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The Studio:
Transforming Spaces:
Intro to Murals with Katika Marczell

Rideau Building
207 Stuart St, Rm 221
24 May 2025
1:30–4:30 pm

All are welcome and no experience is required.

The Studio is a place to meet innovative practicing artists from Kingston and across Canada, hear about their work and artistic practice and explore a creative project together.

Join artist Katika Marczell to discover the art and experience of painting in public spaces!

Learn about the tools, techniques, and creative processes involved in mural-making. Participants will gain hands-on experience in the initial stages of mural creation by learning various methods for scaling images to fit larger surfaces.

Katika Marczell (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and muralist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. She holds an (honours) BA from the University of Toronto, and an MFA from York University. Marczell has shown in Toronto, Milton, Montreal, the Varley Art Gallery in Markham, and the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

She has worked with ArtMoves, Bell Box Murals, Kensington BIA, West Queen West BIA, Street Art Toronto, The Personal Care Bank, Mural Routes, Arts Milton, as well as private clients. Marczell has taught at York University, and sits on the board of YYZ Artists’ Outlet. Her murals can be found in and around Toronto, Etobicoke, and Milton.

This program is made possible through the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.
Person with blond curly hair smiling while looking into the camera. They are holding a white poodle type dog and standing outside a house covered in painted murals

Katika Marczell. Photo courtesy of artist.

Person sitting on the ground next to a utilities box on the street. The box is painted with a mural that depicts a heron flying across the night sky

Katika Marczell and one of her public murals. Photo courtesy of artist.

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