For the past year, eight local artists painted Ottawa’s back alleys. The dumpsters and blue bins, the telephone poles and wires, the children slipping through back streets to get home from school and the frequent dog walkers who use these gloomy spaces – they’ve painted it all.
Gabriel DeSantis, Centretown News Jay Anderson is one of eight local artists who spent the last year painting and sculpting the back alleys of the city.
Category: Arts
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