SENATOR MURRAY SINCLAIR 2018
Senator Sinclair is the first Indigenous Judge since 1870 in the Province of Manitoba. He served as Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Sinclair attended the Selkirk Regional Comprehensive High School.
Artists: Charlie Johnston and students at Selkirk Regional Comprehensive High School (Kaitlyn Barnett-Lussier, Cheyenne Cockerill, Ramsey Desjarlais, Julie Stevenson, Ela Wasney).
Located inside the Selkirk Regional High School.
Senator Sinclair is the first Indigenous Judge since 1870 in the Province of Manitoba. He served as Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Sinclair attended the Selkirk Regional Comprehensive High School.
Artists: Charlie Johnston and students at Selkirk Regional Comprehensive High School (Kaitlyn Barnett-Lussier, Cheyenne Cockerill, Ramsey Desjarlais, Julie Stevenson, Ela Wasney).
Located inside the Selkirk Regional High School.
Old Versus the New Player 2018
This mural became a tribute to the Humboldt Broncos, a Junior Hockey League team. On the day of the 2018 fatal bus accident, muralist Charlie Johnston was painting the New Player and gave that character's gear the team's colours. The public selected this design.
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at the Selkirk Recreational Complex.
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at the Selkirk Recreational Complex.
SHOWCASING A COLOURFUL PAST 2018
This mural has nostalgic items interwoven with metaphors: clouds with silver linings; a garden gnome with a chip on his shoulder; a glass half full and an elephant in the room.
Artist: Mandy van Leeuwen (with youth participants Carly Chartier, Courtney Jensen, Tyler Lee, Andrew Marsh, Courtnee Massey, Julie Stevenson, Sophie Thorne).
Located at the House of Economy Thrift Shop (246 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB)
Artist: Mandy van Leeuwen (with youth participants Carly Chartier, Courtney Jensen, Tyler Lee, Andrew Marsh, Courtnee Massey, Julie Stevenson, Sophie Thorne).
Located at the House of Economy Thrift Shop (246 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB)
DON'T JUDGE ME UNTIL YOU'VE WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES 2018
This mural depicts walking together. The cracking open of the surface represents that those who fall through the cracks may still have a chance to grow.
Foot poses: Shirley Muir and dog Spirit, Jeanie Red Eagle, Larry Johanson, Lily Dowd (girl), Jamie Gustafson (work boots), Barbara Nepinak with Damas Nepinak-McIvor.
Special thanks: Gwen Fox Gallery, Community Networks, and the Selkirk Community Renewal Corporation.
Artist: Mandy van Leeuwen. Mentees: Christopher Lawless, Jeanie Red Eagle, Nancy Moose, Brad Lent, Ashley Dowd, Lily Dowd, Kiera Dowd, Julie Stevenson, Brandy Fekete, Hayden Crowell and Vivian Place.
Located at Aboriginal Head Start, Young Minds (222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB)
Foot poses: Shirley Muir and dog Spirit, Jeanie Red Eagle, Larry Johanson, Lily Dowd (girl), Jamie Gustafson (work boots), Barbara Nepinak with Damas Nepinak-McIvor.
Special thanks: Gwen Fox Gallery, Community Networks, and the Selkirk Community Renewal Corporation.
Artist: Mandy van Leeuwen. Mentees: Christopher Lawless, Jeanie Red Eagle, Nancy Moose, Brad Lent, Ashley Dowd, Lily Dowd, Kiera Dowd, Julie Stevenson, Brandy Fekete, Hayden Crowell and Vivian Place.
Located at Aboriginal Head Start, Young Minds (222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB)
WORD 2018
The theme is about how Reconciliation is made up of layers. Each layer becomes more opaque than the previous ones.
The first layer shows Lord Selkirk and Chief Peguis shaking hands.
The second layer is words from a Treaty and shows a river running through the Interlake.
The third layer has four English words: respect, integrity, accountability, empathy and their Ojibway equivalents: Mnaadendimowin, gwekwaadziwin, dbaadendiziwin, zaagidwin.
The final layer shows a student repairing tears in the Treaty. WORD is on the sweater.
Artist: Charlie Johnston with mentored students from the Lord Selkirk regional Comprehensive Secondary School (Julie Stevenson, Cheyenne Cockerill, Laura McCarthy, Mackenzie Gordon).
