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Walls that were once bare in Calgary’s Chinatown are a now gallery of sorts, showing off the tradition and heritage of the Chinatown community. Jamie Mason is a Calgary artist who along with her partner, Kevin Chow, has been enduring the heat over past week by creating a huge work …
Read More »Okanagan documentary puts mural project in the spotlight, gets festival nod – Okanagan
A group of controversial murals that were proposed for Vernon, B.C., last year are getting a second life, in a documentary called Behind the Mask. In 2022 the ‘Behind the Mask’ mural project was announced; there were plans to hang large photographs of marginalized people wearing masks on buildings across …
Read More »Man speaks out after confrontation for allegedly defacing mural at Brady Landfill blockade – Winnipeg
Winnipeg police arrested a man after a large group supporting the Brady Landfill blockade showed up at a residential home on Wednesday night. According to police, roughly 45 people showed up before 7 p.m. outside the home of Kyle Klochko, who was caught on video dumping dirt on a Red …
Read More »‘It’s beautiful art:’ Halifax Mural Festival wraps with big reveal of new paintings – Halifax
Artists from across Canada and beyond have descended on Halifax, Nova Scotia to brighten up the city. Over the last week, buildings that once stood bare have served as a canvas for their art as part of the second annual Halifax Mural Festival. Saturday marked the big reveal, which was …
Read More »‘Concrete and grey’ no more: How mural artists are beautifying Scarborough’s ‘Golden Mile’
Every Saturday afternoon, the room inside O’Connor Community Centre in Toronto’s Scarborough neighbourhood fills with chatter as artists enter one by one and greet each other. They are part of the VIEWS: Golden Girls mural project, an intensive training program in mural painting and community arts initiative. The mural is part of the City of Toronto’s …
Read More »Founder of Squamish, B.C., art gallery and eagle count honoured in mural project
A founder of the Brackendale Art Gallery and its annual eagle festival and count is being honoured with a mural in downtown Squamish, B.C. On July 4, renowned Montreal-based muralist Kevin Ledo completed his work dedicated to Thor Froslev, who established the gallery almost 50 years ago. The mural, which is painted …
Read More »Graffiti artist completes world’s tallest mural in downtown Calgary
It looms on the edge of downtown a stone’s throw from the Calgary Tower, a splash of colour amid aging buildings, railway tracks, parkades and a steady stream of traffic. It’s billed as the world’s tallest mural, painted by one of the globe’s top graffiti artists, and is part of …
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