Playscape Wychwood Barns

Survey is LIVE and up until June 26! Please circulate to your networks and please make sure to weigh in on this one. We are at a critical juncture and need the community’s input. Let’s make sure we get the park improvements we all hoped for! Link in bio and stories!

It’s been a little while (a long while)…but the good work continues behind the scenes! We look forward to launching into this next phase of the project soon.

Hi everyone!

Please join us, and community members THIS THURSDAY for a group conversation to design our park space together! We will be presenting our design concept to date and look forward to hearing all your input. This is an exciting step forward!

We look forward to “seeing” you all :)

*please visit joshmatlow.ca/playground for details on how to join the meeting virtually

Our playground got a bit more colourful this past weekend 🌈👏🏼✨

So much magic happens when we come together as a community! Thanks to everyone who participated in this beautiful collaborative art piece. If you haven’t already, walk on over and check it out ❤️

✨ LAST NIGHT ✨

What a beautiful evening celebrating the design ideas of community members, local artists and youth!

We were so honoured when and asked us to be a part of their 2021 Design Competion. Inspiring youth came together to reimagine the Barns playground to be more accessible and inclusive for all ages. The designs were truly incredible!

We wanted to say a BIG thank you to for their partnership and bringing our dreams for the space to life! Your dedication to youth design thinking, leadership and mentorship is incredible ❤️

So what’s next for our beloved playground you ask…

Community consultations led by the city and our leader are soon upon us in the next couple months 🙏🏻👏🏼 Stay tuned! Friends of Wychwood Barns Park will also continue to work with the project manager to make sure all of our collective goals are being met 😊 Raise your hand if you’re excited!! 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻

TODAY! HAPPENING TODAY! Play at the Barns, an exhibit celebrating a reimagined Wychwood Barns
Park, is starting at 5:00PM this evening at the Peter MacKendrick Gallery . Hope to see you there!

⭐️ C H A N G E ⭐️

What thoughts/pictures come to mind when you see that word? How would YOU like to see change come to life at our playground?! Come out TOMORROW and show us 🥰🎨🙌🏻

We will be at the market tomorrow between 9am-1pm with lots of chalk (and bubbles 🫧) on hand. Be a part of our communal art piece! Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Avenue.

Things (and change!) are happening 👏🏼 and we can’t wait to take you all along for the ride ❤️

Spring is springing (ish!) and WE’RE BACK!!

Let’s come together safely to colour the park inspired! ✨🌈

We invite the community to join us on Saturday, May 7, from 9am-1pm, at the , to get creative! We look forward to welcoming all contributions to our co-created communal art piece(s)! We’ll have lots of chalk on hand for pathway art, too!

Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Ave in great anticipation of the Park changes to come.

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"Play at the Barns" is an exhibit organized by in collaboration with the Friends of Wychwood Barns Park and Councillor Matlow’s office as part of the city-wide DesignTO Festival 2022.

This exhibit will showcase the design ideas of community members, local artists, and youth to reimagine Wychwood Barns Park as an accessible and inclusive playground and outdoor gathering space for the community. We will also be showcasing student submissions from the 1UP Design Competition in the Peter MacKendrick Gallery on May 19. Sign up for the free event at the link in our bio.

All of this preliminary design thinking is integral to the overall planning and visioning for our new Wychwood Barns Park slated for 2023-2024. Stay tuned for more information on that in the coming months!

ID: graphic poster with the words change, community, inclusion, play and intergenerational.

Spring is springing (ish!) and WE’RE BACK!!

Let’s come together safely to colour the park inspired! ✨🌈

We invite the community to join us on Saturday, May 7, from 9am-1pm, at the , to get creative! We look forward to welcoming all contributions to our co-created communal art piece(s)! We’ll have lots of chalk on hand for pathway art, too!

Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Ave in great anticipation of the Park changes to come.

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"Play at the Barns" is an exhibit organized by in collaboration with the Friends of Wychwood Barns Park and Councillor Matlow’s office as part of the city-wide DesignTO Festival 2022.

This exhibit will showcase the design ideas of community members, local artists, and youth to reimagine Wychwood Barns Park as an accessible and inclusive playground and outdoor gathering space for the community. We will also be showcasing student submissions from the 1UP Design Competition in the Peter MacKendrick Gallery on May 19. Sign up for the free event at the link in our bio.

All of this preliminary design thinking is integral to the overall planning and visioning for our new Wychwood Barns Park slated for 2023-2024. Stay tuned for more information on that in the coming months!

ID: graphic poster with the words change, community, inclusion, play and intergenerational.

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Registration is now open for Play at the
Barns! LINK IN BIO

Come out for an evening at Artscape Wychwood Barns Peter MacKendrick Gallery and celebrate the design ideas of community members, local artists and youth. There will also be
featured presentations and a chance to co-create a new art display for Wychwood Barns Park.

Can’t make it? No problem! We have rescheduled our collaborative community art making project for Saturday, May 7 from 9-1pm. See you at the Playground!

ID: colour picture of the Barns with the words “registration opens April 22, 2022” and logos of the various participants (1Up, urban minds, DesignTO, Playscape Wychwood Barns and Artscape).

⚠️ P O S T P O N E D!

In light of the province’s current COVID restrictions, the and Exhibit s part of is being moved to a date in the spring when the restrictions are lifted and we can more inclusively and safely convene in celebration of what’s to come at our beloved park. Please stay tuned! We’ll reconfirm the date soon.

As part of this exhibit, we had so looked forward to coming together for the creation of a communal art piece! This is still very much a go…but we are going to reschedule it for the when things ease up a little bit. Please stay tuned in the coming weeks when we’ve set a couple of new pop-up dates for you to join us!

Until then, please be well. We can’t wait to colour our park inspired with you. 🌈❤️

Id: coloured poster noting that the community art piece has been postponed.

Play at the Barns DesignTO Festival 2022//

Let’s come together safely to colour the park inspired! ✨🌈

As part of this exhibit, we invite the community to join us on January 22, from 9am-1pm, at the Wychwood Barns Farmer's Market, to get creative! We look forward to welcoming all contributions to our co-created communal art piece. Masks mandatory!
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"Play at the Barns" is an exhibit organized by Urban Minds in collaboration with the Friends of Wychwood Barns Park and Councillor Matlow’s office as part of the city-
wide DesignTO Festival 2022.

This exhibit will showcase the design ideas of community members, local
artists, and youth to reimagine Wychwood Barns Park as an accessible and inclusive playground and outdoor gathering space for the community.
We will also be showcasing student submissions from the 1UP Design
Competition in the Peter MacKendrick Gallery from January 22 to January 28,
2022. All of this preliminary design thinking is integral to the overall planning and visioning for our new Wychwood Barns Park slated for 2023-2024.

Stay tuned for more information on that in the coming months!

ID: graphic poster with the words change, community, inclusion, play and intergenerational.