art in action
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Publicly Supported, Not Publicly Owned: Why Murals Are Muralestate By Michelle Loughery Murals aren’t “just paint on a wall.” They’re Muralestate—place-anchored cultural property that holds stories, shapes how people navigate a neighbourhood, and quietly powers local economies. Even when public funds help present them, murals (and the oral-history narratives fixed within them) are not public-domain content. They’re protected artistic +
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Art Is Infrastructure: A Legacy Blog by Michelle Loughery Why Copyright is the Cornerstone of Placemaking, Tourism, and the Skilled Future of Canada By Michelle LougheryAward-winning artist | Creator of the Wayfinder Mural Model | Founder of ART ROUTE BLUE There’s a story I often tell—one of hands. My grandfather’s coal-blackened hands, my grandmother’s stitched fingers,
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ARTISTS the zero waste specialists! I grew up with resourceful parents. They were and are amazing people, with extreme and inventive talents that supported the family when times were tough. My parents knew need. They shared that important knowledge with their children. Things were not wasted, they were used and reused until nothing was left.
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Watch video on Project TOMATO RED MURAL Youth Crew on Mural -now on Big Screen Premiering March 3 2018 Kamloops Film Festival There is always a story behind every mural. There is always more than paint on the wall. The paint may be attached to the building, and the artist may have let us paint their
ARTIST MICHELLE LOUGHERY 