PIECE BY PIECE: Online Mosaic Workshops for Older Adults (55+) and Seniors (65+) who reside in Scarborough. Develop mural-making skills with experienced mosaic mural artist Cristina Delago. Participants will work on a small mosaic keepsake for themselves as well as one larger piece to contribute to a community mosaic project. DATES: Workshops will take place Monday …
Originally hailing from Alberta Canada and now based out of Vancouver and Edmonton, Lacey and Layla are a creative female duo that has collaborated professionally in monumental public art for over a decade. Interview with Lacey and Layla How did your working relationship form? We had met back in 2007 attending The fine art program …
A roundup of Mural Routes Members who contributed a mural produced in 2020 to the Mural Map of Canada, accompanied by the artists’ personal commentary. Yasaman Mehrsa Mermaid, 2020 View on the Mural Map of Canada This mural is part of a larger project based on the theme of water. “The Mermaid symbolizes insight, renewal, independence …
Anya Mielniczek is a Toronto based multidisciplinary artist who combines her fine art background with raw material grit in both private and public sectors creating mixed-media installations, mural work and facilitating community art activations. The artists approach to mediums includes latex, aerosol and upcycled waste, working with the mechanical application of spray and the energy …
On September 3rd, 2020, Mural Routes, Lead Artist Tara Dorey and volunteer artists worked together to restore the Connections Mural on Don Mills Road. The volunteer artists included: Stephanie Caldeira, Niloofar Elahi, Amy Shackleton, Taryn Wilson and Cameron Jamieson – a local resident and artist who offered to paint with the team for the day. …
2020 has shown us that mural artists can be looked to as the cultural “First Responders” in Uncertain Times. Mural Routes hosted this free online event, open to all registrants, that took place July 29, 2020, to discuss the challenges and responses for mural artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. The discussions focused on artists’ responses …
