Graham Long, Free Press
If you have an eye for design the Drayton Valley Museum would like to hear from you.
The museum has launched a contest to design a new sign for the facility after determining that the current sign is in need of replacement.
Charlie Miner of the Drayton Valley and District Historical Society, which operates the museum, says there will be a cash prize for the winning entry. It’s also a chance for a budding designer or artist to have their work on public display.
“We want to limit entries to people from the town or from Brazeau County,” he says. “There are so many people in the community who have artistic talent.”
The current museum sign has been in place for more than 20 years and depicts a pumpjack along with references to both logging and farming. Miner says he’d like the new sign, which will be 16 feet wide and five feet high, to reflect the development and growth of this part of Alberta.
“It would be nice if it portrayed the evolution of our local history,” he says.
That could include references to the early European explorers such as David Thompson and progress through logging and homesteading to the discovery of oil and beyond. Miner says he’d like to have the words “Drayton Valley Museum” across the top in fairly large letters, with “Preserving our history” along the bottom in smaller print.
“When we get a design and we’ve found one that works we’ll see if we can find a local artist to paint it up,” he says.
The hope is to have the project completed and the new sign in place at some point over the summer.
The closing date for the design contest is Friday April 16. Entries can be dropped off at the museum from Monday-Friday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. For more information contact Charlie Miner at 780-542-4908 or Pam Schaub at 780-542-1602.
