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Monday, July 21, 2008
Today's correspondence regarding the MURALS at WHITE ROCK BEACH:
Hi Matt,
Thank you Matt for your quick response.
Is there any way we can get the City to allow Artists to paint the other sides of the bathrooms, rather than over top of the existing murals?
I really hate to see them disappear and I still get comments every few weeks when new people come across my work and tell me how they have seen it before down on the beach and how much they love all the murals.
Regards,
Nicci
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The whole point of the program is to have the murals change each year. None of the murals painted by the festival will be permanent. If you would like to participate again, you can apply to the festival organizers next spring.
Please note that this is a Spirit of the Sea Festival program run by the Community of Lights Events Society. While the City has given the festival permission to paint certain walls, it is the festival that selects the artists and pays for the program. Having the murals be replaced each year was a key component of the initial proposal.
This is much like the fence. We each had our favourites but knew it would get painted over soon. Sometimes we didn't like what replaced it as much but other people liked it more. The same will be true of the festival murals. The difference is that the muralists for these walls will be invited rather than an open drop-in.
I'm glad you've had such great feedback from having your work on the festival's wall for this past year.
The Balsam washroom will be primed later this week in preparation for the 2008 festival.
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Matt
Posted by nicci at 7/21/2008 10:25:00 AM