CURRENT PUBLIC ART & INSTALLATION PROJECTS

CAMH Therapeutic Art Program 

Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building

Lobby & Exterior Columns 

 Indigenous Ceremony Room Floor 

This program includes 27 established and emerging artists from across Canada,

bringing 50+ diverse art forms into the two new buildings at CAMH’s Queen Street

site: the Temerty Discovery Centre and the Waverley House Secure Care and

Recovery Building.

Working closely with an art consultant, as well as patients and clinical staff,

to create pieces that contribute to a healing and dignified environment,

honour the lands on which CAMH is located, and ensure therapeutic art is

accessible to all community members. The works incorporate themes of

nature and the natural world, reflect lived experiences, and use calming

palettes and forms to instill a sense of comfort, belonging, and safety.

This piece is a narrative about community.  In the canopy of a tree is a symphony of different beings, all intertwined and living as one. Creatures who live in balance alongside one another in a commentary on the importance of community.  Together in a hoop made of roots, which represents not only the tree that all this life is residing and thriving in, but also expresses the importance of creating roots in community that will allow for people and families to grow stronger