Michelle Loughery (born 1961) is a

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muralist from

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Life and work

Early career

Loughery was born in the community of Michel-Natal in the Elk Valley in southeastern

, but her family was relocated to the nearby mining town of

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when the community of Michel-Natal was dismantled by the provincial government in the 1970s.

Work

Loughery has created mural projects in

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Route 66 Mural City, US;

Vernon, British Columbia Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA of British ...

, Heritage Murals; and country music themed murals in the Country Music Capital of Canada,

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. Her 9/11 mural commissioned by the Brooklyn Fire Department is on photographic display in the Smithsonian Museum.

Awards

* BC Community Achievement Award

References

www.cubamurals.com
* http://www.ccmhalloffame.com

Sources

*Sutherland, Jim. Murals Brighten Walls, Live. More Magazine. Summer 2008 *Grant, Paul. BC Artist to Paint Sept.11th Mural for NYC School. CBC News. March 17, 2003. *British Columbian Achievement Foundation. Thirty Nine British Columbians Receive British Columbian Community Achievements Awards. March 15, 2005. *https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233957/http://www.conkie-law.ca/newsletter/december2008/loughery.html *http://www.merrittherald.com/on-a-wall-down-under/ *http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/192597121.html *http://www.canadashistory.ca/Great-War-Album/About-the-Great-War/Prisoners-and-internees/Dan-Koneszynigi

External links

Official siteAdditional magazine articles
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