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Two Ashcroft, BC ArtSites Artists Create and Gift a "Twenty Good Years" Mural to Sister City - Bifuka, Hokkaido
(posted on 18 Sep 2014)
The Making of "Twenty Good Years" Mural by Royden Josephson & Jo Petty


HUGE Congratulations to Royden Josephson and Jo Petty on completing the 3.3m x 5.8m "Twenty Good Years" Mural in Bifuka, Japan!

The Mural was a gift from Royden and Jo's town of Ashcroft, BC, to the people of Bifuka, Japan, in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Signing their Sister City Agreement.



The left side of the mural has 17 biomorphic shapes grouped vertically as in a Japanese Haiku. Royden thought it would be fitting to have a haiku to go along with the visual of the mural. So, he commissioned his Wem, England-based friend and poet, Ted Eames, to write a tribute haiku.

Here it is...

From the Teshio
to the Thompson wellness flows
in warm sisterhood

Our twenty good years
Pulse with life-affirming red:
this link will hold fast.

- Ted Eames

For more information, please do visit, Royden's detailed accounting and view the touching video!

Thank you, Royden and Jo, for continuing to gift your talents and share your artistry with us and the rest of the world!

Congratulations to both Sister Cities - Ashcroft, BC and Bifuka, Japan!

May there be hundreds more years of friendship and sharing! :-)

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