Urban Art Park

Oshawa is proud to offer a legal graffiti wall at the Donevan Recreation Complex skate park, a permanent 10,000 square foot park with quarter pipes, rails, tables and fun boxes. The south facing wall of Donevan Recreation Complex features a legal graffiti wall. 

This park is a space where learning, creativity and respect are encouraged. Artists are able to paint at this location throughout the year.

Location

Donevan Recreation Complex
171 Harmony Rd. S.

Artist Rules

• Artists must be respectful of their surroundings and fellow users of the park. e.g. maintaining the site, using waste bins for trash, sharing the space, etc.
• The park is a shared space. Please be mindful of other residents and users of the park.
• The City has zero tolerance for unkind/hateful, racist, sexist imagery, gang related tags or words. These marks will be removed immediately, and those responsible will be held accountable to the law.

History

In 2016, City staff began investigating the feasibility of creating a safe and legal graffiti/urban art space in Oshawa. A group of community stakeholders, consisting of artists, social service workers, educators, and social justice advocates in Durham Region, were brought together to to make recommendations to support this initiative. Guided by a belief that urban art can examine social and political influences that obstruct freedom and equality, this community stakeholder group championed the creation of a safe graffiti/urban art space in Oshawa. 

At the Urban Art Park, the City of Oshawa has hosted graffiti and street artists for live painting events and all ages arts and crafts activities.

The safe graffiti space was made possible through amendments to the following city by-laws: Property Standards By-law, the Nuisance By-law and the Parks and Facilities By-law.