Elvira DS

Website www.monteforte.com/ElviraDS

Teaching languages: English and Spanish

Bio:

I am a happy ¨Canexican” artist who was born, lived, studied and married in Mexico City. I am now living in Vancouver as a proud Canadian since 2006. I see value in cultural cast-offs and love to transform discarded items into “urban ornaments” as a form of public art. I´m curious about how recycled materials that are ubiquitous throughout our culture can be up-cycled into “trash- art” treasures– original art works of infinite possibility. Through mixed mediums and painted objects, I have inferred various messages that challenge our cultural notions of purpose, dispensability, beauty and time.  I have worked with wide range of ages and projects including murals in collaboration with kids of 5 and 6 years old, and workshop using plastic remnants to make original designs with children 8- 12 years. This past year I also worked with high school students in North Vancouver to create  Public Space-Urban Art projects and more across the Lower Mainland.

Competency:

Painted objects, Public Art, H.O.T. (Highly Ornamented Trash), using disposable, recycling, reused items. Digital Photo compositions.

Workshop:

Workshops can be designed to suit the school, classroom, or current thematic projects.

School District Availability:

Open to any school district in the Vancouver area