the covidian garden party

The Covidian Garden Party began with a vision that was driven by the prospect of creative isolation in the early stages of lockdown. This collaborative project culminated in an artists book featuring 24 artists from Canada, France, England, Scotland, Germany and Singapore.

The resulting artists-book comprises 24 images with a story about a vision the artist had about one’s sense of purpose. The curation of the images was determined by the order in which the guest’s arrived at the party (via the postal service). The book is 60+ pages, can be read as a book or displayed as a stand alone circular sculpture with a diameter of approximately 12 feet (3.6 m). The work was commissioned by Two Rivers Gallery in 2020 and is featured in their 2021 exhibition ‘The Covidian Garden Party – a coming of age’.

The project was realized on the unceded traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh in north central British Columbia, Canada

Guests of Honour: Susan Barton Tait: Canada, Gunhild Lorenzen: France Alicia Proudfoot, Canada, Barbara Scholz: Canada, Kim (Gullion) Stewart: Canada, Graham Snow: England, Susan Jessop: Canada, Fran Quinlan: England, Lucy Strachan: England, Georgie Hawkes: England, Johannes von Stumm: England, David Atkins: England, Tracie Stewart: Canada, David Atkinson: France, Sandy Kirkby: France, Andy Kirkby: France, Diana Thorneycroft: Canada, Jason Kerley: Scotland, Laura Walcot: England, Johnny Hawkes: England, Cathi Charles Wherry: Canada, Annerose Georgeson: Canada, Sarah Grace Dye: Germany, B. Jane Cowie: Singapore.

To hear the full story click here: Cat Sivertsen reads The Covidian Garden Party