Islington Mosaic/Heritage Murals Project

A partnership of the Heritage Etobicoke Foundation, Village of Islington Business Improvement Area (BIA) and Toronto Economic Development,
the Islington Mosaic is a murals project which celebrates the natural,
human and architectural heritage of Islington Village.
Conceived as part of a revitalization strategy, the project's mandate is to create a visual legacy for Islington by commemorating our shared community history – its defining moments, rhythm of life,
changing workforce,
how we looked and what we did for fun through the years.

By developing heritage-inspired murals on the sides of area buildings-on Dundas St. West from Islington to Kipling-project organizers are using the creation of public art as a community-building tool.
The ultimate goal is to turn old Islington Village into an outdoor art gallery. There are seventeen potential mural sites in Islington.
The target is to have five large scale murals in place by fall 2007.

In co-operation with the Etobicoke Historical Society,
we will display, here on their web site,
Historical Pictures (Click Here)
of the Village of Islington
along with the Murals. 

The Murals are as follows:

#1 Mural below is "Faith of Our Fathers"

For #2 Mural (Click Here)

For #3 Mural (Click Here)

For #4 Mural (Click Here)

Artist of the Murals (Click Here)
 

Mural 1 – "Faith of Our Fathers"
By Peter Lee,
painted by muralist Olaf Schneider in 2004

Painted in 2004, the Islington Mosaic's first mural was a pilot project;
a contest was held to find a design for the narrow,
west wall of 4901 Dundas – just east of Cordova.

The winner was "Faith of Our Fathers" by graphic artist Peter Lee.

The design commemorates the old Wesleyan Methodist Church and manse once located just east of the mural site. Islington muralist Olaf Schneider was commissioned to produce the 6' x 12' mural which was painted on plywood and then mounted on the wall which overlooks the courtyard at Village Trattoria.

Unfortunately, its colours are already fading,
but the concept still shines through.

A bit of history around the area where this mural is located.