{"id":844,"date":"2017-11-22T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=844"},"modified":"2017-11-26T21:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:47:13","slug":"the-mural-to-ecological-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"Mural invites Highway 27 users to walk on the wild side"},"content":{"rendered":"I<\/span>n September, a mural was painted in front of the University of Guelph-Humber to remind students and locals of the nature they live close to and the endangerment it faces.<\/p>\n

This mural, entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Take a Walk on the Wild Side\u201d is located above the Pan Am Path. The Pan Am Path came into existence after the 2015 Pan Am Games to continue its legacy of active living and arts. The path stretches 80 kilometres and connects many trails from the Humber River down to the Scarborough Waterfront.<\/p>\n

The mural, or the \u201cEcoscope 2 project\u201d was developed by Kirsten McCrea, a Toronto artist and founder of the Papirmass Art Subscription organization that sells affordable prints to many worldwide. In 2016, she came to the City of Toronto and Friends of the Pan Am Path, an organization that founded the Pan Am Path after the Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n

McCrea said she researched the Humber Arboretum and found that it exists as an \u201cimportant part\u201d of the Carolinian ecosystem, a forestry that extends from Southern Ontario to Southern Carolina. She also found that some plant species were endangered, which gave her the idea to spread awareness by painting two murals.<\/p>\n

The first mural, entitled \u201cNo Plant is an Island\u201d is located under the bridge by the Humber River and Humberline Drive.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, these two murals depict 9 endangered plant species – hopefully they will make a comeback before it’s too late! Educating the public about their existence is the first step. We have to know something exists to care about losing it,\u201d McCrea said in an e-mail.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, McCrea says that the project \u201cplaces murals on bridges that run above the Pan Am Path to remind people of the beautiful nature trail that runs below.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endangered species depicted in the mural include the Small White Lady\u2019s- slipper and the Slender Bush-Clover. For a more detailed description of the mural see this pdf.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ann- Marie Power, Visual Arts Producer at Friends of the Pan Am Path acted as Project manager for the Ecoscope project, and she says that the mural \u201crepresents an exit to the concrete that is so abundant in the city space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although projects for the year of 2017 are finished, Power also said that the organization looks forward to more projects in the future dedicated to environmental sustainability and awareness.<\/p>\n

McCrea has also painted a mural for the city of Peterborough commemorating the \u201cElectric City\u201d since it was the first Canadian town to use electric streetlights. She is also working on a mural at Facebook\u2019s Canadian headquarters in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\"Concrete

Photo by Isaac Sauder<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information on McCrea, visit her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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