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Party send-off for The Nose Knows

Controversial art on its way to public exhibition in Palm Springs, California

Dozens gathered to say goodbye to The Nose Knows by Ron Simmer today (April 20) in Estevan village. The ArtsAlive 2017 installation heads for Palm Springs and a new work will spring up in its place.

“There’s a large group here saying good bye to the Nose and they all had smiles on their faces. The nose has been loved, the nose has been hated, what the nose has done is captured everyone’s attention,” said Barbara Adams, Oak Bay’s arts laureate since 2014. “The Nose, brought attention to Estevan Village.”

The crowd included local business, children, council members and the arts board.

Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen calls Oak Bay “the arts capital of the Capital”.

“We are the first community in Canada to appoint an arts laureate and Barb (Adams) has done an incredible job over the years,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.“When I first conceived of this role and suggested it to council I knew about Barb and her background. What she did at Monterey school as a teacher for art, she’s doing for the whole community and we’re very grateful.”

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The Nose Knows is on its way to a public exhibition in Palm Springs, California. The ArtsAlive 2018 jury selected Douglas Taylor’s kinetic Nautilus Sail to replace it. Taylor also created the Bodhi Frog wind piece that graces Willows Beach near the Esplanade. That work from the 2017 ArtsAlive stays in place as someone purchased and donated it to Oak Bay.


 
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Oak Bay waves goodbye to one of the most controversial art pieces the community has seen. (Keri Coles/Oak Bay News)
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Oak Bay waves goodbye to one of the most controversial art pieces the community has seen. (Keri Coles/Oak Bay News)
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Oak Bay waves goodbye to one of the most controversial art pieces the community has seen. (Keri Coles/Oak Bay News)
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Oak Bay waves goodbye to one of the most controversial art pieces the community has seen. (Keri Coles/Oak Bay News)


Christine van Reeuwyk

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