Client: SNAP (Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists)
Location: 10572 115 St NW, Edmonton
This mural is inspired by local wildflowers, and the art of stamps and seals (and the printmaking process) - as if each flower is a carved artist signature, “printed” layer by layer
Location: Michael Phair Park, Jasper Ave & 104 St Edmonton
Temporary public art, 4 custom shaped plywood murals + friendship/heart weavings + community messages on acrylic hearts. The concept of this piece is friendly and welcoming messages of growth and care alongside botanical forms, as the park undergoes a period of construction. Kind of like saying positive affirmations to houseplants as they grow 🌱
Supporting Textile Artist: Chelsea Boos, Acrylic Hearts: Justine Ma, Plywood Cut: Tomnuk Designs
Client: MacEwan Sustainability
Project Lead by: Mika Haykowsky
Temporary and interactive chalk art, capturing the “oh shit” moment of dropping your groceries after picking up emergency items (and guilty pleasure treats) from a nearby grocer.
Chinatown Stories Map - Coming (very) Soon!
Funded by: Edmonton Heritage Council & Edmonton Arts Council
Chinatown Stories Map is a project that I led to archive diverse Chinatown stories, into an accessible and visual map. It features 30 sites which are curated into 4 tours, led by: Lan Chan-Marples (Chinatown History), Tanika Burlie (Black History), Linda Hoang (Food), and myself (Community Arts). It’s purpose is to spark creativity and dialogue around Chinatown - honouring past Indigenous street names, remembering lost heritage, while sharing about Chiantown today and building the inclusive and vibrant future we wish to see.
Chinatown Stories Map will launch on June 22, 2024 (Sold out). Maps are free and will be available for pickup in 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
For more information please visit: chinatownstoriesmap.com
Client: University of Alberta
Location: Old Arts Building, 4th Floor, Feminist Data Lab
The artwork is about contrast, and to spark creative thinking. It combines contrasts in colour/greyscale, hard and soft shapes, strength and fragility, nature and technology, and different senses of sight, touch, texture, sounds, states. Painted with help from Halie Finney.
ALL IMAGES © EMILY CHU