My Pike Lake Forge public art proposal for Algoma Street has made it to the final round.  The proposed work includes a weather vane, cedar bench and steel panels to be designed based on community feedback.

You can provide feedback for the jury by visiting the City of Thunder Bay's Website:
http://www.thunderbay.ca/Living/culture_and_heritage/Public_Art/Algoma_Street_Sculpture_Community_Comments.htm

Photo taken during my presentation to the City.

Ilma, Vesi, Maa, Tuli celebrates our interconnected relationship with the four elements air, water, earth, fire. We, as everything, are comprised of the elements and through this project I will explore this interconnected relationship, for instance:

            We are all comprised of water.  Water is an element that affects us in ways often left undiscovered. Think of how the moon affects the tides - how does the moon and water direct our daily lives? Some questions to be explored throughout the creative process are:

            -What is our current, past and future relationship with water?

            -How has water shaped our community? Our family?
            -How has water directed us here?

            I will reach out to the community to ask questions such as these, and the collected responses will guide the imagery to be on the steel panels. The community’s input will provide a reflection of the current and diverse thoughts and beliefs of the community and will empower the artwork with a sense of community and connectedness. The team of artists who will translate the community input into images for the panels will ensure that the images selected are not solely my own, but are a diverse reflection of the community’s input.