FLEET

Mobile Artist Studios

FLEET

Mobile Artist Studios
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Responding to the loss of arts and culture hubs across Vancouver, FLEET is a multi-year project that is planning, designing, and constructing a FLEET of moveable studios for working artists. This project will place these studios on a temporary basis throughout the Lower Mainland and manage their ongoing use. Each location for FLEET will bring different contexts and opportunities for arts and culture programs.

Granville Island

Granville Island (Chain & Forge Plaza), Vancouver, BC

Spring 2024 - Spring 2025. Located next to Chain & Forge and adjacent to Debra Sparrow’s Blanketing the City murals, this FLEET was available to artists, community members, and organizations to activate through programs, residency periods, and public engagements. Visiting Artists: Kay Slater, Jordan Hill, and Caitlin Aleck. Visit the Programs page for a full list of programs that were offered at this location.

Edmonds

Edmonds Park, Burnaby, BC

May 2024 - November 2025. Burnaby’s Public Art Program adopted a FLEET into Edmonds Park to build new connections in the neighborhood and create space for cultural expression. Located in the Park behind the Edmonds Community Centre, this space hosted working artists and was regularly activated as a site for community participation. Visiting Artists: Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun, Michelle Sound, Mohamed Assani, Sidi Chen, Kay Slater, ad hoc plots collective, Eilidh Keegan-Henry and Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam, Alegria Soy Cultural and Community Society, Sophia Zarders, Kevin Orlosky, UNNAMED BAND and & Other Ways. Visit the Programs page for a full list of programs that were offered at this location.

FLEET Studios are located on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations