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City approves art piece for Station Square
City of Fernie council has approved and supported the Public Art Evaluation Committee’s recommendation to award the contract for the Fernie Art Project – 1908 Fire to Michael Hepher and Paul Reimer.
This art piece will be installed at the Fernie Arts Station and is part of the Station Square Redevelopment Project.
A total of $50,000 in funding was received for the project through a joint grant application between the City of Fernie and the Fernie Museum to the BC Canada 150 Grant Program. The grant requires $10,000 matching funds from the city, which will be allocated from the Station Square Project, funded by the Resort Municipality Initiative.
The grant stipulates that the art must commemorate a significant community story that has shaped the history of the city and the Great Fire of 1908 was chosen as a dramatic, defining moment for Fernie. The project must be completed by May 31.
The two artists also have work on display at Canadian Rockies International Airport and the ‘welcome to Cranbrook’ piece at the Elizabeth Lake entry to the city.
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