Otonabee Memorial Community Centre Selects Mural Artwork For Main Entrance

The Parks and Recreation Committee for the Otonabee-South Monaghan Township has selected Ellen Cowie’s artwork to grace the main entrance of the Otonabee Memorial Community Centre.

Ellen Cowie’s winning design. Photo courtesy of Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.

The long-time resident’s art will appear on a 24-foot-by-eight-foot mural. Cowie is deeply connected to the farming, sporting, Indigenous and artistic communities – all of which are represented in her design. She moved to Keene from Peterborough in 2019.

Since 1991, her work has been shown in fine art galleries, with her career highlight being two of her $200 coin designs produced by the Royal Canadian Mint.

Second prize went to Piper Lubbock, 8, for her colourful submission celebrating her love of hockey.

Community members are invited to help paint the mural before it is mounted on the arena’s outer wall this spring. This community project aims to bring residents together as they create a new landmark. Anyone wishing to participate can email OSMMuralProject@gmail.com.

Several artists submitted designs during a call for entries late last year after the committee approved the concept.

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