Michelle Loughery (born 1961) is a Canadian muralist from British Columbia.[1]

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Life and work

Early career

Loughery was born in the community of Michel-Natal in the Elk Valley in southeastern British Columbia, but her family was relocated to the nearby mining town of Sparwood when the community of Michel-Natal was dismantled by the provincial government in the 1970s.

Work

Loughery has created mural projects in Cuba, Missouri Route 66 Mural City,[2] US; Vernon, British Columbia, Heritage Murals;[3] and country music themed murals in the Country Music Capital of Canada, Merritt, British Columbia.[4] Her 9/11 mural commissioned by the Brooklyn Fire Department is on photographic display in the Smithsonian Museum.

Awards

• BC Community Achievement Award[5]

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 site
• Additional magazine articles
• http://downtownvernon.com/things-to-do/murals