Border Free Bees
Border Free Bees was a transdisciplinary community engaged public art initiative headed by Dr. Cameron Cartiere and Professor Nancy Holmes in collaboration with numerous strategic partners. This SSHRC funded project has come to an end - find more information about Border Free Bees here.
As a Project Assistant for Border Free Bees, my work included: facilitating community engaged seed papermaking workshops in Richmond, BC; teaching the seed papermaking process to the team at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, BC; assisting and mentoring under eco-artist Sharon Kallis in blackberry fibre use, cordage processing, and community engagement methods for a project, Blackberry/Butterfly Net, that was installed at the Richmond Pollinator Pasture in 2016; facilitating my own community-engaged eco-art project Bumble Baskets in Kelowna during the summer of 2017, with Sharon's continued mentorship; and lastly, facilitating a second rendition of Bumble Baskets at the Terra Nova Pollinator Meadow in the summer of 2018.
As a Project Assistant for Border Free Bees, my work included: facilitating community engaged seed papermaking workshops in Richmond, BC; teaching the seed papermaking process to the team at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, BC; assisting and mentoring under eco-artist Sharon Kallis in blackberry fibre use, cordage processing, and community engagement methods for a project, Blackberry/Butterfly Net, that was installed at the Richmond Pollinator Pasture in 2016; facilitating my own community-engaged eco-art project Bumble Baskets in Kelowna during the summer of 2017, with Sharon's continued mentorship; and lastly, facilitating a second rendition of Bumble Baskets at the Terra Nova Pollinator Meadow in the summer of 2018.
Bumble Baskets - Terra Nova
Lead Artist: Jaymie Johnson
Assistant Artist: Mary Rusak
Collaboration between Border Free Bees, City of Richmond, and Terra Nova Nature School
Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond, BC
2018
More details and photos here.
Assistant Artist: Mary Rusak
Collaboration between Border Free Bees, City of Richmond, and Terra Nova Nature School
Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond, BC
2018
More details and photos here.
Photo: Geoff Campbell - Border Free Bees, 2018
Bumble Baskets - Kelowna
Lead Artist: Jaymie Johnson
Mentor: Sharon Kallis
Collaboration between Border Free Bees, EartHand Gleaners Society, and UBC-O
Public Art Pollinator Pasture, Kelowna, BC
2017
More details and photos here.
Mentor: Sharon Kallis
Collaboration between Border Free Bees, EartHand Gleaners Society, and UBC-O
Public Art Pollinator Pasture, Kelowna, BC
2017
More details and photos here.
Blackberry/Butterfly Nets
Lead Artist: Sharon Kallis
Role: Project Assistant
Collaboration between Border Free Bees and EartHand Gleaners Society
Richmond Pollinator Pasture, Richmond, BC
2016
Role: Project Assistant
Collaboration between Border Free Bees and EartHand Gleaners Society
Richmond Pollinator Pasture, Richmond, BC
2016
Community Seed Papermaking
Lead Artist: Dr. Cameron Cartiere
Role: Community Engaged Seed Papermaking Instructor and Facilitator
Various locations, Richmond and Kelowna, BC
2015-2016
Role: Community Engaged Seed Papermaking Instructor and Facilitator
Various locations, Richmond and Kelowna, BC
2015-2016
All photos below by Geoff Campbell
