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Winnie’s Pleasure by Nancy Rubins (2024) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

A site-specific sculpture of found canoes inspired by Burnaby Lake and the Brentwood community. The form shifts with each viewpoint, emphasizing movement, participation

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January 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Bumble bee & Magnolia by Doug Taylor (2006) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

A kinetic mixed media sculpture of a bumble bee and flower, made with sailcloth fabric and turbine mechanisms, designed to stay in constant motion within the landscape.

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January 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Current by Ruth Beer (2019) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

Circular forms of metal and glass reflect light and movement, inspired by flowing rivers and the water cycle. The work highlights water as a shared network and essential resource.

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January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Heech Lovers by Parviz Tanavoli (2019) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

A sculpture shaped from the Farsi word Heech, meaning nothingness—not as absence, but as hope, friendship, and the presence of the known and unknown.

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January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Osprey Towers by Mowry Baden (2023) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

Two sculptural towers with osprey nest–like forms at their peaks. Drawing from natural structures, the work emphasizes movement, perception, and the viewer’s physical experience of space.

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January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Chub Creek by Eric Robertson (2019) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

Inspired by the former Chub Creek, this work uses the land otter as a metaphor for unseen forces moving beneath the landscape and emerging through water.

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January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Elements by Gunilla Klingberg (2024) 📍 Gilmore Place, Burnaby, BC

A rotating pattern of elemental symbols that changes with your perspective, blending architecture, environment, and movement into one experience.

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January 5, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Charm Bracelet by Douglas Coupland (2020) 📍 Brentwood, Burnaby, BC

The idea of collecting themes central to Burnaby in the form of a necklace connects retail culture to civic art and placemaking. Part of the Charm Bracelet experience is to see what’s in it.

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January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Companion by Vanessa Brown (2023) 📍 Burnaby, BC, Canada

A bronze relief of two intertwined trees with birdhouses for local Cedar Waxwings. The paired forms suggest different ways of living and reflect the complexity of sharing space.

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January 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Crossroads by Julian Yi-Zhong Hou (2021) 📍 Burnaby, Canada

A stained glass triptych inspired by 1990s youth culture. The panels move from meditation to dance to collectivity, with crows symbolizing transformation and shared consciousness.

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January 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Earthgrove by Clark Wiegman in 📍 Solo District, Burnaby, BC

Two clusters of ‘timber totems’, Earthgrove functions as a binary commentary on nature and culture. As ecological sentinels, they mark a time and place of life in our Anthropocene epoch.

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January 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM