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The city has installed a series of road murals and poetry gardens along the Hunter Street cafe and patio district between Goerge and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough for the 2023 Renaissance on Hunter public art project.
This is the third year of the Renaissance on Hunter as a public art initiative.
It’s co-ordinated through the City of Peterborough public art program, with support from the Downtown Business Improvement Area association and GreenUp.
Installations included the Poetry Gardens Project and the Road Mural Project, along with two other projects, according to the press release.
Poetry from nine poets will be rotated in the Poetry Gardens between now and September, starting with works by the city’s 2023 poet laureate Ziysah von Bieberstein and Peterborough’s first poet laureate Sarah Lewis.
The names of the nine poets whose work will be featured over the summer will be announced at the end of the month.
Ten artists were selected for the Road Mural Project to be mentored by artists who created road murals last summer.
The local artist teams are:
- Odoonabii II at Site 1 by mentor Aaron Robitaille, with mentees Kelly King, Em Farquhar Barrie, and Holly Edwards.
- Glacial Formation II at Site 2 by mentor Josh Morley, with mentees Sarah St. Pierre and Bethany Davis.
- Flight of the Pollinators II at Site 3 by mentor Brooklin Holbrough, with mentees Justine-Marie Williams and Deanna Henry.
- Nothing Out of Reach II at Site 4 by mentor Nuin-Tara Morin, with mentees Aryan Bhagat and Cassandra Shaw.
