Mural at 1313 Hollis Street
The mural features a colourful patchwork of peach, green and yellow and musical instruments.
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We Are The World
The painting depicts a whimsical landscape, that reflects the creativity and diversity of the youth of the West End.
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Coffee Cermony
Sponsored by: Take Pride Winnipeg!, Neighbourhoods Alive! (Manitoba), West End BIZ, City of Winnipeg
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609 Ellice Ave Mural
Mural dedicated to the Vietnamese community of the West End.
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Flowers of the World
Mural of various types of flowers.
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Untitled
This mural was created for an exhibition at Martha Street Studio, titled “gathered together.”
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The Meeting of the Sun
This mural is painted on the John Howard Society office. It reflects the story of the meeting of the sun, which is an Indigenous story about taking initiative and changing one’s life.
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564 Ellice Ave Mural
This mural was inspired by the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” The artist’s goal with this piece was to spark imagination in both kids and grownups.
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Icelandic Mural
Mural that depicts elements of Icelandic culture. To the left there are Viking ships, seamen, Icelandic workers, and a group of ponies.
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A Woman’s Parliament
This mural depicts a historic scene which would occur in Canada between 1890 and 1914, where women would hold mock parliament sessions, reversing gender roles and dynamics.
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Connected by Play
Games are an important part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human interaction. They can be used as teaching tools to pass history and the worldviews of their culture from generation to generation.
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Dreamscape
Dreams are our exaggerated reality. Real-life is hard, but dreamscape is the ‘in-betweenness, a place where consciousness and subconsciousness co-exists and where we succumb to or conquer our inhibitions, basically decide our truths.
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Bill Norrie: Legacy of Leadership
This mural commemorates Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie, who served from 1979-1992 and led many important projects for the city.
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Earth to Table
This mural represents the diverse cultures found in the West End, and shows how food brings us all together. In this park scene, various groups of family, friends and strangers gather to share food. This project was led by UManitoba Fine Arts student Amanda Ambrahams and 95 youth from summer programs contributed
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Star Blanket Project – Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre
The murals honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, this dedication coming from Lavallee learning more about the 1971 murder of Helen Betty Osborne. This star blanket encases a University of Winnipeg facility, the Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre, home to Indigenous education and cultural programming.
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O Kanata
O Kanata is about celebrating the role of Indigenous Peoples, and honouring the beauty of Canada’s natural landscapes.
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You have the fight to play, rest and enjoy your life
The mural depicts a scene of the Red River Ex, a yearly travelling fair which occurs at Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs. Within the imagery, there is a strong emphasis on Manitoba’s responsibilities to Indigenous children and communities within the province.
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Second Stories
This mural is meant to look back on a time where many families would live on the second level of the building within their own business. This is less common now due to the emergence of the suburbs, yet mixed use buildings are reappearing due to urban densities in certain areas.
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A History of Hats
From 1908-1945, the Duncans Millinery and Dallian Hat Shop stood on Sargent Avenue in Winnipeg. This mural paints a scene of this hat shop, which displays hats from various regions and time periods. See muralsofwinnipeg.ca for a complete walk through of the hats in the mural.
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Cue the Beat!
Cue the Beat! is a lively Mural located on Sargent and McMicken which commemorates X-CUES Billiards & Cafe’s 50th anniversary, while celebrating the culture of the community.
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Memories of Sargent Avenue
This mural was created as a part of West End Biz’s Mural Mentorship program. Led by UManitoba Fine Arts student Bryn Vargas, 165 youth participants from age 8-17 contributed to this mural.
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A Better Mousetrap
This was one of three murals of West End Biz’s ENERGIZE Mural Project, which was a live mural painting event along Sargent Avenue. This mural draws inspiration from Alice in Wonderland and includes a large dormouse, a mad hatter that controls a rather small mouse trap, and a shocked Cheshire cat.
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Common Ground
This landscape includes images of water, rocks, rolling hills, prairie and marshlands, which are all native habitats across Canada. Ultimately, Common Ground symbolically represents the gathering of newcomers and long-time residence of the West End which consider Canada their home.
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This 100 x 40ft mural is painted on the Historic Hudson’s Bay building on Stephen ave. and 1st St SW in Calgary AB. The composition is centered around the avenue’s namesake Baron George Stephen who is surrounded by symbols celebrating the buildings history and his importance to Canadians today.
