Photo by City of Richmond Hill
The City of Richmond Hill commissioned Joaquin Varela to paint Storage Bunker at Pine Farm Park in celebration of “RH150”, the City’s 150th Anniversary.
Artist(s): Joaquin Varela

RH150 Storage Bunker Mural – Pine Farm Park (25 Ashfield Drive)

Completed: August 2023

The City of Richmond Hill commissioned Joaquin Varela to paint Storage Bunker at Pine Farm Park in celebration of “RH150”, the City’s 150th Anniversary. For each project, artists were asked to capture Richmond Hill’s past, present and future to provide a sense of social connectivity and community pride.

Joaquín Varela is a Latinx visual artist, educator, placemaker and nature interpreter. Joaquín leads and facilitates workshops and classes in communities all over Toronto and is the co-founder of Roots To Bloom, a collective that aims to cultivate crucial relationships to the land and collective stewardship through placed-based community art-making.

For more information on this mural visit:
http://tinyurl.com/y59kwz96

Where to Find This Mural

Location: 25 Ashfield Drive, Richmond Hill, ON, L4E 2M1 Get Directions