On our way back home from Syringa Provincial Park, we spent a couple of hours in Castlegar, British Columbia — the Sculpture Capital of Canada. (They’ve actually trademarked that line.)
We were duly impressed!
“Sphere of Influence”
For five years now, Castlegar has hosted a Sculpture Walk with entries from local and international artists. The public is invited to look at all of the sculptures and vote for a favorite. The sculpture with the highest vote tally is purchased by the city and put on permanent display. How cool is that?
smelling the flowers…
All 32 sculptures in the 2014 event are available for sale ($3,000 – $36,000 CND; most are in the 3-15K range) and occasionally a business will purchase one. Tim Horton’s has a hockey player sculpture (of course) and this awesome sculpture made of gears and whatnot is on permanent display in front of another business:
The plaque reads:
Rumi once said, “Start a huge and foolish project.” So I did. Rabi’a.
Speaking of foolish…
We found the old train depot
It was a perfectly lovely day to walk around and explore downtown Castlegar.
Who couldn’t love a city with a crosswalk like this?
“Tri-Tonal”
“Rebirth”
“Song of the Flying Dutchman” is one of our favorites
“Jelly” and my 6-foot, 1-inch tall son
“Seventy-Six Trombones”
SnakeMaster played a little tune!
“Honkfest” was the winner in 2013 and a winner with H-J. SnakeMaster wondered how much money he could glean from the bottom of the pool.
“What the Nose Knows”
…and 2 boogers!
This post concludes our recent Canadian adventures over the 4th of July weekend — because all good Americans go to Canada to celebrate their independence, eh? If you missed them, here are the links for part one, part two, and part three.
Spokalulu 