The Grove Wellington-Guelph hosted a mural painting at its Fergus Site last week in partnership with the Rotary Club of Guelph’s Indigenous Awareness Committee.
The mural was coordinated by First Nation’s Artist Michael “Cy” Cywink and Gerry Ranger.
Michael “Cy” Cywink is an Odawa Anishinaabe artist, author, curator and muralist from the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island and the Odawa nation.
Gerry Ranger is a Huron-Wendat artist and development social worker from Wendake, Quebec.
Together they travel across the province, leading art projects which aim to teach cultural appreciation from a First Nation perspective.
Community members were invited to take part in the painting and leave their mark.
The purpose of the mural project was to help make the Grove sites more welcoming and inclusive for all youth and learn more about “Water is Life – Healing Through Colour”
