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Village Squire, 1973-05, Page 25Ernie Niblock puts finishing touches on the painting por- trayed on our cover. they would provide space for the project thus saving them the cost of rent, but found little interest at the time. Now, he feels, since people have had a chance to see the kind of work being done (the paintings have had two public displays) the reaction would be much more favou- rab le. The only logical sponsor for a future project of this type, he says would be a municipality or a service club that already has space available and would say "here, use this corner and go to it". Mr. Marlatt says this project gets down to the nitty gritty of cultural in- volvement at the community level. It's sort of culture far removed from the upper plains of culture that the Canada council supports. "They sort of fly at a pretty high level" he says. "I don't agree with this level as far as the aver- age person is involved." "I think our work generally, not talking about it in terms of work by Jim Marlatt a Ernie Niblock or Claudia Elliott, (I' m talking about it as recog- • f JOIN US! J. Become a subscriber to Village Squire if you aren't already. Send 754 to be enrolled for the next year. 26