SCAPE Public Art is a producer of public art in Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] Deborah McCormick started SCAPE Public Art in 1998. [2]
Deborah McCormick, in her first year after graduating in 1988 from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts set up a trust chaired by Sir Kerry Bourke. Founding board members included Dame Adrienne Stewart. [3] SCAPE Public Art season was a biennial event until 2016 when it went annual, the first one was in 2000. [3]
By 2017 SCAPE Public Art was responsible for over 214 temporary and 12 permanent artworks since their inception in Christchurch. [3]
In 2023 Richard Aindow was appointed executive director of SCAPE taking over from Deborah McCormick who was in the role for 25 years since it began. [4]
Artworks in Christchurch include the kinetic sculpture Nucleus by Phil Price installed on High St in 2006 with council providing $40,000 of the $110,000 cost. [5] STAY by British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley is in the river near the corner of Gloucester St and Cambridge Tce installed as of the Scape Public Art festival 2015. [6] VAKA ‘A HINA by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine was installed in 2019. [7]
The 6th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space was delayed due to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and again because of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [8] [9]
The SCAPE Public Art Season in 2016 selected Mark Catley and Janna van Hasselt to have their art produced for the Re:ACTIVATE exhibition from over 60 artists who attended an earlier SCAPE Public Art Development Workshop. Re:ACTIVATE was curated by Paula Orrell of CoCA. [1] There was also Re:ACTIVATE Kids by artist George Lewis. [1] In 2016 also included in the season were a SCAPE Public Art Walkway, exhibition Presence curated by Heather Galbraith's and a series of artists talks. [1]
Public art invokes a response and we've had all manner of responses, but in the end, it is a platform for a conversation. (Deborah McCormick, director SCAPE Public Art 2017) [3]
SCAPE Public Art is a producer of public art in Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] Deborah McCormick started SCAPE Public Art in 1998. [2]
Deborah McCormick, in her first year after graduating in 1988 from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts set up a trust chaired by Sir Kerry Bourke. Founding board members included Dame Adrienne Stewart. [3] SCAPE Public Art season was a biennial event until 2016 when it went annual, the first one was in 2000. [3]
By 2017 SCAPE Public Art was responsible for over 214 temporary and 12 permanent artworks since their inception in Christchurch. [3]
In 2023 Richard Aindow was appointed executive director of SCAPE taking over from Deborah McCormick who was in the role for 25 years since it began. [4]
Artworks in Christchurch include the kinetic sculpture Nucleus by Phil Price installed on High St in 2006 with council providing $40,000 of the $110,000 cost. [5] STAY by British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley is in the river near the corner of Gloucester St and Cambridge Tce installed as of the Scape Public Art festival 2015. [6] VAKA ‘A HINA by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine was installed in 2019. [7]
The 6th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space was delayed due to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and again because of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [8] [9]
The SCAPE Public Art Season in 2016 selected Mark Catley and Janna van Hasselt to have their art produced for the Re:ACTIVATE exhibition from over 60 artists who attended an earlier SCAPE Public Art Development Workshop. Re:ACTIVATE was curated by Paula Orrell of CoCA. [1] There was also Re:ACTIVATE Kids by artist George Lewis. [1] In 2016 also included in the season were a SCAPE Public Art Walkway, exhibition Presence curated by Heather Galbraith's and a series of artists talks. [1]
Public art invokes a response and we've had all manner of responses, but in the end, it is a platform for a conversation. (Deborah McCormick, director SCAPE Public Art 2017) [3]