ST-ALBERT \u2013 Thursday, October 29, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 The Curd Festival is adding a dash of colour to the village of St\u2011Albert\nand its surroundings with a new project entitled \u201cHey Cow, I see you now!\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Like many other cultural organizations, the Curd\nFestival had to cancel its annual late summer gathering due to the sanitary\nmeasures imposed by the pandemic. But that didn\u2019t stop imaginations from going\ninto full swing to brighten up the community this year by dotting the landscape\nin and around St-Albert with statues of cows painted by local artists, nearly\nhalf of whom are from the Prescott & Russell area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Over a span of some 30 km, people will get to admire about\n20 cows installed in front of businesses, farms and residences between Embrun and\nCasselman, but mostly in and around St-Albert. Already the cows popping up\naround Eastern Ontario have generated tremendous curiosity and enthusiasm\nthroughout the community. \u201cAs soon as we started installing the cows two weeks\nago, we began receiving e-mails from the villagers asking if they could have\none on their properties,\u201d commented Curd Festival Executive Director Michel-Olivier\nMatte. \u201cWe also received a lot of phone calls from people thanking us for\nadding some colour to the landscape,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The festivaldelacurd.ca<\/a> site has a photo gallery of all of the cows and the list of artists who\ncontributed to the project. There is also an interactive map of the route that\npeople can check for the cows\u2019 locations, as well as a Google Maps route they\ncan use with GPS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The public is invited to provide their feedback on\ntheir \u201cHey Cow, I see you now!\u201d experience on social media by using the #HeyCowISeeYouNow<\/strong>\nhashtag with their Facebook, Instagram or Twitter posts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The organizers of the \u201cHey Cow, I see you now!\u201d\nproject invite the public to follow the route while being sure to adhere to the\nsanitary measures in effect, including those for inter-regional travel. That\nbeing said, families can easily set out on their adventure driving through the\nbeautiful landscapes and discovering the region\u2019s farms and businesses. The\nSt-Albert Cheese boutique remains open and welcomes customers to its restaurant\nfor take-out meals only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat will obviously depend on how the pandemic\nevolves. Of course, given the enthusiasm for the project shown by the Prescott\n& Russell community, the organizers are thinking about adding more cows\nthroughout the territory next spring. Like many other cultural organizations,\nwe are monitoring the situation very closely as 2021 approaches,\u201d explains Mr.\nMatte. \u201cOne thing is for sure, and that\u2019s that the outpouring of love and\npositive energy for the cows has encouraged us to keep working on projects that\ncheer up the community, and that will remain our goal over the coming year,\u201d he\nconcludes. The cows will remain on the circuit throughout the winter of 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n – 30 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Financed by the government of Canada, with the support of Celebrate Ontario program, the Ontario Art Council and La Nation municipality, the \u201cHey Cow, I see you now!\u201d project is an initiative presented by the St-Albert Curd Festival. It’ was also made possible thanks to all of the following community partners: Fromagerie St-Albert, Gay Lea Foods, Qualtech, Gowling WLG, Desjardins, BDO, La Cit\u00e9, Alain Royer Consultant inc., La Coop Unifronti\u00e8res, Embrun Ford and Mathieu Quesnel avocat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Information: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kim Murray, Communications An arts project presented by the St-Albert Curd Festival ST-ALBERT \u2013 Thursday, October 29, 2020 \u2013 The Curd Festival is adding a dash of colour to the village of St\u2011Albert and its surroundings with a new project entitled \u201cHey Cow, I see you now!\u201d. 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