Celebrate Crossroads, an exciting community-engaged legacy mural project animating Finch TTC Station in North York’s Willowdale Community!
Public Unveiling Celebration
Drop in on October 12, 2023 from 12:00 to 2:30 PM ET to celebrate Crossroads at Finch TTC Station (East Yonge St. Entrance) at 5639 Yonge St, just north of Finch Ave. There will be refreshments and a community ribbon cutting celebration with lead artist Kseniya Tsoy, project partners, and community participants.
Image credit: Jae Yang
Accessibility Notice
The Crossroads team is committed to the community’s full participation in this project. Please get in touch with Kseniya Tsoy (atelier.alfergani@gmail.com) or Ima Essin (ima@stepspublicart.org) for support.
Past Events
- January 1 to May 9, 2023: Community brainstorming surveys
- February 9, 2023: Online community design session
- February 18, 2023: In-person community consultation at North York Central Library
About Crossroads
Crossroads is a site-specific community-engaged mural project led by Artist Kseniya Tsoy (@ktsoy.art) in partnership with STEPS Public Art. This project explores the unique cultural tapestry of Willowdale as a meeting place of global perspectives and cultural lineages while honouring the Indigenous lands we gather on today.
We invited community members from diverse backgrounds to share their stories, traditions and ideas to co-create this legacy mural to highlight both our individual histories, and the common threads that bind us.
The resulting artwork is a 360° wrap-around mural flowing across the walls of the TTC Finch Station’s entrance on Yonge Street, inspired by a blend of cultural myths, legends, and folk motifs from around the world.
About the Artist
Kseniya Tsoy
Lead Artist
Kseniya Tsoy is a community-engaged mural artist and a recipient of the Newcomer Arts Award 2021 from Toronto Arts Foundation.
As a person of mixed heritage, cultural diversity has always been the inspiration behind her work. Her personal murals are dedicated to the visual exploration of complex cultural identities and are inspired by folk motifs from diverse cultures that have influenced her growing up. As a community-engaged artist, she is best known for her whimsical collaborative murals where community members are engaged in all stages of the creative process.
Crossroads is a project of deep personal meaning to Kseniya that was born out of the artist’s cultural connection to the Willowdale neighbourhood. Through this work, she hopes to engage with the community to co-create a legacy mural that speaks to diverse residents of Willowdale, as she strongly believes that #RepresentationMatters.
Partners and Funders
Crossroads is supported by Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Yonge North York BIA, and North York Arts. We are grateful to be an Engagement Partner on an artist-led project supported by the Ontario Arts Council.