Located inside the Selkirk Comprehensive High School.
The first layer shows Lord Selkirk and Chief Peguis shaking hands.
The second layer is words from a Treaty and shows a river running through the Interlake.
The third layer has four English words: respect, integrity, accountability, empathy and their Ojibway equivalents: Mnaadendimowin, gwekwaadziwin, dbaadendiziwin, zaagidwin.
The final layer shows a student repairing tears in the Treaty. WORD is on the sweater.
Artist: Charlie Johnston with mentored students from the Lord Selkirk regional Comprehensive Secondary School (Julie Stevenson, Cheyenne Cockerill, Laura McCarthy, Mackenzie Gordon).
Located inside the Selkirk Comprehensive High School.
TEA TIME 2019
A time-travelling teapot has steeped its way through the temporal looking glass, pouring a mammoth serving. The White Rabbit is late as ever, while Alice struggles to find the right size for every occasion. Two designs were developed by local youth, from which the public selected this one.
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at 351 Main Street, Selkirk, MB
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at 351 Main Street, Selkirk, MB
THE HEALING PATH 2019
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The Metis symbol becomes a beadwork path bringing people together towards healing. The Four Medicines radiate from the centre: cedar, tobacco, sweet grass and sage. The smoke represents smudging ceremonies. Inside the path are two flower gardens composed of traditional beadwork motifs: Metis on the left and Ojibway/Indigenous on the right. Walking along the healing path are the animal totems of the Seven Sacred Teachings: Bison, Wolf, Beaver, Sa’be, Eagle, Bear and Turtle.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Ashley Christiansen, Jeannie Red Eagle, Ryan Gauthier, Brad Lent and Chad Reeves.
Located at 222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Ashley Christiansen, Jeannie Red Eagle, Ryan Gauthier, Brad Lent and Chad Reeves.
Located at 222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
REWIRING NOUS 2019
An elaborate game of Cat's Cradle becomes a cosmic session of electrochemical psychotherapy wherein a collective consciousness is rewired. A new mode of thought emerges for a new generation.
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at 357 Eveline Street, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Charlie Johnston.
Located at 357 Eveline Street, Selkirk, MB.
PRAIRIE CROCUSES 2020
Like the Prairie Crocus, generations of settler and indigenous women have thrived on the uncultivated, wind-swept native prairie landscape. This mural is a tribute to the artist's mother who loved shopping at Packers.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Designed by members of the community.
Located at 409 Main Street, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Designed by members of the community.
Located at 409 Main Street, Selkirk, MB.
CANDACE MEMORIES SHOW AND SHINE 2021
The Candace Memories Show & Shine fund-raiser began in 2004 as a tribute to Candace Morgoch who died in 1995. It raises money for The Compassionate Friends, an organization offering support to grieving parents.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Ashley Christiansen and Sierrah Anderson.
Located at 205 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Ashley Christiansen and Sierrah Anderson.
Located at 205 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
MASHKAWIGAABAWID ABINOOJIYAG - STAND STRONG CHILDREN 2021
This mural commemorates the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools and IRS survivors, their families and communities.
Artists: Jordan Stranger & Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Jeannie Red Eagle, Ashley Christiansen, Sierrah Andersen, Brad Lent, Jonathon Ostash, John Lodge, Bobbi Sinclair, Courtney Massey.
Located at 226 Superior Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
PARTNER - Anishinaabe Gikinoo’amaagoowinan - The People's Teachings
Artists: Jordan Stranger & Charlie Johnston. Mentees: Jeannie Red Eagle, Ashley Christiansen, Sierrah Andersen, Brad Lent, Jonathon Ostash, John Lodge, Bobbi Sinclair, Courtney Massey.
Located at 226 Superior Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
PARTNER - Anishinaabe Gikinoo’amaagoowinan - The People's Teachings
NOOKOOMIS GIKINOO'AMAAGOOWINAN - GRANDMOTHER'S TEACHINGS 2019
This mural is the educational component of the Legacy of Love Mural Art Project. It shows unconditional love from grandmothers who help guide. They instill teachings to provide protection, especially to individuals impacted by missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. Picture is of Elder Annie Bowkett listing a Quilliq.
