Group of Seven murals were considered destroyed after church fire. Here's how they are being brought back to life
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Pieces of art and some murals from the St. Anne's Anglican Church have been retrieved and are now undergoing a restoration process by Toronto Art Restoration Inc. (TARI), based in the GTA.
Months after the devastating fire that burned down St. Anne's Anglican Church and destroyed some incredible pieces of Canadian history, all is not lost.
Pieces of art and some murals from the church have been retrieved and are now undergoing a restoration process by Toronto Art Restoration Inc. (TARI), based in the GTA.
According to the TARI website, the company has previously worked on numerous paintings, sculptures, works on paper, monuments and architectural arts, including murals, and are members of associations devoted to maintaining Canadian cultural and heritage objects.
Alicia Coutts, the director of Toronto Art Restoration Inc. specializes in conservation and restoration treatments for historical and modern works of art.
Coutts is trained by the Canadian Conservation Institute to salvage cultural heritage objects, artifacts and fine art. She has worked with objects from flood and fire incidents before.
"It's not our only specialization, but we do work with a lot of insurance companies and emergency relief companies," Coutts says.
Coutts was first brought into the picture by Frank Corimer, who volunteers as the People's Warden at the church. Corimer also specializes in heritage buildings as a property manager and knew about Coutts and her work, he told CTV News.
