2022 Banner Project People’s Choice Vote for your favourite banner! Please select the artist’s name of the banner you like the best! Only select one. 

For over the past decade, Elk Valley artists have added their own air to the city’s streets, offering works of art for the 40 banners that line Highway 3 and downtown. Now, in its 16th year, we are calling out to the amazing artists that call the Elk Valley home to once again contribute to Fernie’s annual Banner Project. We are thrilled to highlight various artistic mediums from artists of all ages! What are the adjudicators looking for? Bold colours, striking imagery that stands out from a distance, variation in themes and artistic disciplines, and it has to be eye

Banner Project The Banner Project highlights the diversity of the artistic community of the Elk Valley and brings Fernie’s downtown to life, celebrating the imagery and identity of the city. Come and see the newest banners to be displayed in Fernie featuring local artwork in a variety of mediums. The Fernie banners are hung around town and on the highway, displaying beautiful artwork for all to enjoy. 39 pieces of work have been selected from this year’s submissions and will be featured on the newest banners to be hung in Historic Downtown Fernie this spring. The banner launch is your opportunity to

2022 Banner Launch What is sponsoring a banner?! Sponsoring a banner means you are supporting and contributing to Banner Project and public art in Fernie. After the 2 years the banners on display are replaced and the previous banner becomes available for the Sponsor to take home. However, as the banner is a public art piece which has been exposed to the Fernie elements it may be weathered, have tears in it, or occasionally have gone for a float down the river. By sponsoring a banner you understand that there is no refund and the banner will be “as is”.  FDAC or the

2021 Banner Project Peoples Choice Vote for your favourite banner! Please select the artists name of the banner you like! Only select one!

2021 Banners What is sponsoring a banner?! Sponsoring a banner means you are supporting and contributing to Banner Project and public art in Fernie. After the 2 years the banners on display are replaced and the previous banner becomes available for the Sponsor to take home. However, as the banner is a public art piece which has been exposed to the Fernie elements it may be weathered, have tears in it, or occasionally have gone for a float down the river. By sponsoring a banner you understand that there is no refund and the banner will be “as is”.  FDAC or the City

Jolene Miner ‘Paper Mountains’ Artist Statement I’m crazy about paper. I’m enchanted by the delicacy and colour of origami paper, the weight and texture of Saint-Armand handmade paper and the transparent quality of lightweight mulberry. I get lost in the colourful piles scattered over my table. There’s an undeniable tactile quality to it that makes working with paper so pleasing. I’m also fascinated by concepts like the flattening of planes, sharply defined colour areas and powerful line work, and I find myself delving deeply into collage in order to explore these ideas using paper. Of equal importance to me is