Medicine Hat Mural Fest running all summer this year

Organizer Jeff Goring said sponsors like McBride’s Bakery and Sun City Ford were quick to reach out and offer support.

“It was just cool to see the sponsors from last year some of the other sponsors really jump on board and say ‘we’re willing to make something happen’ and we were able to pull it together,” he said.

New murals have already been painted on the Sixth Avenue side of The Page & Whisker, at the old Towne Theatre and on Second Street across from Station Coffee Co.

The Page & Whisker mural was done by Chad Tyson, founder and CEO of The Paint Factory. He says he wanted to complement the age of the building, which is one of the city’s oldest, and painted an old pub-style sign the reads “The Hat.”

Future murals will spruce up other downtown buildings over the summer, with two more planned for both July and August and more to finish up in September.

Goring, also known as Sonz1, says locations are still being locked down.

“Working with building owners, making sure we got the right locations, make sure we’re not going over any historical locations. A lot of times with the locations we try to make sure we find old, kind of ones that have been tagged up or ones that are in high traffic areas that will really bring a benefit to the downtown.”

Goring said this year he wants to highlight local artists, splitting the murals between them and artists he hopes to bring in from other parts of the country, like Tyson from Toronto.

“We have some phenomenal artists here in the Hat, so we’re thankful for that,” he said.

by Chris Brown

Medicine Hat Mural Fest running all summer this year

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