In NIsh All View Mural project
Project made possible by support from Nova Scotia, Communities, Culture, and Heritage Support 4 Culture Funding
In the Spring of 2014, ASAP started the “In Nish All View” project, playing on the colloquial nickname of Antigonish (the 'Nish), the project speaks to the experiences of newcomers' initial views of the community, their reception, and experiences.
With the goal of developing a design for a mural to adorn the east side of our Main St. location, a few of the ASAP artist, who are not from Antigonish, but have made it their home, began working with members of the Antigonish International Potluck group, to provide some art classes. These sessions explored drawing, storytelling with line, pattern, and book construction, while providing a forum for newcomers to discuss and explore their experiences of moving to this area through visual art.
After the sessions were complete, artists, Emily Kane, Adele McFarlane, Gregor Martin, and Cathy Lin, used the art and stories compiled over the working sessions to developed a design for the mural.
The focus became the open landscape - the room or space here, simultaneously vast and welcoming. Flora and fauna frame the open sky and intertwine with a root system that symbolizes weaving connections to a place and the act of setting root in a new community and environment.
With the goal of developing a design for a mural to adorn the east side of our Main St. location, a few of the ASAP artist, who are not from Antigonish, but have made it their home, began working with members of the Antigonish International Potluck group, to provide some art classes. These sessions explored drawing, storytelling with line, pattern, and book construction, while providing a forum for newcomers to discuss and explore their experiences of moving to this area through visual art.
After the sessions were complete, artists, Emily Kane, Adele McFarlane, Gregor Martin, and Cathy Lin, used the art and stories compiled over the working sessions to developed a design for the mural.
The focus became the open landscape - the room or space here, simultaneously vast and welcoming. Flora and fauna frame the open sky and intertwine with a root system that symbolizes weaving connections to a place and the act of setting root in a new community and environment.