NOTE TO EDITORS

Local Artists to Paint Murals Along Bedford Row, Halifax

(Friday, July 6/07) - Halifax Regional Municipality and Public Works and Government Services Canada are hosting a two-day community event this weekend involving 16 local artists who will each be painting a mural along Bedford Row in downtown Halifax.

The murals will be seven feet high by seven feet wide and will reflect cultural diversity, history and contemporary art. Mayor Peter Kelly is scheduled to help to officially close the event on Monday, July 9.

Artists will arrive at the site at 9 AM on Sunday (July 8) to begin mural work for the day.

On Monday (July 9), artists will arrive at 9 AM to resume painting. At 3 PM, the official closing will take place with a cake cutting ceremony. Awards will be given out by a representative from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia at 5 PM

WHAT:      Bedford Row Mural Project
WHERE:    Dominion Public Building on Bedford Row, between George and Prince Streets
DATE:       Sunday, July 8 and Monday, July 9, 2007
TIME:       Monday, 3 PM (closing ceremony)

The canvas for the artists will be “construction hoarding” abutting the historic Dominion Public Building. Completed murals will be on display for two years during renovations to the building.

For information on other Public Arts work in HRM, visit us at http://www.halifax.ca/corporate/Graffiti/CommunityArtProject.html

NOTE: If it is raining on Sunday morning, a decision will be made by 6 AM to cancel and an alternate date will be determined.

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Heather MacLeod-Baudelot
Community Developer, HRM
490-5912