St. Thomas ‘Giving Back’ Indigenous Public Art

The City of St. Thomas, ON, is creating a public art piece in a new roundabout at Kains St. and St. Catharine St. SpruceLab is leading a team of artists, structural engineers, an industrial designer, and landscape architects to deliver a dynamic and meaningful metal sculpture based around the cultural themes of connections with Mother Earth, water, and honouring First Peoples and Indigenous Knowledge. The sculpture design is by the renowned Algonquin Artist, Karl Chevrier, Timiskaming First Nation, with incredible pieces across Canada, and his frequent collaborator, Jacques Baril, experienced in large scale metal-work and major public art.

Services

• Indigenous Placemaking

• Public Art