Memories of Ellice Avenue
This mural project was led by Sara Wilde, who worked with 190 kids on this piece which depicts many historical elements of Ellice Avenue.
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Halal Meat Centre Mural
Mural of a lively Islamic city.
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The Deli
Featuring a European castle, this mural is on the western side of The Deli at 203 Hanson Street.
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Packtrain Assisting Surveyor
A fading and peeling mural created as part of the 1992 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous depicts a surveyor leading a packtrain of horses through the Yukon wilderness.
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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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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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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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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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Crow’s Yukon Journey
A 5-panel piece created by Bill Oster and David Ashley in 1997.
Called “Crow’s Yukon Journey”, it illustrates Crow’s journey over the developing Yukon. -
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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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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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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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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Zhawenjigewin (Love in Anishinaabe)
A depiction of unconditional love, blessings, and kindness, this mural is the product of a collaboration between two Indigenous artists, featuring three distinct art styles: Anishinaabe, Cree, and Coast Salish.
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Argos
The mural depicts a myth from the artists home country of Cyprus. One that audiences familiar with Homer’s The Odyssey will recognize.
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Frog
Artist Jordan Gallie hails from the Tsleil-Waututh nation, one of three nations whose ancestral and unceded land includes what is known today as Vancouver and the surrounding inlets, forests, and mountains.
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461 Cumberland Mural
Mural painted on an apartment parking lot barrier.
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Untitled
Portland-based artist Toilet Snake painted this skateboarding and pop art-inspired mural for the inaugural Vancouver Mural Festival in 2016, drawing on the rebellious attitude of the adjacent Anti-Social Skateboard Shop to capture the bubbly yet chaotic aesthetic style of 80’s and 90’s skateboard culture.
