Register online at recreation.nanaimo.ca General Inquiries 250-756-5200 96 CULTURE AWARDS Tickets Now Available! Our FREE annual Culture Awards gala event will take place at The Port Theatre on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Celebrate cultural excellence and achievement with us as we recognize this year’s recipients. Secure your tickets through the Port Theatre (in person or online). Bowen Park Mural by Urban Design Roster Artist Anaïs Lera PUBLIC ART SPOTLIGHT Robert Turriff’s The ReWilders Located in Colliery Dam Park, tucked into the greenery where invasive ivy grows, the two dynamic sculptures symbolize ‘rewilding,’ the practice of restoring natural habitats. Depicted in the act of removing invasive species and planting native plants, they represent the importance of land stewardship. The ReWilders are imaginative, sci-fi inspired creatures designed by youth from the Nanaimo community in a collaborative public engagement workshop led by artist, Robert Turriff, as part of the City’s Temporary Public Art Program. Additional information on the project can be found on the City’s website. 2025 STREET BANNERS The 2025 Street Banner Design Program sought proposals from artists focused on the theme ‘Metamorphosis & Change’ reflecting on positive instances of change and transformation. Nanaimo artist, Aiym Samay-Sampson’s, created a design representing patterns of transformation was selected. Aiym’s design reflects on processes and patterns of change. The organic, familiar shape of a butterfly is seen in abstract, fragmented form, embodying the duality of metamorphosis. Vibrant shapes come together in the artist’s design symbolizing both the familiar and unfamiliar, the seamless and abrupt aspects of change that we experience in our communities, relationships and even within ourselves. 2025 street banners will be on display in early spring 2025. See our website to learn more. Culture & Events
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