Category: MURALS
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WAYFINDER RURAL CREATES
Wayfinder Projects and the heart of the ART IN ACTION that supported the mural projects. What may look like murals was actually an outdoor community learning experience. There is a perception of a social system of support that is supposed to improve people’s lives and it is through a top down government managed approach. …this […]
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Joan of ART
The purpose of the blue. Since we launched Generation 2 of the mural program “AR:T ROUTE BLUE”, as in many projects, strategic delays occurred. Some because we chose an inclusive rural path, and some because of the work it takes, especially without a large budget. Not that we have not tried to access Government Funding. […]
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Truth about Merritt
I am sitting here thinking about the full circle of life as I make a doll for my granddaughter for her first birthday. Which is today. I am surrounded with people who support me..family and friends..and so many of the women that worked beside me in the projects that we worked so hard at. Building […]
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Tomato Red Film MURAL-ROUTEBLUE
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 […]
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Socio economics & murals
Tourism is not exclusively an economic movement, it also involves social, cultural, political and environmental aspects. It is important to realize that any assessment of tourism impacts should not only be concerned with the tangible economic effects such as revenue and foreign exchange earnings, but also with non-economic and intangible effects, such as social and […]
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ART IN ACTION
PUBLIC ART HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE AN ATTACHMENT TO ONE’S COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH MANY FEEL CULTURE MAY BE TAKING A BACK SEAT IN THE CURRENT WORLD, PUBLIC ART CONTINUES TO BRING BOTH VISUAL AND REAL WORLD VALUE TO A COMMUNITY. PUBLIC ART CAN HELP DRIVE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION IN URBAN AREAS, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER […]
ARTIST MICHELLE LOUGHERY 