Up Here 5 will shatter the record for largest mural in Canada next month with an 80,000 square foot mural in Sudbury, Ont. World-renowned street artist RISK is painting the old St. Joseph’s Hospital on Paris Street during the fifth-anniversary edition of the urban art and music festival, which runs Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18, in Downtown Sudbury.

The mural overlooking Ramsey Lake will be four times bigger than the current record holder. Up Here worked with guest curator and contemporary graffiti-sculptor KWEST to attract RISK, who’s known for his large-scale, intensely colourful pieces of public art.

“We are thrilled to collaborate on this exciting project for Sudbury. This will likely become the biggest piece of contemporary art in Canada,” said Angelo Butera, CEO and president of Panoramic Properties. “It’s our pleasure to provide the canvas to Up Here and their team.”

The Power Up Project is also back for a third straight year, providing electrical utility boxes as canvasses for six more local artists.