St. John's Year of the Arts Mural Unveiled

The City of St. John's announced the completion of a new Year of the Arts Mural on Harvey Road by artist Jerry Evans.

The mural foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, celebrating ancestral connections and acknowledging the life-sustaining riches of this land. The mural includes Mi’kmaw traditional designs representing flora, fauna, landscapes and cultural elements like petroglyphs to emphasize cultural ties to the land and sea.

The artwork is fabricated in a similar manner to its neighbouring Come Home 2022 mural on Harvey Road created by artists Molly Margret and Lily Taylor, with the artist's design printed on vinyl, which has been adhered to aluminum panels and installed on the retaining wall.

The City committed $16,400 for this project which was also supported by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, providing $30,000 through the Year of the Arts 2024 Funding Program.