Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional Mural

Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional Mural Mosaic

Unveiled June 14, 2022

The Mustard Seed – 10050 – 81 Avenue NW

Edmonton, Alberta

Press Release

May 19, 2022

Mural Mosaic’s Global Roots Project is excited to announce our collaboration with The Mustard Seed for the installation of the Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional Mural on June 14th, 2022.

The Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional mural is one of four Regional Mural Mosaics launched in 2021 for the Global Roots Project that also includes murals for West Coast, Central Canada and Atlantic Provinces. Participants from Canada’s Prairies and Territories and across the country began painting tiles for this mural mosaic production in Summer, 2021 to bring this amazing art piece together.

Mural Mosaic has been creating art that inspires Unity through Diversity with their mosaics installed throughout North America since 2003. Commissioned by communities, schools, charities and businesses alike, they are sought after for this unique message of connection that their murals convey.

Launched in April 2021 during a global health crisis that had many people feeling isolated and disconnected, Mural Mosaic’s Global Roots Project set out to reconnect the world through the joy of art. This installation collaboration with The Mustard Seed is a wonderful opportunity to connect the art painted by our participants in a mosaic of shared expressions of creativity.

The Mustard Seed is a Christian non-profit organization that has been caring for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty since 1984. Operating in five cities across Alberta and British Columbia, The Mustard Seed is a supportive haven where people can have their physical, mental, and spiritual needs met and grow toward greater health and independence. We are very excited to collaborate on this mural together.

‘Art is a conversation starter point that begins the renewal of a relationship. Mural Mosaics are about bringing individual creativity into a relationship to paint a full picture. This is what we as organizations who serve the homeless are trying to do, to say to our clients that you are an individual that is part of a bigger picture and that you as an individual are beautiful in that – to help them see their dignity and worth and value. Beautiful art gives them a sense of that.’ Dean Kurpjuweit, Chief Regional Officer

Please enjoy our interview with Mural Mosaic’s Lewis Lavoie and The Mustard Seed’s Dean Kurpjuweit included with this release.

Participants from The Mustard Seed will contribute several groupings of painted tiles that will connect with the tiles painted by participants both from Canada’s Prairies and Territories and across the country.

The Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional Mural will be unveiled in Edmonton June 14th, 2022.

The Global Roots Project and installation of the Canada Connects Prairies & Territories Regional Mural is funded entirely by its participants including the tiles, production and donation of the physical mural to The Mustard Seed.

The Global Roots Project is the inspiration of Sturgeon County, AB’s Mural Mosaic as they lead the creative charge to reconnect the world through the beauty and joy of putting brush to canvas to create collaborative mosaic murals. The project is currently registering participants for Canada Connects Seasons and America Connects Regional murals with more countries being added in the coming months. Learn more about the project at https://roots.muralmosaic.com

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