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The Root Cellar Café mural located at 623 Dundas Street in London, Ontario

Old East Village Main Street Murals: The Root Cellar Café

623 Dundas Street • London, Ontario N5W 2Z1
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      623 Dundas Street • London, Ontario N5W 2Z1

      The OEV Main Street Mural Program has the aim of building community and beautifying the Old East Village neighbourhood. This program pairs five artists together for a total of five murals.

      The program aims to facilitate new artist partnerships and mentorship opportunities. The mural installations were an integral part of the community events series, Only in OEV Fridays, which happens every second Friday in Old East Village. The high-profile and visible mural locations expand upon the existing public art found in Old East Village, creating art attractions for residents and visitors alike to enrich the experience of the neighbourhood.?

      The OEV Mural Mentorship Program was supported by Fed Dev Ontario and My Main Street through the Community Activator Program.

       

      ABOUT THE MURAL

      The mural at 623 Dundas Street on The Root Cellar Café (temporarily closed) by Tova Hasiwar and Sylvie Verwaayen celebrates ecological sustainability and pollinators by depicting local plants and a honeybee in a bright, eye-catching composition using 21 colours weaved together. The Root Cellar Café Owners Jeff Pastorius and Ellie Cook also run On the Move Organics, a local grocery business specializing in food grown locally and sustainably, and LOLA Bees, a learning apiary. The mural encapsulates sustainable food systems, which is a value encapsulated through all their businesses. Ellie also describes how honeybees themselves are an “amazing model for how to live and work cooperatively.” The mural imagery also incorporates local pollinator plants such as the anise bloom and wild borage, and morel mushrooms native to the region.

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    About The Artists

     

    Tova Hasiwar

    Tova is a multidisciplinary artist based out of London Ontario, and spends her time between the Forest City and the shores of Huron County.

    Artistic Style:
    Tova is known by her distinctive work style that is graphic and concise in nature. Paying homage to Pop Art through the use of bold clean lines and vivid colour stories while challenging the conventional approach to design. Her work primarily focuses on the female form, sometimes evident in appearance and in other works abstracted as a method to explore the deeper philosophical discussions associated with perceived feelings towards feminism.

     

    Sylvie Verwaayen

    Sylvie Verwaayen has 20 years' experience illustrating and painting, creating abstracts as well as the occasional sculpture. She currently works at St Mary’s Station Gallery as a gallery assistant and supports the curator with vetting artists and installing new exhibits. This was her first mural and she realized with the process, that she very much enjoyed creating it. She often gets lost in the "linework" of painting and the time that passed while focusing on the job. In other words, time flew by.

    Artistic Style:
    Sylvie’s artistic style is colourful with a range from realism to abstract. Experimentation is key to her work as she plays in her sandbox (um, studio) to create new works. She loves moving back and forth between styles and mediums. Her website is the best example and explanation of what she has done.

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