Richmond, BC – Canadian artist Rachel Rozanski is one of Richmond’s 2021 Engaging Artist in Community. This initiative, presented in partnership with the City of Richmond’s Public Art Program and Richmond Public Library, encourages community members to interact with local artists to collaborate on socially-oriented artworks. From May through October, Ms. Rozanski will present Exploring Ecology Through Place, an artist-initiated project made up of eight free public workshops that explore how different aspects of the local ecology intertwine with art.
In May and June, Rozanski will lead Gyotaku workshops, a traditional form of Japanese printmaking followed by two workshops in June and July that will focus on cyanotype, a printing process that uses the sun to create prints on paper. Later in the summer, she will teach seniors and children how to create their own field book for collecting, pressing and keeping plant samples. The final two workshops will feature a StoryWalk® journey around Minoru Park Playground, a fun, outdoor activity for children and their families. All activities will comply with the latest COVID-19 Provincial Health Orders and will be presented in a safe and controlled way.
Ms. Rozanski’s previous works have explored biological, geological and material transformations appearing across local landscapes, and to date, she has completed residency projects in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Iceland.
Visitors and project participants will be able to follow the artist’s progress at exploringecology.wixsite.com. The series will conclude in November with a celebration of Rozanski’s collaboration with community participants with a final legacy project to be unveiled for public display at a Richmond Public Library branch. More information about the celebration and unveiling event will be shared in the coming months.
All workshops are free to attend. Interested participants may register for one or several of the workshops, which are expected to fill quickly as spaces are limited. For more information or to register, visit https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/search/q=exploring+ecology+through+place.