D’Arts News

We have uploaded our backlog of Giggle Dam backdrops:

• Oh Canada
• Medieval
• Divorce
• Take this Job…
• Cruise

Our Luongo Eagle is featured in a commercial you may have seen on TV! Check it out:

Jay Janower has produced a wonderful news piece about our gymnasium murals. Check it out!

Recently some older projects have been updated or uploaded. They don’t quite qualify as recent projects so this news item is to let you know.

• Downtown Mission Mural
• Okanagan Mission Secondary
• Rick Hansen Secondary

Cop to Cop News, an RCMP newsletter has done an article about Constable Neil Bruce and the mural that we painted at CNB Middle School in Westbank, BC.

View the newsletter clipping here.

On the weekend of June 13 and 14, 2009, a series of events will be held to promote the revitalizing of the “Bottom of Seven” mural in historic downtown Abbotsford. These events are open to all fastball players (and enthusiasts) that have played out of Abbotsford.

About the Mural
Bottom of Seven, the mural, was painted in 1992 based on an oil painting by Dean Lauzé. The painting commemorates the great achievements of Abbotsford’s ‘86 and ‘87 Junior Men’s Fastball teams. Since its creation the mural has suffered under various elements including, at one point, a fire. Funds are needed to restore the mural to its former glory.

About the Events
On Saturday, June 13, from 3pm to 6pm a fastball reunion will be held at the new Duke of Dublin Pub, across the street from the mural. Dean Lauzé will be at the event selling signed reproductions of his original oil painting. Come and join the festivities. More  details to come. Tickets to the Duke of Dublin are $8 each or two for $15. Proceeds of the event will go towards the revitalization of the fastball mural.

The next day, Sunday the 14th, will start off with a doubleheader at 1pm. Open to all previous Abbotsford fastball players and fans. Bringing back the glory days of Centennial Park, there will be a big BBQ and concession,  beer garden, 50/50 draw, and  announcers. Guaranteed  to be great fun!!

For more info, please call or e-mail Dean Lauzé.

You can view a map for the Duke of Dublin at www.dukeofdublinoldeirishpub.com.

As part of the Eagles in the City project for the British Columbia Lions Society, the Luongo Eagle was unveiled on December 20th, 2008, at GM Place.

Left to right: Canucks president Chris Zimmerman; Stephen Miller, president of the BC Lions Society; and artist Dean Lauzé

Eagles in the City is the third and final public art project and fundraiser by the Lions Society following the Orcas in the City and Spirit Bears in the City. The original eagle sculpture was designed by Judson Beaumont and then copies given to local artists to paint.

The Luongo Eagle, sponsored by the Vancouver Canucks, was designed and painted here at D’Arts in recognition of the team’s captain and goaltender Roberto Luongo.

For more information about the Eagles in the City project visit http://www.eaglesinthecity.com.

You may also like to see what we have done for the previous Orcas and Bears projects.

If you are interested to see some behind the scenes action of what we do, you won’t want to miss this video that was just upload. You can view it at the bottom of the Tweedsmuir Secondary page.

If you have visited our site in the past you should notice that it has been completely redesigned for ease of use and to better reflect our status as a leading art company. This has been under development for a very long time and we must apologize for letting our old site get out of date. There are many new projects which are still in the process of being uploaded but for now I recommend checking out these ones:

• Johnston Heights
• Queen Elizabeth Secondary
• Earl Marriott Secondary
• More to come…