I'm so glad to see this is going strong and many more places in Vancouver are getting wonderful murals...such a win-win for artists and the people of Vancouver.
Blanketing The City V: Burrard Dry Dock Pier. In 2021, Debra Sparrow invited master weavers Chief Janice George (Skwxwú7mesh) and Angela George (səlilwətaʔ ɬ) to collaborate on the historic design of six landmark murals believed to be the first semi-permanent public art collaboration between weavers from the three local nations.
Now, for the fifth mural in the Blanketing the City series, and its first on Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh lands, the weavers are coming together once again. Chief Janice George, Buddy Joseph and Angela George host this collaboration with Debra Sparrow to transform an entire building on the Burrard Pier with the story of the Great Vancouver Fire, and the role that Indigenous first responders played in bringing people to safety across the Burrard Inlet.
Commissioned by: City of North Vancouver
