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Look up! The banners are coming!
Although we are sad to see the ski season begin its annual decline for yet another year, we are pleased to announce the artists chosen for the Eighth Annual Banner Launch!
Taking place on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. in the The Arts Station, the big reveal certainly doesn’t strain the eye! This year, 100-plus artists entered well over 100 different pieces making it very difficult for our keen team of adjudicators to narrow it down to just 35. But it has been done!
From painting, quilting, photography, pottery and glass, the artists and their mediums know no bounds. The Banner Project highlights the diversity in all of our artists. The variety and depth of the artists deserve to be celebrated and the Banner Project accomplishes just that making its eighth year one of its most successful yet.
The completed banners will be displayed at The Arts Station on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. before being hung along Victoria Avenue in downtown Fernie. During this time, the choice to sponsor a banner will be yours for just $100.
After being on display for one year on Victoria Avenue then another year lining the highway, the banner is yours! Although, this project is possible thanks to the City of Fernie and the District Arts Council who underpin the project, sponsorship from the community make the project sustainable.
Spectators and interested sponsors alike are welcome to view all of the banners during the Launch but, if something strikes your fancy and you are interested in a banner, you need to act quickly. Banners are a hot commodity and are fantastic attributes to any yard or garden.
After much deliberation, here are the chosen artists that made the cut for 2012!
| Artist Name | Work Title | Artist Name | Work Title |
| Aitken Anderson, Anne | Calming Conifers | Menduk, Mary | Rolling Stones |
| Ciupa, Pamm | Sunny Soujourn | Merritt, Camilla | Dem Bones |
| Clark, Alicia | Autumn Daydream | Miller, Donna | And Into the Woods We Go |
| DeBoon, Marla | Fernie Flyer | Nelson, Laura | Life in the Kootenays |
| Dunnet, Morgan | Courthouse | Nelson, Terry | Tickled Pink |
| Fear, Lilah | Pumpkin Patch | Pike, Sarah | Red Osier |
| George, Sylvia | In Bloom | Platt, Clyde | Evening Light |
| Grey, Jean | Snow Bums | Richards, Neve | Give a Hand |
| Hall, Anne | Summer Camping | Robinson- Shaw, Wes | A Closeup Snowman |
| Hide, Jamie | Cokato Sunrise | Rogers, Stephanie | Snow Surfer |
| Higgins, Tara | Farthingale | Schenk, Brina | Give and Take |
| Hockley, Patti | Maple Leaf | Sikkes, Clint | Morninig Mist |
| James, Judy | Solitude | Stead, Kathy | Moonlit Path |
| Kolesar, Slavka | Fig Tree | Uphill, Carrie | The Brave Girl |
| Lemire, Marie Claude | Born of the Sun | Webster, Ilona | Japanese Maple |
| Lennox, Catheryn | On the Road | White, Keya | Eat, Sleep, Ski |
| Markle, Patrick | Ripples | Welsh, Marcie | Oh Fernie! |
| McAllister, Helen | Rays and Spokes | Parker Kennedy
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A Flower Pot |
Images of some of last year’s banners courtesy of The Art Station
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