Portrait of Daniela Rocha Street artist

On assignment: taken during a collaboration with  @panampath  and steps initiative from our 2017 for a project called TRANSFORMATIONS CONNECTED

Always looking to animate unlikely spaces in a meaningful way, this female-led mural series integrates various designs, styles, and shapes featured below the Gardiner at the confluence of the Martin Goodman and Lower Don Trails (Lake Shore Blvd & Cherry).

The project responds to the many evolutions this site has experienced over the years. Originally, a marsh, the Port Lands were used for industrial activities, and later a dump site for old ammunition and construction waste. This dumping resulted in the creation of the Leslie Street Spit, which has been reclaimed over the years by seeds, plant matter, and local fauna—specifically birds—as the result of natural ecological regeneration.
— https://stepsinitiative.com/project/toronto-public-art-mural-transformations-connected-fathima-mouhidden-meera-sethi-stephanie-bellefleur-daniela-rocha-panam-path/

Daniela Rocha has been creating #publicart in #Toronto and #Colombia for over three years. Her work is inspired by her #LatinAmerican roots and love for #nature. Her #murals are characterized by #bold #colour#texture, and references to the natural world.

Daniela Rocha is _muisca_ on instagram

Anishinaabe creation story and Philip Cote.

On assignment - Philip Cote, “Noodjmowin” – Moose Deer Point First Nation Shawnee, Lakota, Potawatomi, Ojibway and Algonquin
Philip Cote is an artist, an educator, a Sundancer, a Pipe Carrier, a Sweat Ceremony leader, and a member of the Eagle Society.

Working on a mural project in collaboration with Kwest & Jarus under Old mill Station,

Cote’s circular murals depicting the Anishinaabe creation story are a public art commission for the Pan Am Path, the 80-kilometer path that will eventually link walking and cycling paths across the city.

For Cote, the murals are a chance to share Indigenous history and science, informed by a spiritual understanding — typical of Indigenous thought.

”The whole idea of this mural is a small seed that’s going to get planted and it’s going to go somewhere,” said Cote. “It’s the creation story of the Anishinaabe people, so we’re talking about a different way of looking at the world.”
— https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/old-mill-bridge-transformed-into-canvas-for-indigenous-art-1.4213284