A renovated Westbank First Nation (WFN) s蓹nsisyust蓹n House of Learning centre has been brought to life with a fresh coat of paint.
Using vivid colours, lead artist Janine Lott and designer Colin Crabbe used their skills to spruce up the building by helping to paint First Nations91裸聊视频 artwork on its walls.
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The artwork is the final step to complete $9 million worth of renovations, which started in June of 2018.
Lott said it wasn91裸聊视频檛 easy to decide what objects would receive the blue, green and red colours.
91裸聊视频淪ome of the difficulties were picking colours. It doesn91裸聊视频檛 matter how many pieces there area, there is a price for each colour,91裸聊视频 Lott said.
91裸聊视频淚t was a challenge to pick out what parts would be coloured and how they91裸聊视频檇 be portrayed the best they could.91裸聊视频
On the inside of the building, Lott said four different Okanagan/Syilx food chiefs were coloured to symbolize how food is interconnected in nature.
91裸聊视频淭he four food chiefs coloured included Chief Spitlem (bitter root) Chief Siya (Saskatoon Berry,) Chief Ntyxtix (salmon) and Chief Skemxisst (black bear).91裸聊视频
Lott said the colours are meant to get the children excited about Okanagan/Syilx culture who learn in the centre everyday.
91裸聊视频淚 really wanted the artwork to be friendly for children,91裸聊视频 said Lott.
91裸聊视频淚 wanted it to be something that was cheery for children going in and out of centre everyday.91裸聊视频
Patricia Derickson was another prominent Nsyilxcen artist who complete much of the artwork around the building91裸聊视频檚 front steps and classroom doors.
During the unveiling of the facility in September, WFN chief Chris Derickson said he91裸聊视频檚 like to turn the facility into a full-immersion Nsyilxcen language school in the future.
WFN is one of seven First Nation communities that make up the Okanagan Nation where the nsyilxc蓹n language is spoken.
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