Primary Colours: Bowen H 2 O
BICS student artworks inspired by local ecology. March 17 - April 1, 2023.
Fool’s Closing pARTy: Saturday, April 1 from 11am - 1pm. Bring your jokes!!
Primary Colours: Art from the Kids on the Rock is on at the Hearth Gallery from March 17 until April 1st. The annual youth art exhibit is this year called Bowen H₂O, a collection of BICS students’ artworks that is informed and inspired by local ecology.
Put together by the Bowen Island Community School, the Community School Association and the Hearth, this art show aims to celebrate youthful creativity and our community.
This new exhibit showcases artworks that explore one’s sense of belonging and connection to place, self, and others, as well as youth’s reflections on local ecology through art.
A large, bright, inclusive, and fun exhibit that gathers multi-media artworks from talented and diverse classes, including paintings, dioramas, digital work, clay and more.
This year, a large 8’x16’ whale mural made of 300 tiles was created by BICS students under the guidance and initiative of Sarah Haxby, Community School Coordinator, and Susan Hillmann, local artist and Professor Emeritus at ECUAD.
Additionally, students have been invited to create art about their experience, knowledge, and connection to local ecology, and most specifically, to Bowen Island’s streams of water. Ocean, lakes, waterways, rain, snow, all things H₂O!
Local books, maps, and images have been an important part of the learning process and inspiration for this youth art show, some of them will be displayed in the gallery among the art as well.
For this colourful and inspiring show, the Community School Association will host a Fool’s Closing pARTy on April 1st at the Hearth from 11am to 1pm.