/R E P E A T -- **MEDIA ALERT / PHOTO OPPORTUNITY** - CANADIAN TIRE PUTS THE PRESSURE ON WINTER GRIME/

Famed Vancouver street artist creates works of art using only a pressure washer

VANCOUVER, May 9 /CNW/ - After months of salt build-up and winter grime, Canadian Tire invites Vancouverites to an outdoor spring cleaning spectacle happening at TD Plaza (corner of Georgia and Granville Street). To inspire and motivate Vancouverites to get started on their own spring clean-ups, local graffiti artist Scott Sueme will demonstrate how to tackle the toughest winter grime as he creates a visual masterpiece using nothing but the latest Karcher pressure washer. Witness art being created from just dirt and water on enormous eight-by-twelve-foot structures built out of house siding and wood fencing.

Local consumers are invited to join in the excitement too. Vancouverites will have a chance to test out the hottest outdoor cleaning tool this season and try their hand at pressure washer art with the help of a giant creative stencil. The collective artwork will be unveiled between 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.

What: Unveiling works of art, all created using pressure washers
   
Where:

TD Plaza
North-west corner of Georgia and Granville Street behind Vancouver City Centre Canada Line exit
Vancouver, BC
   
When:

Thursday, May 12
10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST*

*Collective art piece created by Vancouverites to be unveiled between 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
   
Who:
Christina Boldy, Canadian Tire
Scott Sueme, Graffiti Artist
   
Photo Opp:  Giant art installations created out of dirty wood fences and house siding, renowned graffiti artist creating art in the dirt using nothing but a pressure washer and Vancouverites doing their part to wash away winter grime as they help create a massive collective art piece to be unveiled to media at 1:00 p.m.

 

For further information:

Reena Gacad, High Road Communications
Tel: 604-630-1039 X405 Cell: 604-505-2282 Email: reena.gacad@highroad.com

April Brown, High Road Communications
Tel: 416-644-1793 Cell: 416-895-3933 Email: april.brown@highroad.com