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Jarniary 16, 1996 09 a ot) Ofies Palladium is showcase for Glebe artists BY INEZ BERG Club Level meeting room), and a 12 January 15th, the Grand Opening by 30 foot long mural depicting the night at Ottawa's Palladium, was archeologically uncovered fresco filled with excitement. ruins of a gladiatorial locker room. Among the thousands at the cere- It is installed in the bar of the mony were several very happy Palladium Club Restaurant. Glebe artists, whose commissioned The Pompeii Room design was works were proudly installed on- based on period paintings. It em- site for viewing by the general ployed rich reds, golds and yel- public for the first time. lows, and featured pillars and other In charge of commissioning and architectural detail. The Palladium co-ordinating the efforts of all the Club mural shows gladiators, artists whose works brighten the horses, shields and a view of the Palladium, was another Glebe resi- Roman Colosseum. Humorously dent. Sandra Bryden, a Director on painted in among the "ruins" are the Board of the Ottawa Senators hockey sticks, helmets and a Zam- Hockey Club, had spent months boni. planning, viewing artists' propos- Artist Ian Van Lock, well known als, then creatively brainstorming for his "Glebescapes," was com- with those chosen to determine the missioned to create two murals. final product. His "View from a Roman Terrace," At the end of it all, on opening 12 feet high by 30 feet long, is of day, she described the project. an outdoor Roman bath, and distant "It was thrilling. It's a commu- horizon viewed through pillars and nity that is unlike the general statues.
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