The WildCraft Forest is an Ecomuseum and interpretive forest, which includes a Sculpture Trail. We're located on Highway 6 in the Monashee Region of British Columbia just on the edge of the North Okanagan, one hour from Kelowna and 30 minutes from Vernon.
For guided tours call us at 250-547-9812
The WildCraft Forest Sculpture Trail is an artist-run center that has been a twenty-year passion of artist Don Elzer. The trail covers about 4km and is located in the Monashee Foothills in British Columbia.
The Sculpture Trail is open from March to the end of December. Over 25 innovative contemporary artworks grace the paths and tracks of this scenic woodland. National and international artists exhibit alongside local schools and community groups. The trail covers over 20 acres of land, which is surrounded by thousands of acres of mainly densely wooded areas rich in diverse vegetation and wildlife.
We're dedicated to the exploration of new links between contemporary artistic practices and nature. Our research is undertaken in a spirit of social awareness, respectful of history, evolution, and the current importance of nature-culture relationships.
We create a context for collective experimentation through creative, interdisciplinary immersions in the wilderness of Canada and we organize art residencies and events around various themes
We set up collaborative ventures at regional, national, and international levels between artists, researchers, and institutions interested in what we do. We publish the results of our initiatives through print media, videos, and electronic documents. We also produce public events such as conferences, workshops, performances and exhibitions.
About the Trail
Some of the work within the WildCraft Forest Sculpture Trail itself is permanent and some temporary, sometimes lasting only a few moments, days, weeks or months, after which time the woodland is allowed to return to its natural state, this transitory nature provides a unique opportunity for artists to address the site in a way permanently sited pieces could not.
There are however some limitations when considering a work, no damage to the environment in general is allowed and all earthworks and holes dug must be refilled and the area left as found.
The aim of the trail is to provide a forum in which artists can test notions of what contemporary landscape might mean for them and the production of their work.
Practicing artists exhibit alongside graduates and undergraduates. Projects are run with local community groups, infant and junior schools, the resulting work becoming essential to the trails dissemination and effect. The Sculpture Trail is open for proposals from any artist without discrimination.
Any comments on the trail or enquiries relating to images contained within this web page are welcomed and can be e-mailed here: treks@uniserve.com
