VIEWS: GOLDEN GIRLS
Youth participants document stories of the extraordinary women in the rapidly gentrifying Golden Mile neighbourhood through colourful murals in THE O’Connor Community Centre.
Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, the first official iteration of VIEWS (Vision of Inspiring & Empowering Walls in Scarborough) was launched with the partnership of City of Toronto as a Cultural Hotspot Signature Project. The first edition, entitled Golden Girls, was hosted in the Golden Mile area, consulting with community members, residents, youth groups, business owners to discuss the presence and opportunities for girls, women, and females in the area. The program also focused on trained young emerging artists to hone in on their artistic aspirations and skills to begin and build their experiences in murals. This ultimately resulted in the VIEWS: Golden Girls mural designed by Mariz Pe. The mural travels down the main hall of the O’Connor Community Centre featuring imagery and quotes of the diversity and strength of both the Golden Mile neighbourhood and the vivacious women in the community.
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Rand Alaboudi
Cai Bell-Jerome
Erica Dionora
Muzna Erum
Claire Forsyth
Ashleigh Hamilton-Webb
Farah Hoosain
Trayvon Mattison
Tyrese Mattison
Naushin Nawal
Natalie Sze Wai Ho
Michelle Tan -
Jen D. Fabico-Smith, Program Manager
Mariz Pe, Lead Designer and Mural Artist
Annie Vimalanathan, Program Assistant
Camille Oliveros, Placement Student
Yasmin Wright, Placement Student