Oma’s Fables

By Troy Lovegates (San Francisco, USA via Ottawa, ON)

140 Durham Street, YMCA Entrance
Up Fest, August 2015

Sponsored by Yallowega Bélanger Salach Architecture

This mural was retired in 2022 and replaced by a new mural by Born in the North during Up Here 8.

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Over tea, Troy's grandma told stories of little men that would come and dance for you but as you clapped they tricked you. Troy Lovegates (AKA Other) is a story-teller at heart with a nomadic spirit who's work is inspired by people he's met on his travels around the world.