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Community Spirit Mural Project
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Mosaic tile gallery


Take a moment and check out all of the individual mosaic tiles that have been painted by members of the community!
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Gallery Director, Cyndi Cassidy's Speech
at the Unveiling Ceremony

Hello everyone, the mandate of the Quesnel Art Gallery Society is to support and promote local artists and to bring art to the community. This Community Spirit mural project is an awesome example of bringing art and creativity to the community.

A special thanks to Lee-Anne and Aaron for being the art directors for this awesome project. 

And thanks to all of the volunteers, sponsors and funding agencies that help us bring art to the community.  As a volunteer run society, it's so important to have a community that supports us.

In the summer of 2019, when we were discussing what kind of workshops we should have in the summer of 2020, I thought, "Let's do a community mural!"

So from that thought, the project was planned, replanned and then replanned again when we thought we'd have to cancel because of Covid-19.

The community involvement in bringing this project to this point today is wonderful and almost overwhelming...

I'm so looking forward to seeing the mural unveiled today.  The community of Quesnel can be proud of itself for participating in this beautiful creative project.

Thank you!

Art Director, Lee-Anne Chisholm's Speech at Unveiling Ceremony

This mural is a Quesnel Art Gallery Project. 
The idea was to bring the community together for a mural that was originally planned as a one week painting event to take place at the Art Gallery for the summer of 2020.

​Unfortunately 2020 had other plans and many events had to be postponed for COVID 19. As you can imagine a community painting project that works with the guidelines for social distancing would be quite difficult so Cyndi thought maybe there’s another way and asked myself and Aaron Harder if it would be possible to design something that participating artists could paint at home.

We are always excited about a challenging artistic idea so we designed a mural made with mosaic tiles. These tiles were put together in a package with specific colours for the mural and allowed each participant to create their own masterpiece to be included in the project. We were so happy to find that the project was a hit and included 115 participants.

Thank you to everyone that was part of making this project happen.
  • To the Quesnel Art Gallery for inspiring artists and events like this.
  • To Sandra Lewis and AC&D Insurance for this beautiful space to display the mural. 
  • Thank you to Our amazing sponsors for your sponsorship and generous donations to the project, Cloverdale paint, Big Country Printers, DHJ Design Studio, and the Quesnel Downtown Association.
  • Thank you to all the directors, curators, and volunteers that put together our painting packages from the Quesnel Art Gallery.
  • Also to the City of Quesnel and Town pantry for the use of this space for our unveiling. 
  • And thank you to Cyndi Cassidy for the great idea of creating a community mural.
  • And last but not least to all of our 115 contributing artists for the project.

​The diversity of artists and creativity of individuals was inspiring to see and we hope that by bringing this project together it will also inspire the community and reflect a message that even when we are going through difficult times we are still all stronger together.
Sponsors & Funding Agencies for the Community Spirit Mural Project:

Joan Ramsey Harker
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"We Acknowledge that we live, work and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Lhtako Dene Nation" 

Thank you to our 2023
Gallery Show Sponsors:


Our sponsors are vital to our success,
and we are very grateful for their support.


♥ Cariboo Cabin by Sam Watters
♥ Rocky Peak
♥ School District #28
♥ Joan Ramsey Harker
♥ Design Flooring Ltd.
 ♥ North Cariboo Realty Ltd.
♥ Big Country Printers Ltd.
♥ Bill & Sue-Ellen Miller
♥ DHJ Design Studio
♥ Forsythia Holdings Inc.
♥ Gold Town Ink Studio
♥ The Den by Moonshine Coffee Roasters
If you have questions about  our exhibitions, the gift shop or becoming a member or a volunteer, you can contact the Quesnel Art Gallery by telephone during our regular operating hours. You may also contact the Quesnel Art Gallery by use of the form below:

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Quesnel Art Gallery
500 North Star Road
Quesnel, BC V2J 5P6

Phone: 250-991-4014
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    • Become A Member
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  • Member Artists
  • Feature Artists
    • Community Spirit Mural >
      • Mosaic Tile Gallery
    • 2021 Gallery Shows >
      • May 2021 Show - "Resonate"
      • April 2021 Show - "The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Cariboo"
      • February 2021 Show - "Simple Summer"
    • 2020 Gallery Shows >
      • October Show - "Fraser River Photographic Encaustics"
      • September Show - "Unique Collaboration"
      • August Show - "Pastel Stories"
      • July Showcase - "Artists in Isolation"
      • June 2020 Show - Ron Magill
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    • Download Forms