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Oak Bay less than $3,000 shy to buy its fourth piece of municipal art

Arts laureate hopes to purchase The Hunt in Queens’ Park
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The Hunt in Queens’ Park. (Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News)

The Hunt is nearly over for Oak Bay Arts Laureate Barbara Adams.

In an August push, she sought $7,000 to ensure the purchase of the deer and wolves sculpture in Queens’ Park.

The Hunt by Ken Hall would be the fourth piece of publicly-owned fine art in Oak Bay.

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With donations from residents and businesses since then, the community whittled that number down to $2,o00. “That’s a lot of community support and a few large donations,” Adams said.

The a sculpture features a pack of wolves and a large buck in Queens’ Park. It was among the ArtsAlive 2016 sculptures. A busy artist with installations filling his time, Hall left the loan in place a little longer than usual. It was a close second in the public vote that saw Oak Bay purchase the Acorns at municipal hall that year.


 

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Christine van Reeuwyk

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I'm dedicated to serving the community of Oak Bay as a senior journalist with the Greater Victoria news team.
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