An exploration in public context & culture
Stan Matwychuk’s Art Bio:
An Artist and a jack of industry trades finds Stan Matwychuk of Homebase Studios a well rounded hands on creative and community collaborator. With almost 22 years invested into the Howe Sound Corridor Stan finds lifestyle and artwork intertwined into seamless experience.
Stan transplanted into the Whistler arts scene in 2001, then relocated to Squamish in 2010 and hit the ground running.
He worked with corporate mega-brands like CTV and VANOC as well as finding time to teach art classes to the youth in the corridor through studio classes and high school programs.
Stan is the founder of the Squanderer Mural Festival that ran in Squamish for 3 consecutive years before CoVid.
He facilitated the Fields Community Mural Project in Downtown Squamish on Winnipeg and Cleveland Avenue, now evolved into the Corsa Cycles Mural.
He has run and operated the Artist-run centre Homebase Studios at the end of Second Ave. Here artists and the community reciprocate the need for each other and incubate creativity along the way. From elder to youth Stan has always allowed time to teach and inspire for the arts.
Stan represented the studio at Live at Squamish as well as throwing Squamish’s first Culture Days Block Party, which was a pan-Canadian arts initiative.
In Whistler Stan sat on the lots 1/9 Community Dialogue for the Celebration Plaza Plan before, during and after the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
He has also collaborated with Mike Tyler and the new Whistler Public Library to create the Donor Wall/ Book Drop Off. Furthermore, Stan also spearheaded the first legally commissioned mural in Whistler with local artist legend Chili Thom and aspiring youth artist Devin White on the Terry Rodgers Bridge.
Stan has always brought community and collaboration to the heart of all of his projects and believes that creativity will allow for new ideas and momentum.
Specialties
Graphic Illustration & Design, Outdoor and Indoor murals, Live Art facilitation, Creative consultation.
Stan Matwychuk’s Experience
Vice-President
Squamish Arts Council
June 2011 – 2013 Downtown Squamish
I sit on a volunteer working board to promote arts and culture unilaterally in Squamish and the sea to sky corridor.
Creative Director
Homebase Studios Artist Run Gallery
August 2009 – 2016
HOMEBASE STUDIOS is a creative design centre dedicated to collaboration in new facets for art exhibition, event management, creative & cultural consulting, curatorship, and artist promotion.
HOMEBASE STUDIOS values its time for the purpose to
educate, inform, and inspire for the arts.
HOMEBASE STUDIOS is creating alliances that want to push the limits of alternative events and
representation.
Vice- President
Downtown Squamish Business Improvement Association
October 2010 – June 2013 (2 years 9 months) Downtown Squamish
I sit on the board of directors of the Downtown Squamish Business Improvement Association . This group takes on projects that further enhance the business community within its borders by managing funds raised by a district tax.
Work we’ve done in the past ranges from the organization of successful public festivals to most recently developing a brand and logo. We are currently in the process of installing public amenities, and executing beautification projects within our borders.