This August, the Burrard Arts Foundation is proud to partner again with the Vancouver Mural Festival for the second edition of this vibrantly colourful annual event. This summer festival presents murals covering thousands of square feet of walls on buildings throughout the pedestrian-friendly Strathcona and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods. Thousands of people are expected to enjoy free of charge the dozens of brand-new permanent wall murals embellishing the cityenhancing Vancouvers reputation as a world-class hub of arts and culture.
Curator Drew Young has put together an exciting roster of local and international artists for the festival, with a particular focus on female and Indigenous talent. Encompassing an explosive diversity of styles, aesthetics, and approaches, Youngs ambitious programming showcases several emerging as well as more established artistsmany of whom will be creating murals for the first timefrom a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, including animation, illustration, graffiti, photography, print-making, graphic design, comics, calligraphy, tattooing, and contemporary painting practices.
Within the framework of the Vancouver Mural Festival, BAF will host a large group exhibition curated by Young. Crystallizing this public events lively and dynamic energy, the exhibition offers a condensed survey of the plethora of styles represented by the numerous artists in the festival. Gallery visitors will be able to view two-dimensional works by the festivals featured artists at BAF before hitting the streets to contemplate monumentally-sized examples of their workmore than fifty wall murals presented on a much larger scale in situ.

Exhibition runs until September 2nd. Cover image is ‘Piano Practice’, by Priscilla Yu.

the Vancouver Mural Festival schedule: 

vanmuralfest.do604.com