Mosquitoes, Easter Eggs & the Power of Art with Agnieszka Matejko

Artist Agnieszka Matejko chats on the power of art. She looks into the history and role of Canada’s massive mosquito monument, Ukrainian Easter Egg and horse’s ankle bone on the prairies and explores what art is for and what it can do out in the world.

More from Agnieszka in this episode:

• Putting up community art in Edmonton and sandblasting poetry into the High Level bridge
• How Agnieszka became an artist and her interest in art outside of galleries
• The fascinating history behind the giant mosquito, anodized aluminum pysanka and huge bunnock and the powerful connections to the historical Ukrainian community
• How giant art replaced grain elevators on the prairies, stoked cultural pride, put towns on the map and became a major tourist draw
• Canada’s roadside art and where you can find it
• Agnieszka’s photos and article on this topic, finalist for a 2023 Canadian Online Publishing Award
• Episode transcript

Photo ©Agnieszka Matejko, used with permission.