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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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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Date: October 8/2025 Contact:Michelle LougheryArtist & Founder – Wayfinder Project / Loughery Mural Artworks Foundation http://www.michelleloughery.orgVernon, British Columbia, Canada BC Achievement Award-Winning Artist Calls for Mediation on the Sveva Caetani Mural VERNON, CANADA – Internationally recognized Canadian muralist Michelle Loughery, recipient of the BC Achievement Award for Community Cultural Development,
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Legacy Statement of Michelle Loughery Founder, Wayfinder Art Route Blue What is mine is not only paint on walls — it is a lifetime of stories turned into light. It is the courage to stand in the open air with a brush and a dream, and to turn community into colour. My murals are not decorations.
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These murals are not just art. They are history. They are heart. They are home. Michelle Loughery didn’t just paint walls—she uncovered the soul of a nation.
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For over 30 years, Michelle Loughery has carried the torch of a movement born not in boardrooms, but in the coal-streaked valleys of Michel-Natal, BC. Hers is a legacy built not just with paint, but with the hands of many who came before—immigrant tradespeople, artisans, and blue-collar visionaries who saw the blank walls of this
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To take an inspirational curious road trip is an experience that leaves brush strokes in your memories. The painted sunflower yellow dotted and solid lines, reminding us of the roads that were traveled before us, and the directional path for the future we can barely imagine. Standing on the dark pavement with the sculptural skies
ARTIST MICHELLE LOUGHERY 