Open house to be held on Wednesday, August 3rd.
You'll soon have a chance to meet the artists working on the totem pole at Richard Pierpoint Park in St. Catharines.
An open house will be held on Wednesday, August 3rd from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Rex Stimers Arena on Gale Crescent.
"We are happy to be able to give the public this opportunity to speak to the amazing artists and ask them questions about the restoration and history of our totem pole," says Lori Mambella, Manager of programs and culture services at the City. "We feel very honoured that an apprentice of the original artist from over 50 years ago was willing and able to lend his fine skills to our city for this meaningful project."
The 40 foot totem pole was originally installed in St. Catharines in 1967 to mark the country's centennial.
It was removed from the park in 2019, and brought indoors until it could be restored.
The City of St. Catharines says it enlisted the help of three Indigenous artists: Bruce Alfred, Cole Speck and Dominique Wells.
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