More on Murals: South Georgia, USA , to Southern Georgia Bay, Ontario,
Ray Charles had Georgia on his mind, and so has the Murals world lately ...
Fresh from Colquitt, Georgia, more than a few delegates travelled north to Collingwood, South Georgian Bay, Ontario, for Murals Routes' 13th Annual Symposium - If Walls Could Talk. # 13 was certainly not unlucky! Great speakers, debate and murals tour plus an excellent venue at the Cranberry Resort saw to that. It also snowed a wee while for a quick Scottish Highlands Scenic Tour via Rob Roy!
Collingwood has certainly lost its boatbuilding and its lake-born/ railhead grain traffic, but it's already a thriving centre for the arts and added some 5 murals as their Millenniun Celebration. They are mainly on boards and have just undergone a careful restoration programme with the full backing of the Council. The lake's shoreside grain silo presents an iconic image for the town.
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Karin Eaton's longstanding leadership of Murals Routes in Canada ensured great contributions from the speakers at the Symposium. Chicago's Public Arts were debated with Jon Pounds; Story Telling Ontario-style was used by Ron Baker to complete each delegate's personal introduction; her extraordinary new mosaic mural* in Toronto was described by Cristina Delago; and the just-about-to open new Arts Studio Colony [formerly the Tremont Hotel now restored by Richard and Anke Lex] was visited and its tin ceilings much admired!
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The photographs below share some of the art seen, and recall surely the best pit stop on the 2 hour Toronto/ Collingwood run at East Caledon - Trailside Cafe and Deli!
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* Ed. For further details on Cristina Delago's mosaic at Bathurst & Lawrence in Toronto link HERE
Published Date: November 12th 2010
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