2021 - Vancouver - York Theatre Mural by Ariel Martz-Oberlander

            Wandering the streets of Vancouver's Eastside.

This mural is on the south side of the York Theatre on East Georgia Street at Commercial Drive.

The mural was painted in June 2018.

Designed and painted by The Cultch Youth Program, youth program manager Ariel Martz-Oberlander, and lead artists Richard Tetrault and Sharifah Marsden.

The mural features some very Vancouver motifs (a bicycle and rain drops) plus one prominent figure: local hip-hop artist and activist JB the First Lady.

JB THE FIRST LADY:
Jerilynn Snuxyaltwa Webster (a member of the Nuxalk & Onondaga Nations) is known by her stage name "JB the First Lady".  Webster was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 12 March, 1984.

Webster moved to Vancouver in the early 2000s where she attended her first hip-hop show by Tribal Wisdom, a group of young Indigenous rappers.  The show was a pivotal moment for Webster in her journey as a hip-hop artist inspiring her to create music to empower other young people.

JB is well known for her involvement in the Idle No More movement and for emceeing rallies for Indigenous rights, decolonization, environmental justice, and the issue of violence against Indigenous women.

Despite national recognition, Webster maintains a strong focus on supporting and giving back to youth in her community.

JB is  hip hop and spoken word artist, beat-boxer, cultural dancer and youth educator. With four studio albums under her belt, JB sees her songs as a way of capturing oral history, and isn’t afraid to write lyrics that speak to challenging subjects like residential schools and missing and murdered indigenous women.

YORK THEATRE:
Opened in 1913 as the Alcazar Theatre it was built with full stage facilities and was designed by architect John McCarter.

On February 12, 1940 it was re-named York Theatre and became the home of the Vancouver Little Theatre for 54 years. In the 1940’s the facade was given a streamline Art Moderne' style remodel.

In more recent years it became a cinema, known as the Raja Cinema Commercial operated by Raja Cinemas and showed Indian movies. The closed and by 2008, the building was threatened with demolition.

In collaboration with Vancouver City councillor Jim Green and Henriquez Partners Architects  a feasibility study was completed  that demonstrated the viability of reinvesting in the theatre. 

With the financial backing from the City of Vancouver and Wall Financial a local developer, the York Theatre was saved and rehabilitated through a heritage and density transfer agreement.

The building reopened as the York Theatre December 2013 as a live performance theatre with 370 seats.

The York is operated by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (CULTCH)

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Taken on: February 27, 2021

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