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Fungi of the Woods | Burhamthorpe Community Centre

I’m pleased to introduce Fungi of the Woods, located outside of Burhamthorpe Community Centre! 🍄
Thank you to artists Christine Leu & Alan Webb from leuwebb Projects for creating this wonderful art in our community & Deputy Mayor Matt Mahoney, Councillor Stephen Dasko, City and Parks, Forestry and Environment Staff for attending and to and our amazing photographer @adam.pulicicchio for capturing great pictures. 🎨📸
Shoutout to Kal Tire for supporting this project through its playground surfacing, which is constructed from recycled rubber tires. 🛞
This art piece fosters a sense of community and is inspired by the sociability of mushrooms and its o centrally based on the ways in which community members connect with each other and the environment.
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Public Art Unveiling: Fungi of the Woods

Celebrate new public art at Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

An illustration of mushrooms

Join Ward Councillor Chris Fonseca and the City’s public art program as we unveil Fungi of the Woods by LeuWebb Projects. The event will feature an all-ages guided nature walk, crafts table for kids, speeches from the artists, and giveaways from Kal’s Replay Fund.

Fungi of the Woods is an artful gathering space for the local community. The artwork is inspired by the sociability of mushrooms and is based on the ways in which community members connect and interact with each other. Read more here.

Presented in collaboration with:

Kal’s Replay Fund
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The Fungi of the Woods public art installation.

LeuWebb Projects, 2024 Steel, cast aluminum, epoxy paint, rubberized surfacing

Burnhamthorpe Community Centre, 1500 Gulleden Drive

About the artwork

A place to be seen,
A place to connect with the natural world,
A place to dream.
A moment of repose, to stare up at the sky and listen to the leaves in the wind.
A place to chat with your girlfriends about the day.
A spot to catch a glimpse of your crush.
A place to feel welcomed, included and inspired.
-LeuWebb Projects

Located within the forested park just outside the Burnhamthorpe Community Centre lies Fungi of the Woods, an imaginative interpretation of the sociability of mushrooms that is conceptually based upon the ways in which community members connect with each other.

Within a forest park grows a cluster of mushrooms, waiting to be discovered. Mushrooms play characters in fairytales, have been sought by Indigenous peoples and European foragers for their medicinal properties, and speak to the interconnectedness of species. Popping up when conditions are just right, the mushroom spore grows from of an underground network that may stretch for miles. They represent the possibility of transformation, of ecological interconnectedness, of collaboration between species.

Fungi of the Woods celebrates a space for community and opens creative possibility of social connection for all, while subtly communicating the wider connections across people and environments.