Banner Project 2021: Imagined Creatures
The Banner Project brings together elementary schools across the Sunshine Coast to make work under one theme. This year, the theme is “Imagined Creatures.” Young artists develop their ideas for the banners in the classroom, and a panel of artists select 20 final designs from the submitted artwork to be hand-painted onto banners by artists, parents, students, and volunteers. This wonderful, intergenerational art-making project has been in place since 1994, and after the exhibition, the banners are installed in Sechelt’s Civic Square where they remain from February to November.
The SCAC would like to thank Clayton’s Heritage Market for their ongoing support in making the annual Banner Project possible.
History of the Banner Project
The Cowrie Street Banner Project began in 1994 as a joint venture between the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce and the Sunshine Coast Arts Council. In approximately 2003, the priorities of the Chamber of Commerce changed, and the project is now sponsored entirely by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council. From 1994–2014 the banners decorated Sechelt’s Cowrie and Wharf streets. As of 2014, the banners are hung in Sechelt’s Civic Square creating their own outdoor gallery.