From Mark's Blog

We are fortunate in West Vancouver to have a number of annual events, such as the Harmony Arts Festival and Community Day, which bring us together to celebrate our dynamic and creative community. I would like to share with you an idea that I hope will foster this same sense of community all year round. We have a number of bus stops in West Vancouver, which have recently changed our everyday landscape and are now a part of daily routines. I hope that together we can turn these advertizing spaces into canvases for local artists. Curbside will make its pilot run during the 2012 Harmony Arts Festival, displaying artwork by Ross Penhall and Corey Creed among other local artists. My hope is that Curbside will soon provide space for students, emerging artists, and local groups to engage directly with the community and to enhance the beauty and public value of our communal urban environment.

Check out a video by Daniel Wainryb about the project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ddQNcDNLs

To read more about Curbside, click the following link for a recent article in the North Shore Outlook:

http://www.northshoreoutlook.com/news/136020933.html

If you would like to contribute to Curbside, please do so with a cheque made payable to the Mark Sager Foundation for the Arts, or by making an online payment using the PayPal button below.

Posted at 18:01 by Mark Sager.

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It was great to be able to MC for the North Shore Disability Resource Centre’s annual benefit concert on Saturday, October 22^nd, which featured an outstanding performance by “Spirit of the West.” The Vancouver-based band played to a sold-out audience—another wonderful event for a really important cause!

Posted at 17:31 by Mark Sager.

On Sunday, September 25, I participated in RBC’s second annual Gran Fondo Whistler, a mass cycling event that took place along the 122 km stretch from Vancouver to Whistler. Gran Fondo translates as “big ride” in Italian and these all-level cycling events are now popular all over the Europe. The ride from Sea to Sky was absolutely breath-taking. We climbed 2400 metres to Squamish, before riding on a descent into Whistler Village. It was a great day!

Posted at 16:22 by Mark Sager.