Notices to act in 2009

Coyote Comforts – In 2009, Maggie Winston & Lois Klassen are resolved to transforming a huge stack of these coyote squares into functional blankets to warm displaced Vancouverites. You are invited to join Maggie Winston & me for two upcoming Coyote Comforts Sew-In’s at Britannia Library:

Sunday, January 18, 1-4pm
Sunday, February 15, 1-4pm

Everyone is welcome to assist with sewing together the squares or knotting the blankets. No special skills required and you do not have to bring any supplies (you can bring your own scissors and sharp darning needles, if you wish).

Covering Up – By February 2010, Pierre-Andre Sonolet & Lois Klassen are resolved to covering up the City of Vancouver (as if there isn’t enough covered up already). You are invited to join us! Download Coveringup

Women’s Memorial Quilt Project – Part 2 – The (new) Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts is hosting sewing circles to work on a new phase of the Women’s memorial quilt on Monday & Tuesday afternoons at the Interurban gallery. Download DeCA_Quilt_Poster

Tree Cozies – Erin Gibbs, a 2nd year Textile Arts Student from Capilano U., sent me this call for another (textile) intervention on the streetscape of Vancouver. If you make a tree cozy for the stumps on Granville, maybe you could also send a photo of it to Covering Up.

Granville Street is currently undergoing a redesign. If you've wandered
through the area recently you'll notice that the trees that lined
Granville Street between Drake and Cordova Streets are now shoulder-high
stumps. The planting of new trees is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2009.
In the meantime, it's January, and those stumps look pretty miserable.
What say we decorate them?

I will document (photos, video) the installation of the cozies so please
let me know when you will be installing your piece. Alternatively, I'm
happy to pick up your work and install it for you.

The timeline on this is TIGHT!
Deadline to install: NOW until January 31

Please let me know if you are interested in participating.   erin[at]thisisplanb.net

This is a vehicle - which of the above projects are vehicles? To find out, and to contribute your own observations, look up http://www.thisisavehicle.com/ and/or attend Kristina Lee Podesva's launch of Vehicle, a public art project at Langara College on Tuesday, January 13 @ 7pm. http://langarapublicart.ca/vehicle/