Random Acts of Art in Tofino & Ucluelet, for BC Arts & Culture Week, April 19-25, 2009
Santa Claus came out of hibernation to turn a few heads in his cycle around town.
Monday morning, the sidewalks were paved with art. Who did it...?
Caught in the act. Notice the fairy walking up the sidewalk.
The sidewalk artists: Lori Hannah and her kids, amply motivated by a showerhead-wielding Susan Watt.
Human statue greg blanchette braves the intersection for 13 minutes and 13 seconds.
A passer-by checks on the state of human statue greg blanchette's mental health.
It's man versus dog in a battle over green licorice.
A little backyard Random Act of Art.
Monday's regular flamenco class was moved to the Village Green gazebo, and attracted quite the audience.
A-seven and a-eight and a-one and a-two.... Flamenco dancing takes concentration!
Take me to your leader...!
Silent, mysterious alien beings invaded the live recording session in the Weigh West Monday. No abductions were reported.
Saaay, this earth beverage is out of this world!
A gumbooted Wet Coast Santa Claus startled passers-by as he zipped past on his trusty cycle, Dasher.
Patrice Hansen points out two of the many RAATU rocks she painted, along with sister Ava and friend Ivy Cargill-Martin. Can you find the rest, secreted in the Village Green?
Andreas and dad Robert created a giant genie on the MUP path.
Two whole bags of chalk, but I forgot the kneepads!
Angels and fairies.
A visitation ... by a ghost?
Strange spirits were spotted dancing silently in town.
It was the second comin' o' White Moses, outside the Sugar Shack on Wednesday.
A mysterious sumo/sasquatch creature appeared ...
Wow, what a costume to see prancing about in the street.
The duo in disguise capered through the town, including the post office, delighting bystanders.
Dashing through the Village Green, back to the mythic lands.
Katrina Peters pulls off a little impromptu beautification project.
Tofino's first roundabout, chalked in on the MUP.
This family walked down from Tofino Botanical Gardens for a visit to the Village Green.
George Patterson embraces his long-lost brother, Woody.
Sculpture wooden and human.
The Botanical Garden's Josie O. does her best impression of an undercover cop.
Random Acts of Song enliven the Village Green gazebo on Wednesday.
Construction of the Earth Day eco-confessional at the Tofino Botanical Gardens.
Adding the finishing touch....
Father George test drives the eco-confessional.
A portrait of the Triple Goddesses.
Triple Goddess dance
A fourth ancient icon is added to the Triple Goddesses.
A small festival of light on a clear, calm night.
Some unscheduled fire-spinning on Chesterman's Thursday night.
The primitives were out in force. Robert too.
Chalk art on the road in front of Whiskey Landing, Ucluelet
A Random Act swims by Whiskey Landing.
A RAATU Raat with aatitude: Robert K on spray-painting night.
Mother Nature pulls a Random Act of Art herself.
Lovely Jana provides a roller-girl counterpoint to the Zen walkers (Friday).
The Zen walkers creep slowly by the bank.
Roller-girl Chris Lowther bringing style and traffic control to the Zen walk.
The veggie section has never seen such a sight.
Adrienne Mason reads a sexy gardening poem. Who knew?
Tofino writer David Floody really gets into his reading of 'My Body is a Vintage Motorcycle.'
A bemused audience of passers-by stops for the poetry.
Tofino writer and artist Joanna Streetly reads out Al Purdy's poetry anthem 'Say the Names.'
Tofino writer greg blanchette delivers The Wrong Reverend Jonny from the StormLight pulpit ... er, deck (Thursday)
Shirley Langer delivers the goods.
Shirley Langer, all aglow post-poem.
Janice Lore does a reprise reading of Requiem for the Fridge.
Requiem for the Fridge, ON the fridge.
All that poetry makes Janice thirsty.
Daniella Petosa (front) and Lisa Jewell (blue hair) ran "Make Art Not Trash" workshops in Wickaninnish School.
It's ART, not trash. Got it?
Lisa Jewell in the school with her doppelganger.
Therese flows along the beach in the wind.
Mark and Elgin created this sculpture from of beach trash, lugged up all those stairs from Florencia. It's "a monument to the trash godess Dēteriōrāres."
Rollerskater Jana, ready to provide some flash to the Zen walk.
Chris L, also on roller skates, circles the Zen walkers.
The veggies have never seen such a sight. Neither had any of the Co-op shoppers or staff.
Gael Duchene's stunning Ice Bowl, complete with "surprises" frozen inside. It was set out at noon on Friday.
Gael's Ice Bowl, partly melted six hours after being set up.
The artist's statement posted by the Ice Bowl.
Gael Duchene's Inukshuk installation -- rocks, "snow" and hidden treasures -- installed outside the CIBC at noon on Friday.
Inukshuk, after six hours of melting.
Gael's artist statement for the Inukshuk installation.
