · Online · 18 February 2026 How do we sense the environment? How does the environment sense us? In this presentation, I shared how intuition and touch inform my research-creation practice, Squirrealism. Beginning with my relationships with neighbourhood grey squirrels, [...]
Coastal Vesper Sparrow, oil on panel, 12" diameter, 2025. Coastal Vesper Sparrow The Coastal Vesper Sparrow is a rare subspecies of the Vesper Sparrow, listed as endangered in Canada since 2006. Its remaining habitat is limited to coastal grasslands in southwestern British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest—areas shrinking under development, invasive plants, [...]
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 [...]
