Building communities one canvas at a time.
Mural Routes activates communities by facilitating the creation of responsive, collaborative murals, and provides opportunities to build and advance careers in mural art.
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Piece by Piece: Mosaics for Seniors 2024/25 – Series 1
Mural Routes is pleased to present the latest series in our mosaic workshops for seniors, with funding provided by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. For this program participants will work in person at East End Arts…
Get involved in Celebrate Dundalk!
From Friday September 27 to Sunday September 29 we invite you to join us for an exciting celebration in Downtown Dundalk, ON. There are many ways you can be involved in this exciting community event as an artist, business owner…
Working at Heights & Scissor Lift Training – 2024
**REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL** In partnership with StreetARToronto, Mural Routes is offering subsidized Working at Heights Certification and Scissor Lift training. Working at Heights Certification is required in Ontario when a worker’s feet are higher than 6 ft above the ground….
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CREATURE MEDICINE / PISISKIWÂYISᐱᓯᐢᑭᐋᐧᔨᐢMASKIHKÎYᒪᐢᑭᐦᑮᕀ
These creatures are here to teach us valuable medicine that will manifest in a healthy, symbiotic relationship with mother earth.
Heart of the Community
INTEROH GALE
“Interoh” means “entering into” or “gateway” and “Gale” defines “a very strong wind”. The ‘INTEROH GALE’ mural illustrates a gateway to a sustainable future by using renewable resources, such as wind. The mural artwork’s theme addresses the idea of sustainability and the complicated relationship between the environment, nature, urban industry, and ever-expanding city infrastructure. The mural specifically addresses the need to preserve green spaces and develop systems and policies that will keep our city and communities sustainable as the City of Toronto continues to grow and develop at a rapid rate.
Legacy in Motion
This mural was designed and created from May 15th to July 15th, 2018 as a SPARK project of the Cultural Hotspot, produced in partnership with the City of Toronto and supported by a StreetARToronto Partnership Program grant. ‘Legacy in Motion’ began with an Introduction to Mural Art program, held at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. Congratulations to Rob Matejka and artists Leyland Adams, Joefrey Anthony Cabalu, Mel Coleman, Banafsheh Erfanian, Siddarth Khaire, Raoul Olou, Menelik Powell, Kareen Weir and thanks to all volunteers.
Birds of Hope and Healing
Created in collaboration with youth for St. Stephen’s Community House, 219 Augusta Teen Mural Camp.
Grow old with me
Grow old with me, the best is yet to be, Underpass Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The “Mural Routes, Multipli’city Project” is a project to revitalize and brighten up urban underpasses to encourage public community engagement and make areas safer for the Toronto community. For this project the artists elected to represent age diversity in urban environments, celebrating the elderly who help shape communities and lives as the wise story-tellers and most experienced members of society. Lacey and Layla’s mural is a celebration of ageing, and a reminder that with age and experience comes to a new joy and sense of humour the redefines the expression young at heart. Lacey and Layla Art (LALA)
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OUR PROCESS
Every mural is a collaborative process.
At Mural Routes, we endeavour to meaningfully engage diverse communities throughout the planning and execution process of every mural project we undertake.
Envision
We partner with artists, community organizations and other stakeholders to imagine mural projects.
Engage
We consult the community and listen to their input throughout the process.
Activate
We celebrate artists, communities and their accomplishments.
Advance
Through the projects we lead, we are able to support artists to develop sustainable careers in the arts.
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