For Immediate Release June 4, 2018 Get ready to check out a new kind of art at Burnaby s Chalk Art Experience June 16, 11am- 5pm Burnaby, B.C. The 2 nd annual Burnaby Chalk Art Experience will transform the pavement outside of Bonsor Recreation Complex into a colourful art gallery on June 16. This free event features the chalk art of everyone from youth to local and international street painters who create masterful works of art before your eyes. This family-friendly event is the first of its kind in the Lower Mainland and includes live music, face painting and art activities, such as exploring clay and building bugs. This year s featured entertainers are Bobs & Lolo, the award winning duo that is dedicated to connecting children to nature with music and movement. We are so pleased that Burnaby is home to this unique family event, says Mayor Derek Corrigan. It s inspiring to see all of these talented artists bring our sidewalks to life with their diverse and very engaging artwork. Thirteen local and international artists will attend this year s Burnaby Chalk Art Experience, including Everado Galvez, Scott Gillies, Taka Sudo, Sharyn Chan and Emily Gray. For more information, visit www.burnaby.ca/chalkart. Please see attached Program Schedule and Artist Profiles for more information. -30- For more information contact: Lisa Dolinski, Marketing & Sponsorship Coordinator City of Burnaby, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services lisa.dolinski@burnaby.ca 604-297-4481 Shelley Twist, Community Arts Development Coordinator City of Burnaby, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Shelley.Twist@burnaby.ca 604-297-4532
Artist Profiles: BURNABY CHALK ART EXPERIENCE 2018 Emily Gray Vancouver, BC Vancouver-based artist Emily Gray creates art that engulfs mundane spaces and transforms our everyday experiences. Growing up on her family s oyster farm on the beautiful Sunshine Coast has inspired Emily from a young age; and she continues to be inspired by the West Coast. Emily has always been artistically creative, and murals have been her main passion since 2004. She currently creates dynamic compositions that allow viewers to flow through the paintings and experience art on a larger scale. Joel Yau San Rafael, California Joel discovered street painting in 1996, and has since participated in and been featured at many street painting events across Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States. His skilled hands, outgoing personality and love of art have made Joel a very successful street painter that has earned him many accolades and awards. Everado Galvez Placentia, California While classically trained in painting, drawing, sculpture and traditional animation, Ever is most prominently known for his award-winning Chalk Street Painting talent. His artistic journey began with the vibrant colours of Mexico, and eventually the multicultural influence of Southern California. Through his art, he shares an interpretation of colour that goes beyond what the naked eye can see in all that surrounds him. In doing so, he creates a form of realism that he believes brings a subject's true colors and emotions to the surface for all to experience.
Scott Gillies Victoria, BC Moving to Burnaby to study animation art and design was a life-changing experience that set Scott on his current path. Now based in Victoria, Scott is fascinated by optical illusions and threedimensional anamorphic chalk drawings. Around 10 years ago, he began to play around with creating distorted drawings that, when viewed from a precise focal point, create the illusion of a 3-D object. Continually inspired by nature, Scott infuses this influence into his sculptures, paintings, animation, filmmaking and 3-D chalk art. Lori Escalera Vista, California Lori has enjoyed participating in many street painting festivals along the California Coast, Canada, China and Mexico. As a professional and award-winning Madonnari (street painter), Lori has been featured at many events throughout the United States. Lori was an inaugural Featured Artist at the 2007 International Sarasota Chalk Festival. In 2014 and 2015, she was part of an international team of artists on two Guinness World Record Projects for the Largest Anamorphic Street Painting, as designed by Kurt Wenner in Venice, Florida. Oksana Gaidasheva Vancouver, BC Originally from Belarus, artist Oksana has had a passion for painting on walls from a young age and is currently a full-time artist residing in Vancouver. She has painted murals throughout the Lower Mainland and around the world, and creatively uses tone of colour to depict various subject matters.
Sharyn Chan Goleta, California Sharyn is a unique blend of scientist, artist, hiphop dancer and motorcycle racer. Drawing illustrations of bears and rabbits at the age of three, she was born to be an artist - but her career path took a different turn in college where she graduated with a computer science degree and stayed in that field for more than 30 years. While she dabbled in the artistic side of computers, it wasn t until she met world-class street painters at Santa Barbara I Madonnari in 2001 that she learned about the ancient art form of street painting. Taka Sudo Vancouver, BC Originally from Tokyo, Taka Sudo now resides in Vancouver. His work consists of scattered abstract elements composed of mixed media with strong neon and neutral colours that depict true energy among his subject matter. He is influenced by the environment, daily life and his passion for meeting creative people from around the world. He has shown his art in various galleries in the United States and across Canada and was recently featured in the Australian magazine No Cure.. Lorelle A. Miller Santa Clarita, California Lorelle is known for her involvement as a Madonnina (street painter) over the last 18 years and has been an invited and featured artist in countless festivals throughout Canada, Mexico, Norway and the United States. She demonstrates her passion for beautiful pastels while working individually and on international team projects, and has earned prestigious awards for her work. Lorelle expresses a lifetime of developed techniques and personal investigation in her work.
Wayne & Cheryl Renshaw Santa Clara, California As a husband and wife street painting team, their painting adventure began back in 2000, and in the years since their different skills and preferences have grown to complement each other s work. They have painted at festivals throughout the United States and have been honoured as featured artists in Palo Alto, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. Much of their street art is done as three-dimensional projections and is designed to encourage interaction with visitors. Blake Wydeman Vancouver, BC Blake Wydeman is a painter and muralist working and living in east Vancouver. He is interested in exploring a variety of mediums on both small and large scales. He works as a Registered Massage Therapist and an artist, allowing either profession to inspire the other. He combines a spontaneous, painterly style within a structure based in logic and science to create unique artworks that take both realistic and abstract forms. Marie Caldwell Burnaby, BC Marie Joy Caldwell is a visual artist and arts instructor working from her beautiful hometown of Burnaby. She graduated from Emily Carr University in 2015 and is known for her deeply intricate illustrations and ability to evoke intrigue with her surrealist inspired works.
Performance Schedule: BURNABY CHALK ART EXPERIENCE 2018 In addition to the talented street painters, there will be family entertainment throughout the day including children entertainers Bobs & Lolo as well as the tribal music and dance of Kutapira. Saturday, June 16 11-11:50am 12:30-1:10pm 1:40-2:30pm 3-3:50pm 4:20-5pm Bobs & Lolo John Stetch Trio Karla Sax Kutapira Van Django