Summary
"This festival recognizes the power of public art and what it can do for community," explains [Erin Nuttal]. "It's about pushing boundaries. We want to turn heads and start conversations with this artwork."
The artists include two Winnipeggers, Cyrus Smith and Ian August, as well as Jesse Reno from Oregon, Marco Scarpato of Belgium and Bert Monterona, a native of the Philippines who is currently artist-in-residence at the Vancouver Film School.Ian August is a University of Manitoba fine arts graduate and a founding member of Winnipeg's Two Six Collective. His mural explores global warming with humour: a group of down-on-their luck polar bears wind up panhandling on Winnipeg's Main Street.See the full content of this document
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Festival Aims to Turn Heads with Public Art
By Cheryl Binning
'THIS is the most action this corner has seen in 30 years," exclaimed Mural Fest director Erin Nuttal as she welcomed a crowd of 50 people at Main Steet and Logan Avenue, where a massive blank canvas stood several storeys ...See the full content of this document
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