Mapping Memories

Mapping Memories is part of the My Neighbourhood Art Project, a series of site-specific, temporary art installations created in collaboration with the local community. Together, they captured community feedback by inviting after-school program participants and local recreation staff to map their favourite neighbourhood memories through collages and guided drawing and painting activities.

Over a series of workshops, the artists collected local landmarks, neighbourhood hangouts, and personal stories, which were then integrated into a final illustration. The completed artwork was printed as a double-sided vinyl window mural, visible from both the pool area and the exterior playground space.

More than 25 residents, including youth participants from Gordon Graydon Sr. Public School, contributed their ideas to the Mapping Memories mural. This project responds to a council directive for city-wide neighbourhood beautification and addresses the need for meaningful, neighbourhood-level placemaking and community arts engagement.