Public Art Field Trip

I joined Mulgrave's grade 9 MYP art class on their field trip to check out some of the public art that is within our communities and to collect materials for student's own mixed-media/recycles sculptures. We began at the Mulgrave totem pole, then headed out to East Van to look at Marcus Bowcott's take on a different kind of totem (below.) Then we walked up Main street to see a few more examples of art installations (one we could walk under and one we had to look way, way up to find) before stopping for lunch. Our final stop was at Urban Source on Main St. where we spend lots of time exploring all the treasures that are to be found in this recycled materials alternative art store.
​After returning to school, students spent the remaining minutes in class excitedly planning for their own sculptures.