The Edmonton Muse April 2018 | Page 22

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

PHIL ALAIN

'tiny dancer'

By: Shauna Specht

'pressure

Artist of the month, Phil Alain, is a man of many hats. Apart from being an internationally

acclaimed artist, whose art can be found from music album covers around the world to hockey arenas, he is also co-producer at Mural Mosaic and founder of Night of Artists, both impactful undertakings. To clarify, Mural Mosaic, founded by artist Lewis Lavoie, in an ongoing project that sees the creation of murals, each a mosaic of smaller paintings, and these murals have been displayed in buildings and public spaces across the country, including the most recent, national project, Canada 150 Mural Mosaic which was featured in our December issue. Night of Artists is an annual art and music festival that Phil has been putting on for over twenty years,and which even has its own magazine. Co-producer, organizer, curator, etc, etc….and, of course, Phil Alain the artist.