First Nations artwork will soon brighten up a parkade in downtown Victoria.
“Woven Together,” created by Vancouver artist Susan Point and her son Thomas Cannell, is being installed at the Johnson Street Parkade.
The piece is six metres wide and eight metres high, containing 82 pieces in total.
It consists of colourful, powder-coated aluminum circular forms that are often used in Coast Salish art.
The centre is made up of four eye motifs that create four butterfly images symbolizing the ability to accept change, metamorphosis and the beauty of nature.
The parkade will remain open during the installation, but parking customers may experience minor delays entering the structure.
The installation will take place daily between 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is scheduled to be completed by Friday.
Woven Together was one of 110 proposals the City received to create new public artwork to beautify the Johnson Street Parkade.
This isn’t the only parkade in Victoria that features new art.
An interactive piece that allows people climbing the staircase to make music by simply touching the railings was installed at the Bastion Square Parkade on Yates Street.
Four murals featuring contemporary Canadian and First Nations imagery now hang in the stairwell at the Centennial Square Parkade.
