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MURAL Estival 2020
In 2020, the traditional summer festival organized by MURAL Festival which was supposed to be held from June 11th until June 21st, was canceled and revisited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Mural Festival team set up an "Estival", which means summertime in French, that lasted throughout the summer from June to September on Saint-Laurent Boulevard as usual, but also online. This new version of the festival included the physical street work of mural artists from Quebec and live streams of music performances and digital art animations that happened over a period of three months. During the Estival, guided tours of murals were available to the public in small groups upon reservation to ensure the respect of sanitary measures and social distancing.

Corridart
Mural Estival put in place an urban artistic infrastructure called Corridart, honouring the original exposition of the same name that took place in Montreal in 1976. During the first phase of Mural Estival (June 21st to August 21st), the Corridart infrastructure showcased the work of 12 artists that painted live on outdoor canvas along Saint-Laurent Boulevard. The temporary paintings were then painted over by other artists for the second phase of the festival which took place from August 22th to September 20th, 2020.

Murals
The murals painted across the city for the 2020 edition were made by the mural artists Jeremy Shantz (painting the work of digital artist FVCKRENDER), Ankhone, Denial, Marc-Olivier Lamothe, Burnt Toast and Patrick Forchild. Patrick Forchild's artwork was honouring the work of front-line workers during the pandemic, especially in the healthcare system. His mural was painted on an outside wall of Montreal's Jewish General Hospital.

Art Terrace
The French Canadian artist Francorama (aka Franco Égalité) painted his work Together Apart With Street Art on an outdoor terrace that was installed on Saint-Laurent boulevard. The terrace was presented by Stella Artois and was opened to the public from August 13th to September 20th.

Musical performances
The launch party of phase 1 of Mural Estival was performed online by the artists Hologramme, Nana Zen and Nate Husser. The musical performances were accompanied by live visual art performances of Francorama, Mono Sourcil and LeBicar. For the second phase of the Estival, the launch party was performed by Les Louanges and Random Recipe and was streaming on Mural Festival's Facebook page live from the PHI Centre. Other musical performances occurred online during the Estival, notably from Claudia Bouvette, Clay and friends, Cozy, Dead Horse Beats-, Kirouac & KodakLudo, and Lou Roots.

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2019
The seventh edition of the 2019 MURAL Festival took place between June 6 and 16. This was the year, Colombian artist and muralist Gleo was the main featured artist of the festival. This was the first time that a female artist featured the MURAL festival.

A new feature was presented to the festival this year, where creations from digital platforms and from original materials were exhibited. The past six editions had only involved painted murals on walls. This year, artists such as Spidertag who installed colourful LED lights in different shapes and forms on the side of a building that lit up at night, Joshua Vides who presented a black and white decorated Mercedes-Benz car, and Laurence Vallières who created a large-scale sculpture from recycled cardboard materials all which presented new forms of art to the festival and city of Montreal.

Musical live performances took place during the festival, featuring local artists such as Milk & Bone, Moonshine, and Alaclair Ensemble. The festival also dedicated an LGBTQ+ evening for those who wanted to participate.

Leonard Cohen
Title: “Tower of Songs: Hommage à Leonard Cohen”.

The mural is located in the sector of Ville-Marie, precisely at 1420 Rue Crescent, Montreal, QC, H3G 2B1. The mural was completed in summer of 2017, in participation of the Mural Festival. Inspired by Leonard Cohen, the location of the mural situates where Cohen lived part of his life in Montreal. The mural covers a larger apartment building, filling more than 1000 square metres, on its side wall.

The producer of the mural was MU, a charitable organization based in Montreal. The artist Kevin Ledo, from Montreal, painted the mural. The project was funded by the city of Montreal, alongside the donors Brian Levitt, Jonathan Wener, Marcel Elefant, Sari Hornstein, Rossy Family Foundation, J. Gerry Shapiro, and Murray Dalfen.

Today, the mural is recognized for popularizing the MURAL Festival and bringing attraction to the city of Montreal.