Graham Bruce Elementary
Eileen recently worked with grade 5 and 6 students at Graham Bruce Elementary School in Vancouver to create a mural based on a sustainable future. These classes have been connected to the UBC Farm program, and through gardening and field trips they are very familiar with environmental and local food initiatives. After spending time discussing and brainstorming the content of the mural with all 50 students, Eileen worked with a smaller group of kids to turn everyone's ideas and drawings into a mural design that expressed their views and hopes for a 'green future.' She outlined this on a 100 ft wall and then each child spent an hour or more painting the mural with Eileen's guidance. |
Left: Here are the photos from a mural project at BC Children's Hospital that was completed last spring. I worked with some amazing parents and patients adding flowers and butterflies to the hallway leading to the Oncology Ward. In September we painted in the main section of the ward, working with kids and parents who fill me with awe and admiration for their strength and positive attitudes. -Eileen
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What do kids see when they are lying on a table in an examination or treatment room at BC Children's Hospital? In many rooms, they are looking at ordinary while ceiling tiles. But BCCH is changing that...this is the second set of ceiling tiles I've painted. The first was parrots and musical notes. The tiles are popped out of the ceiling in the morning and brought out for me to work on. They are completed and ready for reinstallation at the end of the day. These tiles are alternated with plain tiles in a pattern centred on the patient's point of view. -Eileen
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