langarapublicart.ca is a project of Kristina Lee Podesva as part of the inaugural Artist in Residence Program of the Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces.
The Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces was formed in 2008 as an innovative approach to the public art requirement of the City of Vancouver. The Centre has a mission to engage communities in the research, production and presentation of art in the public realm. The Centre encourages dialogue, and fosters opportunities to collaborate on, experience and learn about art in public spaces.
The 2008 – 2009 Program includes a public Speakers Series and Curriculum Development initiatives in addition to the Artist in Residence Program.
For more information, please contact Lorna Brown, Program Facilitator
Kristina Lee Podesva, is a Vancouver-based artist, curator and writer. Kristina’s projects include colourschool, a free school that investigates forms of education, Cornershop Projects, a storefront space that examines the relationship between art and economic transactions, and showroom, a platform for thinking about art in public spaces in the form of a condominium showroom/construction site.
The Artist in Residence program will involve the research and production of Vehicle, an artwork sited on the Langara College campus in early 2009, collaborative artworks with Langara students and faculty, participation in the Centre’s curriculum development.
Visit http://www.thisisavehicle.com, a collaborative, online work by the artist.