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Tanya’s Big Coca-Cola Bottle
As announced this past November 25 th , Tanya Mesher of Kuujjuaq
was selected by an independent adjudication panel for the Coca-Cola
Aboriginal Art Bottle Program. This provides Aboriginal people from
across Canada the opportunity to experience the “Olympic spirit”, while
showcasing their art and culture to the world
and an important way for First Nations, Inuit
and Métis to feel a personal connection with
Canada’s games in 2010.
Tanya was among the 15 selected artists
from over 100 First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists
from across Canada. This project will be
unveiled regionally, across the country, throughout
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch relay and
profiled during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Winter Games.
Coca-Cola spokesperson Nicola Kettlitz
explained that this program will profile native
art to the world and visitors from around
Canada and the world will have access to view
the unique artwork.
Tanya is a former participant of the art
workshops organized by Makivik each year.
Keenly interested in art since childhood, she
began painting more seriously about six years
ago and is mostly self-taught. She paints on
various surfaces besides canvas in a unique
and modern style, bringing a breath of fresh
air to Inuit art while still portraying Inuit legends
and imagery.
Makivik has also commissioned several of
Tanya’s acrylic-on-canvas paintings, which were awarded as gifts from
Nunavik to certain dignitaries of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Nunavik
had other exposure at Quebec’s designated area of the Olympic grounds,
Place de la Francofollie, where an entourage of Inuit performed traditional
Inuit games, traditional music, and display a selection of other
unique arts, crafts and other products from the region.
The Coca-Cola Company has been associated with the Olympic
games since 1928 and is the longest continuous corporate supporter
of the Olympic movement.