Art Out Side Festival - Day 6
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August 12, 2026
The Whitty Wily Poetry Connection
TIME: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Port Moody Farmers Market (300 Ioco Rd, Port Moody)
ARTIST: Claire Davis
An interactive performance-installation where poetry is generated, performed, and playfully disrupted. Audiences encounter Whitty Typo-Write (a mobile typewriter), Clarity the Poetichanic, and The Wily Soapbox 2000—an animated speaking platform with cranky contraptions and theatrical mischief. Poetry becomes tactile, public, and slightly unhinged in this fully co-created installation that is part clown ritual, part public experiment wrapped in enduring charm. Audiences are invited into spontaneous acts of writing: Composing sincere or absurd texts and amplifying their words through analogue spectacle. Part of the Monster Poetics series, this project delivers poetry without the permission slip.
"I am excited to be a part of Art Out Side because public art makes a place alive with possibility. It disrupts. It modulates the boundaries of the usual with blunt invitation and expectation, like a surprise tea party held in your honour on the sidewalk on your way to the dentist." Claire Davis, Monster Poetics
(Re)scripting Mother Tongues: Asemic Writing Trading Card Workshop
TIME: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Port Moody Farmers Market (300 Ioco Rd, Port Moody)
ARTIST: Winston Lê
Through three generative exercises that straddles the lines between writing and visual art, participants will have the opportunity to either script their mother tongues (or create their own “constructed languages”) in the form of a set of art-based trading cards. Participants will get hands-on experience of using Lê’s cipher of the English alphabet, “ Alpha/broken.” After a decoding exercise, participants will script their very own visual alphabet and “rescript” a set of their very own mother tongue/invented language trading cards. Afterwards participants can discuss and exchange their trading cards with each other. This event will cap off with this cultural exchange of mother tongues.
"I am very excited to be part of this community of placemakers in curating art in public spaces."
The Threads Between Us - A public weaving project
TIME: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Pioneer Memorial Park (275 Knowle St, Port Moody)
ARTIST: Elizabeth Raposo
This project is an experiential space that encourages festival goers of all ages to participate in the collective creation of a tangible representation of our effect on the community around us. An A-frame tent will be warped with thread and fabric yarn will be provided for participating in the creation of the tapestry covering the tent frame. This installation affords a structure to experience as well as to make and encourages festival goers of all ages, abilities, and interests to participate in the exhibit. The Threads Between Us is a reminder of the deeply entwined connection we all share and our effect on our collective creations, whether we simply exist, observe, and/or create in the space. Participation, experimentation, and questions are encouraged!
"I am so excited to see this project come to life! I am looking forward to working with participants at Art Out Side and hope to inspire others to experiment with making things that speak to them!"
5 On A String
TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Brave Brewing Co. (2617 Murray St, Port Moody)
ARTIST: 5 On A String (Gordon Sadler, Garry Stevenson, Hugh Ellenwood, Matt Kennedy, Dan Mornar)
5 on a String have been picking and singing bluegrass music all around the Pacific Northwest for over thirty years, so get ready for plenty of hot picking and fiddle tunes to entertain and enjoy. Many folks love the old time theme and harmony singing, and even the kids are attracted to the staccato sounds of the banjo and fiddle. They play and sing in the old time radio show style, and they’ll get your toes tapping and hands clapping Guaranteed. 5 on a String have performed all across B.C., Alberta, and Washington state over the years and the friends, fans, and relationships they have shared are a testament to their hard work. Hope you enjoy the show tonight!
“Thanks so much for having us back to Art Outside in Port Moody, we are glad to be a part of this years festival and especially to perform our music for you here at Brave Brewing Company. Art Outside is such a great event with so many surprises all through this week so keep on the lookout for the many events, displays, installations and performances that are part of Port Moody’s Art Outside! The fellas in 5 on a String want to thank you for coming out to hear us play and sing you some good old time music tonight” Gordie Sadler- 5 on a String
Cookin' with Brass
TIME: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
LOCATION: Brave Brewing Co. (2617 Murray St, Port Moody)
ARTIST: Cookin' With Brass (Al Guraliuk, Melissa Hammer, Kevin Tang, Janine King, Tim Sars, Ashton Sweet, Chris Haas)
Cookin' With Brass is a high octane band that supercharges Top 40 Pop songs with a universal party groove. Known for their heart pounding energy, this Funky Brass Band will turn Brave Brewing into a raucous New Orleans street party. Their repertoire spans "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5 to "I Just Might" by Bruno Mars plus New Orleans Brass Band favourites. Cookin’ With Brass blasts onto the scene like a sonic superhero squad breaking the barrier between musicians and audience with audience participation, performances in the crowd and a boisterous interactive 2nd line parade as their Finale.
"We are hyperexcited to present a high-energy pop-up concert at Brave Brewing as part of The Art Out Side Festival, curated by PoMoArts. With immersive experiences for the public, this festival is truly unique and the perfect fit for Cookin' With Brass!"