North Haven’s pedestrian underpass to Nose Hill Park will have a mural installed this summer! In March, a selection panel of North Haven residents, Indigenous advisors, and other experts met to choose an artist for the mural. We’re very excited to announce that Stephanie One Spot, a senior student at Alberta University of the Arts will be creating the artwork and leading the installation this summer.
Stephanie One Spot is an accomplished artist and curator. She has been involved in numerous shows in the Calgary area, including From the Land: Indigenous Ecological Art for a New Era at the ATB Gallery, Our Stories, Our Voices, Our Ways at Fort Calgary, and Forward Together at The Bows. Stephanie grew up on Tsuut’ina reserve, close to the buffalo paddock, where she could always walk out and experience the land. She is inspired by her natural surroundings, gardening with her mother, and the traditional stories told to her by her father.
Her painting practice explores time, memory, and space. Her works are primarily mixed media, working with projection, photographs, spray paint, acrylics, and natural materials such as hide, willow, sand, dirt, trees, and bark. Her concept for the mural is based around traditional stories and the animals who roamed the Nose Hill area for many millennia.
This project is a partnership between the North Haven Community Association, the City of Calgary, and Alberta University for the Arts’ Lodgepole Centre. Originally scheduled for the summer of 2022, the project was moved to 2023 after various delays ate up the short window of hot weather needed for outdoor painting. The installation will take place this summer, with the start date determined by the weather.
Stephanie will be presenting her sketches for the mural and holding an informal artist’s talk sometime in May. Watch for an announcement of the date and time; we hope to see you there!
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