By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)

Public art gift from Saint-Laurent exchange to be installed next week

Oct 6, 2018 | 8:40 AM

LETHBRIDGE – The efforts of a unique public art exchange between Lethbridge and twin city, Saint-Laurent, Québec will be realized next week with the installation of A/To: Lethbridge, De/From: Ville Saint-Laurent.

A crane will be on-site in front of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden to place this special gift on Tuesday, Oct. 9, commemorating 50 years of twinning friendship.

A/To: Lethbridge, De/From: Ville Saint-Laurent is the creation of Québec-based artist Marc Dulude.

The work is comprised of four bronze flying geese who are tethered to a large sandstone rock which they are dragging across the grass.

The line drawn in the earth marks the trail of the stone and references the strength of the friendship that allows the two twin cities to surpass barriers as they continue to honour their 50-year twinning.

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In exchange, Saint-Laurent will receive Coyote2coyote from Lethbridge, displaying two bronze coyotes set against an abstract coulee form created by Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew.

The coyotes are a mirror image of each other and are positioned so they are looking backwards towards the west.

The artwork will be installed in a large public square in Saint-Laurent.

Both artworks incorporate urban dwelling wildlife, common to both communities, which symbolize the commonality of the two twin cities.

The twinning of Saint-Laurent and Lethbridge dates back to 1967 when Canada’s twin city program was created as part of the 100th anniversary of Canada’s confederation.

The project was intended to strengthen relations between eastern and western Canada.

Saint-Laurent and Lethbridge are the only cities in Canada that are still actively pursuing their twinning.

Each year, Lethbridge residents travel to Saint-Laurent to experience the landscape and culture of Québec.

Likewise, Saint-Laurent citizens come to Lethbridge to learn about southern Alberta.

A/To: Lethbridge, De/From: Ville Saint-Laurent is expected to be fully installed by Wednesday, Oct. 10, weather permitting and will be available for public viewing.