Tagged: Mural

Fading Colours – Labyrinth – David Crombie Park – St. Lawrence Neighbourhood – Old Town Toronto

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July 1st, 2023 Permalink

The colours of my Labyrinth in David Crombie Park in Old Town Toronto are fading. I’ll prioritize repainting it, Perhaps in darker colours. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike Zuger (@zugermike)

The colours of my Labyrinth in David Crombie Park in Old Town Toronto are fading.

I’ll prioritize repainting it,

Perhaps in darker colours.

“What a great kick off to Pedestrian Sundays! Thanks to HiMY SYeD for the lovely 🌱 Kensington street mural around the new Garden Car!!” – Yvonne Bambrick

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May 30th, 2023 Permalink

Yvonne Bambrick, The CARDENer, and me in front of Meryl Street, Kensington Market’s new Garden Car! We’re standing atop the Green Leaves with Yellow Veins which I painted around the Garden Car during the beginning hour of the First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardener (aka Yvonne […]

Yvonne Bambrick, The CARDENer, and me in front of Meryl Street, Kensington Market’s new Garden Car!

We’re standing atop the Green Leaves with Yellow Veins which I painted around the Garden Car during the beginning hour of the First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023.

✂️ Confident Cuts ✂️ Free Hair Cuts – Labyrinth – David Crombie Park – St. Lawrence Neighbourhood – Old Town Toronto

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July 26th, 2021 Permalink

“✂️ Confident Cuts ✂️ by Kick Back Connect “Such a special group of people, yutes, and barbers showing love to kids in their community through an act of service that truly instills confidence – free hair cuts” — Katherine Allen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katherine Allen (@katherineallen2)

“✂️ Confident Cuts ✂️ by Kick Back Connect

“Such a special group of people, yutes, and barbers showing love to kids in their community through an act of service that truly instills confidence – free hair cuts”

— Katherine Allen

“Minotaur of the Labyrinth” – Minotaur Mural – 225 Wallace Avenue – Toronto

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December 3rd, 2018 Permalink

The Minotaur Mural on Wallace Avenue is down the street and around the corner from the Labyrinth I painted onto the surface of the wading pool in Campbell Park in Toronto. Though I don’t intentionally create Mazes, paths with dead ends, Campbell Park’s wading pool had some resurfacing done which transformed my Labyrinth into something […]

The Minotaur Mural on Wallace Avenue is down the street and around the corner from the Labyrinth I painted onto the surface of the wading pool in Campbell Park in Toronto.

Though I don’t intentionally create Mazes, paths with dead ends, Campbell Park’s wading pool had some resurfacing done which transformed my Labyrinth into something random and incomplete.

So of all the places in Toronto to mural up a Minotaur, this location is closest to that one Labyrinth of mine which is now a maze.

Mazes have Minotaurs. Labyrinths have love.

I prefer the latter.

“We have created you from male and female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one other” (Qur’an 49:13) – Islamic Calligraffiti – Vancouver Mural Festival

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August 11th, 2018 Permalink

Directions and process “I was commissioned by Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies to create this mural. At first, we were looking to create a design that would represent Muslims in Vancouver. It immediately felt like an overwhelming task, because one piece of work won’t do any justice to the complexity and uniqueness of these people. […]

Directions and process

“I was commissioned by Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies to create this mural.

At first,

we were looking to create a design that would represent Muslims in Vancouver.

It immediately felt like an overwhelming task,

because one piece of work won’t do any justice to the complexity and uniqueness of these people.

So I took a step back and decided to design this mural for all of the minorities in this city.

I wanted to Illustrate one of the many struggles minorities and immigrants face:

cultural and identity differences.

These differences might feel like a burden when they don’t fit into a society you’re trying to adjust to.

We do not have to justify our culture, traditions and identity.

We’re all so different for a reason.”

– Doaa Jamal

Doaa Jamal

Center for Contemporary Muslim Studies at Simon Frasier University, CCMS SFU

Vancouver Mural Festival

123 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, Unceded Musquem Territory, British Columbia, Canada

July 29 to August 11 2018

why can’t they see us?

For when others want you and I to fit into this one image they have created.

We are different for a reason.

I designed this mural using Arabic square Kufic script to illustrate a verse from the Qur’an that says

“We have created you from male and female and we made you into tribes and nations that you may know each other” (49:13)

“Here’s the thing I’ve been working on for the past couple weeks!!🎉✨

By creating this mural “Why can’t they see us?”

I’m hoping to challenge all of us as a community.

When my family and I moved here,

I felt like I’m out of this planet.

Like all the time.

Unfortunately some did not make the effort to understand and learn where I come from.

What my culture is like.

Instead,

they gasped and looked at me strangely.

So here is a sweet reminder for you all to genuinely get to know one another with open mind and acceptance.

Cause hey!

One life cannot experience everything this life has to offer. .”

These are a few photographs of me volunteering to help make and finish Doaa Jamal‘s “Why can’t they see us?” Mural…

“Interesting street art near Lansdowne station” – Toronto

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June 6th, 2018 Permalink

The Minotaur Mural! Forgot all about that one, good to see the colours are still holding up. Interesting street art near Lansdowne station.#artpop #streetart #streetlife #citytour #redbull #maze A post shared by @ nottyme4 on Jun 6, 2018 at 1:44am PDT

The Minotaur Mural!

Forgot all about that one, good to see the colours are still holding up.

The Species of The Humber Watershed Playground Labyrinth – Howard Junior Public School – Toronto

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October 9th, 2011 Permalink

Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed! Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk. It was exciting. Why? Because here was a labyrinth I had not painted, yet had been here […]

Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed!

Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk.

It was exciting. Why?

Because here was a labyrinth I had not painted, yet had been here for years. Over time, people have shared their own sense of discovery, of stumbling upon, of surprise, experienced in their first encounters with one of my numerous labyrinths.

This thanksgiving weekend morning, it was my turn. To discover. To be surprised. To walk a labyrinth others had made. And to be appreciative.

Apparently this aqua themed labyrinth was created in May of 2008 to complement The Species of The Humber Watershed Mural which arches over the school’s playground entrance.

“The Species of The Humber Watershed

This mural was painted by students in Grade 5 with help from visiting artist Kathleen Vaughan and support from the Howard Arts Council

May 2008″

Both mural and labyrinth are wonderful additions to Howard Junior Public School’s playground in Roncesvalles Village, west end Toronto.

Time well spent and worth a future visit.