'Pop up' tile painting opportunities in July at the Port Franks Community Centre:
Tuesday July 15th 7:30pm
Wednesday July 16th 10am
Friday July 18th 4pm
Tuesday July 15th 7:30pm
Wednesday July 16th 10am
Friday July 18th 4pm
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In partnership with the Municipality of Lambton Shores and supported by a generous grant from the Judith and Norman Alix Foundation, we are excited to launch a community art project which will result in the installation of a beautiful mural on the pavilion in our Optimist Community Center grounds!
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Based on a concept created by local artist Dawn Greco, the mural will represent our mighty Lake Huron waves, our famous sunsets, our iconic seagull perch at the beach, and our forested dunes. It will be a mosaic made up of almost 800 individual squares, and we need almost 800 community members to step up and paint a square for us!
The squares will not be solid colours, they will be small works of art created in the correct colours to fit into the design. The squares will be painted on 6"x6" mdf tiles, then photographed and digitally inserted into the overall mosaic. The mural will be digitally created by piecing all of the individual squares together, and will be digitally manipulated to produce the final image, then printed by a sign company for the final installation on the pavilion.
The squares will not be solid colours, they will be small works of art created in the correct colours to fit into the design. The squares will be painted on 6"x6" mdf tiles, then photographed and digitally inserted into the overall mosaic. The mural will be digitally created by piecing all of the individual squares together, and will be digitally manipulated to produce the final image, then printed by a sign company for the final installation on the pavilion.
This illustrates some examples of painted squares, the arrows indicate where they might be placed in the mosaic image.
We absolutely need YOU to be a part of this amazing COMMUNITY effort!
Yes! I want to be a part of this! How??
Come out to an Optimist event! We will have the tiles at our
Canada Day Family Picnic on July 1st 11am-2pm,
the Kids Fishing Derby July 5th 9am-noon
and at our Cornfest on August 23rd 4-7pm
If you are part of a club, neighbourhood association, congregation, or local group reach out - we will bring the squares and materials to any event, meeting or gathering. We will accommodate any group, even a gathering of neighbours and friends - we'll come to you or we can set up at our Optimist hall and you can come to us. You can contact us through this website's contact form, Facebook messenger, or email us at [email protected]
Canada Day Family Picnic on July 1st 11am-2pm,
the Kids Fishing Derby July 5th 9am-noon
and at our Cornfest on August 23rd 4-7pm
If you are part of a club, neighbourhood association, congregation, or local group reach out - we will bring the squares and materials to any event, meeting or gathering. We will accommodate any group, even a gathering of neighbours and friends - we'll come to you or we can set up at our Optimist hall and you can come to us. You can contact us through this website's contact form, Facebook messenger, or email us at [email protected]
What does it cost?
There is no cost, all materials needed will be provided and our volunteers will be there to instruct and guide. We would of course welcome donations to our club, and if you would like to help us out we're suggesting that a $2 donation would be appropriate.
But I'm not an artist/can't draw a straight line with a ruler!
Perfect!!! We're not looking for artists (although artists are of course welcome!) - we're looking for COMMUNITY!
Your artistic ability DOES NOT MATTER. Your age DOES NOT MATTER.
We just want our community members to help us out and have a part in making this art installation a reality!
From the tiniest tot to the most venerable elder - we want our community represented!
Your artistic ability DOES NOT MATTER. Your age DOES NOT MATTER.
We just want our community members to help us out and have a part in making this art installation a reality!
From the tiniest tot to the most venerable elder - we want our community represented!
What sort of a time commitment are we talking?
All of our ten 'test' participants completed their square in five to ten minutes - and had a ton of fun! It's only a 6" square piece.
Watch this space for pictures and updates on our progress!
