Submitted by Rosemarie Stadnyk / ARC Creative Studio
The Colours for Canada 150 banner project was created and directed by ARC Creative Studio of North Battleford, which will be honouring the groups who participated at a reception Thursday.
Community members who participated in the project were the Royal Bank staff and families, Bonaventure Lions Club, Battlefords Boys and Girls Club, BTEC, Concern for Youth, Drumming Hill Youth Centre, Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre, Saskatchewan Hospital, Battlefords Art Club, Rivers’ Edge Quilters, Home Schooling, Ecole Pere Mercure, North Battleford Comprehensive High School art class, McKitrick School, Sakewew High School and ARC Creative Studio members.
In addition, banners were created by families and friends from the Battlefords, Saskatoon, Kerrobert, Turtle Lake, Medstead, Eastend, Calgary, Alta., Nova Scotia, Russia, Japan and Serbia.
Colours for Canada 150 banners were displayed in the North Battleford Library, at the western Development Museum for July and August and at the Dekker Centre in September. UltraPrint and Doug’s Paint Shop donated to the project and the Royal Bank and Bonaventure Lions Club provided financial support.
The banners are not on display at the ARC Creative Studio at 1102-101s Street upstairs and there will be a reception celebration at ARC to honour the groups who created the banners, with items for the reception donated by Innovation Credit Union, Discovery Co-op and Sobeys. The reception is Thursday, Dec. 7 from 4 to 7 p.m.
