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iN PHOTOS: Broody steampunk murals bring strange vibe to new Kamloops nightclub
The owner of the new Nightshift on Fifth nightclub in Kamloops is using large, edgy…
Big, bold mural brightens new tower entrance at Kamloops hospital
A bright Indigenous-themed mural is now at the atrium in the new Royal Inland Hospital…
Vernon council does u-turn on ‘scary’ public murals
In a u-turn move, Vernon council has blocked its "scary" mural project and sent it…
One petition is trying to stop nightmarish murals in Vernon while another tries to keep the dream alive
After a petition was launched yesterday in defiance of the creepy murals coming to Vernon,…
Provocative art provokes petition in Vernon
A petition has been launched in opposition to Vernon city council's decision to approve some…
Artist transforms sea can into bright new mural depicting Sun Peaks landscape
A Sun Peaks resident has turned an eye sore into a bright work of art…
Kamloops artist completes huge rock music-themed mural
Kamloops visual artist Stace DeWolf has just completed the largest mural he has ever painted,…
Kamloops business owner seeks suggestions for mural, likely to include Snowbird crash
For a Kamloops businessman, community involvement is critical for creating his proposed mural to commemorate…
It’s all coming together for this Kamloops artist
As you drive and stroll around downtown Kamloops, chances are you’ve seen one of the…
Artist’s mural a poetic illustration of life on Vernon’s streets
VERNON – A group of street-entrenched people seek respite from the rain under a tall…
Concrete to Canvas: How a catalogue will help beautify the streets of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A new initiative aims to make the process of putting up large-scale urban…
First steps taken for downtown Kamloops summer mural planning
KAMLOOPS – The summer mural season will soon be in full swing. The Back Alley Art…
VIDEO: How public art is paying dividends to the Kamloops art community
KAMLOOPS – The latest back alley mural painting in downtown Kamloops is something to check…
VIDEO: How this Kamloops artist finds the beauty in life among loss
KAMLOOPS – Who is the one person from your past who has made an impact…
UPDATE: Mural for missing and murdered indigenous women in Enderby vandalized with racial slurs; RCMP investigating
ENDERBY – Shockwaves are going through a North Okanagan community this morning after a mural…
‘Get the help you need’: Muralist’s message to Vernon vandal
VERNON – A Vernon mural honouring indigenous people has been defaced with a swastika for…
Local artists get a Hollywood nod as Merritt mural hits the big screen
MERRITT – There’s a local connection to a new movie that premieres next month in…
HELSTON: What a young Vernon artist showed us all this week
Marie-Anna Michaud didn’t start rinsing paint off a vandalized mural because she was disturbed by the obscenities scrawled there. She didn’t do it to right a wrong, and she didn’t do it out of anger for the perpetrators. No one asked or paid her to do it. Her act of kindness came as a surprise...
A famous Vernon mural was vandalized, then this happened
"IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE ACT OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT TO DISCOVER HER CLEANING THE MURAL" VERNON - Without being asked or paid, a young artist took it upon herself to undo the damage a vandal did to one of Vernon’s heritage murals. Marie-Anna Michaud, 19, saw a post by muralist Michelle Loughery on Facebook Monday morning....
Iconic Vernon mural hit by vandals
VERNON - It’s an iconic mural many have stopped to gaze at over the past 15 years, but Monday, something else was turning heads. The mural, which depicts a locomotive traveling over a trestle bridge, was vandalized with a series of obscene words, printed at the bottom of this article with viewer discretion advised. Michelle...