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Art celebrates Chilliwack's history

The nine-piece ‘Once Upon a Time’ installation at the Royal Hotel utilizes historical pictures of Chilliwack in honour of Heritage Week.
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The nine-piece ‘Once Upon a Time’ installation at the Royal Hotel utilizes historical pictures of Chilliwack in honour of Heritage Week.

Chilliwack artist Sylvie Roussel-Janssens' latest art installation 'Once Upon a Time' is on display for Heritage Week (Feb. 15 to 21) at the Royal Hotel.

The window installation features historical images of Chilliwack, utilizing photocopies, fabric and welded wire.

The old fire hall on Main Street, the Bandstand at the Fair Grounds, the Kipp House and The Progress building are a few of the nine historical images that Sylvie sourced from the library and online archives.

Copied onto transparent material, the photos are visible from both inside and outside of the Royal Hotel. Her unique fabric burning technique allows light to travel through the pieces, further illuminating the images.

“Sylvie’s unique art pieces add interest to our Wellington Street windows and provide our hotel guests as well as locals an opportunity to view images of Chilliwack’s heritage buildings, some of them no longer around,” said Leonard Wiens, GM of the Royal Hotel.

Check out the 'Once Upon a Time' pieces and their descriptions at the Royal Hotel (45886 Wellington Ave).