Artist: Ashley Christiansen, Knowledge Keeper Jeannie Red Eagle as well as youth from Promoting Aboriginal Student Success, and from our local community.
Located downstairs at Young Minds at 222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Ashley Christiansen, Knowledge Keeper Jeannie Red Eagle as well as youth from Promoting Aboriginal Student Success, and from our local community.
Located downstairs at Young Minds at 222 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
COMMUNITY ROUND DANCE 2020
This mural depicts people holding hands in a traditional round dance that takes place in the middle of Manitoba Avenue during Selkirk's annual Holiday Alley. This is an event of art, light, and culture that is a uniting celebration for all residents and visitors.
Artist: Michel Saint-Hilaire. Mentee: Julie Stevenson.
Located at 219 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
Artist: Michel Saint-Hilaire. Mentee: Julie Stevenson.
Located at 219 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
LEGACY OF LOVE 2021
This mural project honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The design the shape of a turtle surrounded by a walking path among serene natural prairie grasses. This project will improve awareness, help support, heal and enhance reconciliation efforts. It will give families a sense of peace to have a community space of recognition of their loved ones. It will be a place of rest for those still lost.
The body of the turtle consists of 4 large murals representing the 4 Directions. These align to the life cycles and spiritual paths of Indigenous peoples. The outside of the mural is painted as a turtle shell to depict N. America (Turtle Island).
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentors: Annie Beach, Jamie Black, Ashley Christiansen, Brad Lent, Jonathon Ostash, Jeannie Red Eagle, Bobbi Sinclair.
Located at the Gaynor Family Library, 806 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
The body of the turtle consists of 4 large murals representing the 4 Directions. These align to the life cycles and spiritual paths of Indigenous peoples. The outside of the mural is painted as a turtle shell to depict N. America (Turtle Island).
Artist: Charlie Johnston. Mentors: Annie Beach, Jamie Black, Ashley Christiansen, Brad Lent, Jonathon Ostash, Jeannie Red Eagle, Bobbi Sinclair.
Located at the Gaynor Family Library, 806 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, MB.
Endangered Species 2021
In Manitoba presently there are 34 endangered and 23 threatened species of plants and animals. Eight species have been totally extirpated. This educational mural highlights 7 of Manitoba Endangered or Extirpated Species the Lake Sturgeon, Whooping Crane, White Lady Slipper, Burrowing Owl, Skink, Peregrine Falcon, and the Monarch Butterfly. The mural has been a collaboration between many local artists who have all brought their passion,artistic abilities,and culture into these magnificent art pieces.
Artists Mark Guiboche,Lizanne Laurin, Charlie Johnston,Janet Dornian , Wendy Seversen, Cynthia Boehm, Sierrah Andersen, Amber Smith, Jeannie Red Eagle, Jonathon Ostash, Ashley Christiansen, Isabelle Carels,Brad Lent Les Hummerston
Butterfly Girl
Endangered Species
Peregrine Falcon
Dancing Crane
Lake Sturgeon
Lady Slippers
Whooping Crane
Shink
Ukrainian Pysanka or Easter Egg.
Designed by Charlie Johnston
The artists involved in the project are Mentor Charlie Johnston and Mentee Brad Lent. This new mural is part of the Interlake Art Board's Community Spirit mentor program. The program pairs a mentor with an apprentice to expand their skills and knowledge, to build new working relationships, and to create new public artworks. This particular mural will showcase community support for the Ukrainian people in their time of crisis that has affected the entire world. Community Spirit murals honour inclusiveness within Selkirk and nearby areas. By designing public artworks that celebrate diversity, the IAB has seen these murals support and strengthen community. These projects, along with many others, intertwine similarities by developing mutual understanding and tolerance.
The artists involved in the project are Mentor Charlie Johnston and Mentee Brad Lent. This new mural is part of the Interlake Art Board's Community Spirit mentor program. The program pairs a mentor with an apprentice to expand their skills and knowledge, to build new working relationships, and to create new public artworks. This particular mural will showcase community support for the Ukrainian people in their time of crisis that has affected the entire world. Community Spirit murals honour inclusiveness within Selkirk and nearby areas. By designing public artworks that celebrate diversity, the IAB has seen these murals support and strengthen community. These projects, along with many others, intertwine similarities by developing mutual understanding and tolerance.