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Collected Item: “'Front Line' Mural in Vanier”

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'Front Line' Mural in Vanier

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photograph

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Based on an initial sketch called 'Front Line' which was part of a fundraiser to provide brown-bag meals to health care workers, this mural by artist Dominic Laporte is positioned along the side of the busy Vanier Parkway across from a Loblaws grocery store.

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art, front line workers, fundraiser

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Dominic Laporte (@domlasoul on instagram)

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2020-05-27
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