Vancouver Mural Festival launches as support for public murals grows

Artists are set to paint 20 new murals across the Lower Mainland thanks to the Vancouver Mural Festival , which is set to run Aug. 4-13.

Vancouver city council last night passed a motion to allow Storm Brewing to keep its promotional artwork, and to direct city staff to look into “modernizing” city bylaws on murals on business properties. Artists painting VMF murals get paid between $2,000 and $20,000 for work on the projects, Lebedinskaia said, with that compensation being about 25 per cent of the overall cost of the murals they create, she said."GWL Realty is sponsoring a mural in Yaletown, which is on top of the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery [at 1070 Homer St.,]" she Lebedinskaia said.Other businesses set to get murals include Jingle Bao Restaurant at 774 Denman St., and Ofiswerks by Formwerks at 234 West 3rd Ave.

The parent organization's annual budget is around $3 million, with much of that coming from government grants, public and private sponsorship, money from business improvement associations and proceeds from events, Lebedinskaia said.

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