Jump for joy: Nelson group draws hopscotches downtown

Zan Comerford hopes you hop, skip and jump the next time you are walking in downtown Nelson. Comerford and a group of about five or six local artists – who refer to themselves as the International Hopscotch Outreach Program (or IHOP) – are behind a series of 10 chalk hopscotches that were drawn on Baker and Victoria streets’ sidewalks. IHOP took to the streets on the evening of Nov. 11 to draw the hopscotches. “[We are] intrigued by the potential that happens when people are presented with something silly or something fun or something that’s kind of a novel experience that interrupts the way we normally go about kind of autopilot life,” she said. Each of the hopscotch patterns are unique and paired with their location. One outside Kurama Sushi features sushi pieces. Another outside the Royal Bank of Canada has a message about capitalism. The hopscotch in front of Thor’s Pizza is, of course, pizza themed.

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