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Mural brightens library
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FRANK MCTIGHE
MACLEOD GAZETTE EDITOR |
When children
gather in the Fort Macleod RCMP Centennial Library to read and
play, they will find some familiar friends waiting for them.
Smiling down at them from the walls of the children’s section
are familiar figures such as the Paper Bag Princess and Winnie
the Pooh. The characters from popular children’s books are part
of a mural painted by Fort Macleod artist Trish Hoskin.
“These books are ones that have stood the test of time, and they’re
the ones parents and children really like,” Hoskin said. “I
chose them because they’re from the books that parents and kids
will recognize.”
That recognition of story book characters such as the Very Hungry
Caterpillar and Thomas the Tank will build a stronger connection
between children and the library.
The characters from the books of Eric Carle, Robert Munsch and Dr.
Seuss also serve another purpose.
“We didn’t know what we wanted but we had talked about putting
something up on the wall just to brighten it up,” librarian
Sharon Edwards said.
Word the library was interested in a mural reached Hoskin’s ears
through a friend, and she wrote a letter explaining she would be
willing to donate her time.
“Being a Grade 1 teacher for six years, I knew which books were the
children’s favourites,” Hoskin said. “And family literacy is
very important to me.”
Hoskin works primarily in a style she based on First Nations art,
but she has painted murals on walls in homes and a Macdonald’s
restaurant in Calgary.
“It’s really big,” Hoskin said of the challenge of painting a
mural. “You have to be able to get the right perspective.”
For the walls of the section housing books for young children,
Hoskin chose the characters from popular books.
For the young adults section, she went with characters such as
Archie, Betty and Veronica, Garfield the Cat and Captain
Underpants. Hoskin kept the subject matter of her mural a secret
from the library staff, and the results delighted them
“It’s wonderful,” Edwards said. “It’s very, very nice. We’re very
impressed, and everybody who comes in here says the same thing.
The kids just love it, and the adults too.” |
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Fort Macleod
artist Trish Hoskin painted a mural of Archie comic book
characters, Garfield the Cat and Captain Underpants in the
section of the library reserved for young adults. |
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Trish Hoskin chose Robert Munsch’s Paper Bag Princess and
the dragon for part of the mural in the section of the
library reserved for young children |
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Eric
Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar. |
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Mural brightens library walls
When children gather in the Fort Macleod RCMP Centennial
Library to read and play, they will find some familiar
friends waiting for them. Smiling down at them from the
walls of the children’s section are familiar figures
such as the Paper Bag Princess and Winnie the Pooh. The
characters from popular children’s books are part of a
mural painted by Fort Macleod artist Trish Hoskin... |
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