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On the occasion of its 60th anniversary, the City of Laval is launching La force du rêve, a participatory art project highlighting children’s rights through the creation of murals at the Centre de la nature. This inclusive initiative invited young people from Laval to reflect on and express their views about their rights, then vote for the mural of their choice.
Workshops were conducted with more than 20 local organizations by Laval-based mediator Lelia Sfeir to raise awareness among youth about children’s rights and to identify which rights resonated with them most. MU and the City of Laval then invited six artists to design a mural project responding to the ideas and reflections that emerged from these workshops. The designs were subsequently submitted to a vote by the young participants through a mediation activity facilitated by the Laval organization Métalude. The three finalists selected were Kezna Dalz, Doras, and Guillaume Perreault.
The mural by Guillaume Perreault was chosen by youth aged 13 to 17 and is inspired by this principle from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: “I have the right to live in a healthy, clean, and safe environment, and the right to education and learning.” The artist chose to portray the environment in a broad sense—both nature and the city—inhabited by people who enjoy it and take care of it. The second mural addresses awakening and personal growth through education in all its forms: artistic, athletic, scientific, and more.
