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1737 Portage Avenue
Location Map
Greetings from St. James: 100 Years in the Making".
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Location: N side bet. King Edward & Queen; East Face
Occupant: Blind Masters
District: St. James
Neighbourhood: King Edward
Artist(s): Morgan Biggs, Jennifer Johnson Mosienko (lead artist)
Year: 2022
Sponsors: St. James Village BIZ, St. James-Assiniboia Pioneer Association, Province of Manitoba Department of Sport, Culture & Heritage, Scott Gillingham, City Councillor, Marty Morantz, MP, Scott Johnston. MLA Assiniboia, Adrien Sala, MLA St. James, Living Prairie Museum, Herc Rentals, Take Pride Winnipeg!, St. James-Assiniboia 55+ Centre, Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce
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Click here for Katlyn Streilein's informative piece during the rendering of this Mural. The piece includes an excellent walkthrough of the numerous Mural elements by Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce President Kristi Meek.
Click here for the Free Press in progress photo and caption July 16, 2022.
Click here for CTV's coverage of the completed Mural.
Click here for Tyler Searle's Free Press coverage of the completed Mural which appeared on the Front Page of the August 15, 2022 edition.
In addition to sponsors listed above, other supporters of this 100th Anniversary Mural were: Sargent Sundae, St. Mary's Nursery, Stewart's Trophies & Engraving Ltd., Timberland Tree Service, and Seid's FOODFARE.
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Jennifer Mosienko: "It was an absolute honour and privilege to be commissioned to compose this project! Inspired by vintage postcard art, it allowed us to showcase several various aspects of history and attractions within each letter, becoming its own destination Mural."
"Special thanks to Morgan my Mentee for enduring the incredibly hot days and long hours along my side! Your amazing attitude, willingness to learn, music and comradery were so incredibly appreciated!
Special Thanks to Sargent Sundae, St. Mary's Nursery, Stewart's Trophies and Engraving, Timberland Tree Service and Zeid's Foodfare for your support and contributions!
Projects like these would not be possible without the Assistance and Contributions from The Assiniboine Chamber of Commerce, Take Pride Winnipeg, St. James Village BIZ, Councillor Scott Gillingham, Living Prairie Museum, MLA Adrian Sala, MLA Scott Johnston, MP Marty Morantz, Province of MB-Sport, Culture & Heritage, St. James 55+, St. Jame-Assiniboine Pioneer Association.
Excerpts from remarks at unveiling:
Kristi Meek: (Project Manager and Lead) "The City of Winnipeg's newest Mural is truly grand; magnificently bright and colourful- and has already brought many smiles to our community and those visiting our neck of the woods. Seeing the Mural in Tiktok videos, pictures on Instagram and comments on Facebook, we are so delighted that our project has generated nothing but joy and positivity for our community. There's no negativity here, and that's what St. James is all about!"
Adrian Sala (MLA, St. James) "Simply put, this (St. James) is a beautiful place to live, and to be; and this Mural now helps to make St. James into an even more beautiful place to live and to be. It's striking, it's vibrant. It does an incredible job in capturing so much of what we have to be proud of here in St. James; and it's just a wonderful way to welcome people into our community as they come driving down Portage Avenue."
Jennifer Mosienko: "I had the privilege of composing this Mural alongside my amazing mentee, Morgan. We had some extremely hot days made hotter by the cinder blocks and the asphalt radiating the heat. Morgan was a fantastic asset- we shared a fantastic camaraderie, a cooler of drinks, some great music, quite a few sweaty days, a terrible sandal tan and a lot of laughs!"
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