Three more murals will grace Huntsville’s downtown, thanks to a $10,000 provincial grant for a mural festival to help celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary.
Huntsville Councillor Bob Stone, who sits on the board of the BIA, announced the news at Huntsville’s January 23 council meeting.
“There will be a community mural where people can actually put their own brush strokes on it and that’ll be a Tom Thomson, I believe,” said Stone, during a follow-up conversation with Doppler. He said the community mural will likely be created on Huntsville’s main street so that passersby can participate in its creation, while two other Group of Seven murals will be created by professional artists. Where the murals will end up is still unknown.
“I suspect those murals will stay downtown on particular buildings. I’d like to see one at the post office, myself. They have a big wall that’s begging for a beautiful painting but, aside from that, I don’t know where they will end up,” he added.
The grant is part of the Ontario 150 initiative, commemorating 150 years since Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia entered into Confederation on July 1, 1867.
Photo credit: The Group Of Seven Outdoor Gallery. Take a tour of existing murals at this link.
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Well done and congratulations for initiating this project. Over the past few years I have noticed local people and tourists taking the tour and enjoying the wonderful murals of the “Seven” which already exist.
What a grand way to celebrate our Anniversary as a nation,our beloved artists and our focus as a Community that appreciates our history, our creative artists and the heritage of our region.
Now that is art…
Wonderful!!