Vancouver Mural Festival founder wonders if theres a better way when it comes to the city’s arts funding [Video]

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 As easy as it would be to look back at what might have been, Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) co-founder Adrian Sinclair is more interested in looking ahead. And as of late, he’s found himself admiring the City of Victoria, praising the provincial capital of British Columbia for taking truly progressive steps for not only protecting but also nurturing the arts. With better support from the city, he wonders whether VMF might have endured.

“I feel like the City of Victoria has just put the City of Vancouver to shame,” Sinclair says in an interview with the Straight. 

First a little bit of history where it pertains to the Vancouver Mural Festival, which announced in January that it was folding after a nine-year run. In a statement announcing the decision, VMF said, “This decision was not made lightly. Like …