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On side of Sigla Books wall.
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On wall of Kidz Planet Progressive Learning daycare.
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A five panel mural following a person walking through a garden of seedlings. The person shrinks to find themselves wandering through the seedlings which are now the size of trees that they climb.
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Crow’s Yukon Journey
A 5-panel piece created by Bill Oster and David Ashley in 1997.
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Seasons of the River
A colourful mural on the Splash Pad pump house depicting the seasons with the sun on one side and the moon on the other.
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Building of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway
White Pass & Yukon Route steam locomotive behind men building the new railway.
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Vietnam
This mural is dedicated to the Vietnamese settlers of the West End area who arrived in 1975. It is representative of their contributions, labour and sacrifice for their community. The imagery consists of three figures which represent the three distinct cultural regions of Vietnam.
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International Café
This three panel mural represents the variety of cuisines and cultures found in the West End. It depicts a fictional international café, where various people of all ages enjoying food from around the world.
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495 Sargent Ave Mural
Mural of a multi-coloured lion located on a Winnipeg convenience store.
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A series of throw-ups and graffiti writing with characters and style galore. This series of five individual pieces appear next to a memorial mural, and feature recognizable cartoons and techniques common in elaborate graffiti writing.
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Proud Together
As part of the Davie Village Pride Festival, the mural was conceptualized to demonstrate the multitude of LGBTQ2S+ identities and vastness of queer love.
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Precious Fruit
The mural depicts a smiling Black woman looking off into the distance, surrounded by a warm background that includes fruit trees and a sun emanating from behind her.
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The Band
A classic mural completed by artist Elizabeth Hollick in 2007 celebrates jazz greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in the city’s colourful Davie Village neighbourhood. Restored in 2021 by Nano Murata with the support of the Vancouver BIA.
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I am a human being
The mural depicts the hands of ted northe, a gay rights activist and drag queen, reaching out to embrace a community of hands in the colours of the progress pride flag.
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Untitled
A colourful mural stands on the side of the West End Community Centre on Denman St. in downtown Vancouver.
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Thank you, Miss Rosemary
This mural honours a local historical figure, Rosemary Brown. Brown was a politician, writer, professor, and public speaker who is celebrated for uplifting the lives and experiences of Black women in the province. Artist Sade Alexis utilizes bright colours to represent the joy cultivated by Brown in her creation of community for Black women. The hibiscus flower in the background is a nod to Brown’s and her own Caribbean heritage.
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Blanketing the City V
The fire in the design is a metaphor for the gross destruction caused by colonization and the Indian Residential and Day Schools and the devastating genocide of our people and ways of being. The land and the water prevail and ensure healing and restoration of wealth. Reconnecting to our lands and waters and all their ancient wisdom is restoring our health and wealth.
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Heron by the Sea
The mural is about connection. Artist Jessica Fortner moved to Vancouver during the pandemic, and chose the heron and the sea to depict the importance of community, and finding connection to nature, art, movement, and more.
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Taking Care of Animals
A celebration of animal companions. This mural, painted by artist Siobhan Joseph, is located on the wall of a vet clinic, and features three animals the clinic most often services: a dog, a turtle, and a parrot.
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Accompanied by Wildlife
The bear is central to this mural, which depicts the friendly creature walking through a neighbourhood. Artist Cynthia Tran Vo wanted to remind the public that bears have lived in the area before it was urbanized, and are no strangers there. Stressing the beauty of coexistence with nature and sustainable city living, the artist depicted the scene in lively colours and simple geometric shapes.
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Untitled
The geometric shapes cascading around the figure mimic threads passing through time, crafting the fabric of history. This continuity is central to the mural; the ancestors role in shaping the culture and its future.
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Coast Range Reflected
This minimalistic landscape mural painted by Karl Kristensen is a large format version the artist’s printmaking practice.
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Here & Now
The abstract background is filled with figures and forms inspired by the natural landscape of the Sea-to-Sky corridor in North Vancouver, blending into the mural’s physical surroundings.
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The School of the Golden Era
According to the Vancouver Mural Festival, artist duo Nelson Garcia and Xochitl Leal sought to beautify the campus space, utilizing the scale and visibility of the wall to bring to life an iconoclastic rendering of a renaissance painting of famous philosophers Plato and Socrates, injecting surrealism into the scene by transforming the main characters into various animals.
