VOL. 68 NO. 3
T H E PA P E R T H AT ’ S G O I N G P L A C E S !
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015
A mosaic of ideas
Sample images of the work produced by St. Albert-based artist Lewis Lavoie, who will be guiding a Mural Mosaic project through to completion this spring and summer in Vegreville. A series of 1,500 tiles will be painted by local school children and arranged in a specific manner to create a larger image similar in style to these examples shown. The Vegreville Cultural Association Fine Arts and Cultural Endowment Trust is working with the public at present to take ideas for the main theme of the image which will be kept secret until the unveiling. (Images supplied)
Michael Simpson Editor Vegreville’s opportunity to express itself through art for the world to see has arrived. Over the past year a committee has been working quietly to bring together funding and support for a collaborative mural mosaic which has reached the go-ahead stage in recent weeks. VCHS Principal Jeff Hollinshead, one of the key organizers in
the committee, said people are talking. “Excitement is building,” Hollinshead said. “We waited to announce to staff until everything was more official because it’s been more of a work in progress up to this point.” The committee, formally known as the Vegreville Cultural Association Fine Arts and Cultural Endowment Trust, is actively seeking input from
the public on the main theme of the mural, which will be comprised of 1,500 individually painted tiles, the artwork supplied by children from both public and catholic schools within Vegreville as well as the Next Step Outreach school. Idea submissions can be sent in a written or picture form via email, Facebook, CONTINUED TO PAGE 10
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