Allen Morrow shows Senator Myles Venne School students the master plan. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

reconciliation

‘Hands and minds’: Downtown mural inching closer to completion

Jun 19, 2019 | 12:18 PM

A mural to be installed at the urban reserve in La Ronge is coming close to completion.

The second of four panels is currently at Senator Myles Venne School where it’s being worked on by students in the art class. Earlier in June, the first panel featuring butterflies was finished by students at Churchill Community High School and the final two are expected be completed in the next couple of months. La Ronge Arts Council board member Alexis Reichert stated residents of the tri-communities will be asked to help with the last two.

“The third panel we’re hoping to do an open community painting session where anyone is welcome to join in, and that will probably be at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre,” she said. “The fourth panel will be painted on-site because it has the door and some electrical panels. We’re going to get the plywood up and then paint it on site, and that one will also be an open community session.”

With funding through the Community Initiatives Fund, the mural will be located on a small shed at the urban reserve. It will be 12-feet by 48-feet and include a significant amount of symbolism, as it incorporates the four colours of the medicine wheel, the four directions, as well as circles on each portion. Reichert noted the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has been supportive of the project and purchased new plywood for the shed.

The mural also follows a theme of truth and reconciliation, which was the focus of a series of workshops held by the arts council and Alex Robertson Public Library in 2018.

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“It’s been a long-time in the making,” she said. “To actually have students working on it and see it in its full size and colour is pretty exciting.”

A students works on the mural at Senator Myles Venne School. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Allen Morrow was hired to come up with the design and he’s also happy to see work happening on the mural. He stated there’s much more meaning to it when community members are involved and added everyone has done a good job on it so far.

“It’s good to see the youth putting their hands and minds into it,” Morrow said. “We do need some artwork in the downtown area to bring it to life and show the visitors there is an art heart here.”

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