Call to All Community Artists - Mural Restoration Project

A Place For the Arts (APFTA) has been asked by Burke Chamberlin (owner of building) to restore the mural located on the west end of the building on Bridge Street. The original artist Arne Roosman has given his blessings to the project.
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  • We are initiating this restoration as a 2-month (July and August) summer event in our Annex Gallery. We are calling all artists in the community to help repaint parts of the mural. As a public event it will encourage more visitors to our little corner of Bancroft and promote the vast creativity of our extended artistic community. We will create a daily timeline when artists are available to be in the gallery to paint their original design segment.
  • We will create an honour plaque to hang next to the mural listing all artists and sponsors by name.
  • The theme of the original mural is the history of Bancroft and area, since the arrival of the settlers. We invite artists in our surrounding area to submit what they love about the natural history of our area, including precolonial history.
  • The proposed redesign is overlaying two giant dragon flies and a firefly as a basis for this collage design. Keeping some sections of the original mural as the background, we will develop segments of the design with new art.
  • We have invited Algonquin First Nations artists to create representations of Algonquin teachings in artform, from their Wawatesi (firefly) Cultural Discovery Project along the river’s edge. The giant firefly in the middle of the mural will be reserved for their teachings and First Nations history.
  • What is Happening in the Annex: During the month of March, we will have a numbered map showing the collage segments. Reserve your spot by choosing the location and size depending on your availability to participate. For the restoration we will bring inside half of the 11 (4’X8’) mural panels at a time set up on easels to accommodate the creative process.
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We invite inquiries and submissions about this community project.
Gayle Crosmaz
email: [email protected] or [email protected]
APFTA Marketing & Communications Director