Toronto’s Riverside Business Improvement Area (BIA) launched a new mural – ‘Tkaranto Past/Tkaranto Future’ – on August 27th with a public celebration including Indigenous music, dance food and remarks. A big thank you to the community for coming out and celebrating this important addition in Riverside and Toronto, and to all our speakers, artists and artisans who made the event come alive!
- Learn more about the artists and artisans from the celebration
- Get to know the Mural Artists
- Read About the meaning behind the mural
Lead Mural Artist Isaac Narcisco Weber – Odinamaad (Turning Wind)
Shandra Spears Bombay
Left to Right: Catherine Campbell (StreetART Toronto); MP Julie Dabrusin, Mwarigha (Woodgreen Services), Rosie Little (Riverside BIA), MPP Peter Tabuns, Councillor Paula Fletcher
Philip Cote, MA, Traditional Wisdom Keeper, Artist, Activist & Historian
Nimkii Osawamick, Hoop Dancer
Medicine Pouch Craft Workshop by Tammy Enosse (pictured at top right corner)
Indigenous catering by Suzanne Smoke
Thank you cards signed by the lead artist Odinamaad!
Thank you to Mural Supporters
This is a Cultural Hotspot SPARK project made possible in part by the Government of Canada, City of Toronto, StreetARToronto, the Government of Ontario, and Riverside BIA. Thank you also to Woodgreen Community Services and Sherwin Williams.