Public Art

The City of Pickering is celebrating the iconic Canadian Author Lucy Maud Montgomery and her many connections to the Durham Region. Two original murals have been created by artist Meegan Lim thanks to a Government of Canada investment through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) as part of the Tourism Relief Fund.

The mural represents the 1929 collapse of the Whitevale Bridge in the centre, and on each side are the flora and fauna associated with the valley of West Duffins. The central image is taken from a photograph of the collapsed bridge in 1929. Salmons are shown spawning in West Duffins. Either side has images of the wildlife around Whitevale and west Duffins: red-wing blackbird, great blue heron, mallard, blue jay and cardinal, a monarch butterfly on a milk weed plant and a snapping turtle.

Kijimba Kind are spirits that hail from a variety of cultures. This is a collection of carvings installed in Alex Robertson in 2001 that portray these spirits, as a show of the diversity and similarities among the people in Pickering.

Previously titled “Census Five,” the Batten Disease Memorial Sculpture is meant, as the name makes clear, to be a memorial to all the children who have lost or will lose their lives to Batten Disease.

The City of Pickering is celebrating frontline workers and first responders through two new murals currently installed at Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex (CHDRC). Artists connected with first-responders and sought out feedback from the community for their artworks.

Curiosity is an art piece by the artist Hallie A. Ndorley, depicting a curious child lying on their stomach, gazing upon a turtle. This visual art mural was commissioned by the City of Pickering and the Cultural Advisory Committee, to celebrate Black Culture and local Black Artists.

This work was commissioned and created as part of Pickering’s I Am Ontario Youth Arts Showcase – Youth Art Challenge. The Challenge was offered with the support of the Ontario 150 Celebration Grant, to commemorate Ontario’s Sesquicentennial in 2017.

Full Circle has been created by utilizing past banner submissions from The Pickering Community Banner Program. The Banner Program celebrated the culture, heritage and beauty of our City.

This 92-year-old ash tree was cut down from where it originally stood, because of an infestation of Emerald Ash Borers living inside of it, killing it. As an invasive species originating in north-eastern Asia, these insects could have devastated the ash tree population in Pickering.

This is a dynamic art feature made from recycled materials portraying a monarch butterfly’s lifecycle. It was installed as part of an Amberlea Park enhancement project through Pickering’s Celebrating Sustainable Neighbourhoods Program.