Mural in Pembroke, Ontario of "MARGUERITE d’YOUVILLE AND HER MISSION"
The replacement value of the 34 murals that make up Pembroke’s Outdoor Art Gallery has been assessed at $1.146-million.
Few communities the size of Pembroke can boast a public art project of this caliber.
Since the first five murals were painted in 1990, Pembroke Heritage Murals has overseen the creation of more than thirty murals by both local and national artists.
The Heritage Murals Committee says it was and is very important that the story behind each mural reflects an episode in Pembroke’s development and growth.
One of Pembroke’s original murals located at the Pembroke City Centre on Lake Street is currently being restored by professional artist Jana Jaros, who has worked in painting sets for theatres in southern Ontario, and her assistant Jeremiah Doucette, a Forestry student at Algonquin College.
The Pembroke Street Lights mural was painted by Pierre Hardy in 1991 because Pembroke was the first community in Canada to have commercial electric lighting.
Ladders are being used to work on the figures and the Pembroke Heritage Murals Committee says the new owner of this property and property manager Tyler Clouthier have been extremely helpful and supportive.
The artists and the Murals Committee have been provided with unused office space to store ladders and supplies overnight including washroom access.
The Pembroke Heritage Murals Committee has outlined some of the work completed this year:
- Eight lights in the cornices of ‘Marguerite d’Youville and Her Mission’ have been replaced with LED bulbs, Frank’s Electric checked the wiring as well
- Twenty-three portraits of ‘The Mayors of Pembroke: A Portrait Gallery 1877-2014” have been replaced.
- Three panels of ‘The Steamboat’ have had a clear coat applied.
- Minor repairs to ‘A Century of Service 1896-1997” have been done and we are having the names of sponsors replaced by Speed Pro Signs: Walsh Bros.
- Construction installed a wide cap at ‘The Lumbering Industry’
Check out all of Pembroke’s Heritage Murals online here.
Pembroke Murals – Street Map/pembroke.ca