Project Highlight: Art Starts’ Mosaic Project (Toronto)

– photos by Andy Moro (Red Pepper Spectacle Arts) and Tamara Haberman (Art Starts)

Mosaic Project, 2008, former City of York, Toronto

“This mosaic was designed and crafted in response to local concerns relating to the wall – people were hanging around the area, intimating local residents. The residents, police and Art Starts, in partnership with local youth and lead artists Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, worked together to transform the place into a beautiful, safe area. The Mosaic project was a summer employment program and training/mentorship program for emerging artist-youth living in Toronto.”