See You At The Park - Artist Statement
Memorial Peace Park is a place to gather. Our crosswalk design See You At The Park reflects the exuberance of the festivals, markets and concerts that take place in the park year-round.
As you walk to the park from the South, you will hear children's songs and games from the daycare. When you round the corner, you suddenly find yourself in the middle of the high energy of people going in and out of the Leisure Centre. In the crosswalk, big, cheerful Spring colours mirror that energy. The pinks of flowers and rhododendron flowers in the park are at the center of the design.
If you need to get some chores done, you might enter the park from the North. The crosswalk there starts with the same cool green of the tower glass, creating an evening version of the pattern. Both crosswalks reflect the joyful feeling and movement of the foot traffic on festival days.
Artist Bio - Colleen Brown
Known primarily as a sculptor, Maple Ridge Artist in Residence (2023 - 2026), Colleen Brown explores the relationships of objects and materials to express our social relationships. Brown holds a BFA from Emily Carr University, a BA Psyc, Simon Fraser University and an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, New York. Her solo exhibitions include at the Ranger Station, Burrard Foundation and Unit 17. She has participated in recent exhibitions and events at the Belkin Art Gallery, Living Lab, Emily Carr University; Cooper Cole, Toronto; Vancouver Art Gallery; Western Gallery, Bellingham; Hedreen Gallery, Seattle; and The Apartment, Vancouver. Brown is the recipient of the 2016 Portfolio Prize. Her first book was published in the Fall of 2023 by Radiant Press.
Colleen is also a committed teacher. She has taught students of all ages, working with young children in galleries, with teens in the classroom and seniors as part of community-based work. She is a sessional faculty member at Emily Carr University.