Art Events in Victoria, BC
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
