Ohútsya Kékha

We are the earth, the earth is us.
Our ancestors are here –
The mud
Those rocks
Standing stones
The upright trees
The stillness of the sky
And the smokey sun

Thunderers revive and bring healing
So flowing rivers splash across our bodies and rush through us.
We are the water, the water is us.

Nourishment grows from little hearts and fingertips to provide for future generations and our ancestors too.
Dreaming of these spaces and places that hold us, root us and love us.

Currents of change is about us all.

About the Artist:
Mo Thunder (They/Them) is Onkwehonwe [Onyota’a:ka with family ties to Oneida Nation of the Thames x Aamjiwnaang First Nation] and French-Canadian. They’re a non-binary, neuro-emergent artist x visual storyteller from a small town along the St. Clair River and are currently based on One Dish One Spoon Territory x Tkaronto (Toronto). Through their multidisciplinary art practice (painting, collaging, beading, journaling, poetry and textiles), they aim to express stories about their lived experiences with their mind, heart, spirit and body.
Mo is inspired by intergenerational connections, ancestors, kin, community, healing and growth, all of creation, sky world and personal/collective empowerment. For the last 5 years, Mo has co-created and co-facilitated a community, art and land-based creative expression program for Indigenous youth aged 18-30 in Tkaronto called Our Stories Our Truths (OSOT).

About Women Paint Riverside:
‘Women Paint Riverside: Currents of Change’ is a public art program about transformation, community, and our relationship to the Don River and Lake Ontario into which the Riverside community flows. Twenty+ murals that form this project add beauty and colour to the laneways in the Riverside community, celebrate our important relationship with water, and were created by women and gender diverse artists from various backgrounds. This project is a partnership between East End Arts, Women Paint, Native Women in the Arts, and the Riverside BIA. #WomenPaintRiverside

This project was made possible with funding support by StreetArt Toronto, Hullmark, Streetcar Developments, and the Riverside BIA.

For more information on this mural visit:
https://eastendarts.ca/women-paint-riverside/

Where to Find This Mural

Location: 678 Queen St. E, Toronto, ON, M4M 1G8 Get Directions

Accessibility: No Accessibility Constraints