Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs
Tourism, Culture and Recreation
March 5, 2010
Media Advisory:
Ministers to Attend Recognition Ceremony
for Labradoria Clay Mural Project
The Honourable John Hickey, Minister of
Labrador Affairs; the Honourable Patty Pottle, Minister of Aboriginal
Affairs; and the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Recreation, will attend a ceremony on Sunday, March 7, in
recognition of the Labradoria clay mural project, a series of
clay tablets by young Labrador artists on display at the Lawrence
O'Brien Arts Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The ceremony will begin
at 2:00 p.m.
Labradoria is intended to
represent the natural and cultural history of Labrador. Many of the
images featured are based on archival photographs from the Them Days
magazine collection. The project is supported by $16,400 in funding from
the departments of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, and Tourism, Culture
and Recreation.
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Media contacts:
John Tompkins
Director of Communications
Department of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs
709-729-1674, 728-7762
jtompkins@gov.nl.ca
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Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
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2010 03 05
11:45 a.m.
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