Mural Collective Tour
Art, Culture and Community
Take an immersive journey through the streets of Downtown Maple Ridge.
Where local artists have inspired our alleyways and entryways with beautiful murals.
Each mural is unique with some having an interactive component or a hidden element for you to find.
Click the link to the videos if you would like to see the mural in progress.
Downtown Maple Ridge Mural Collective Locations
This Mural is part of a collaborative series funded by the City of Maple Ridge, bringing mural artists and local youth together to foster creativity and inspire connections to arts and culture. The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association facilitated Mural artist Laura Johnson to work with UPlan students to create a nature inspired mural with an interactive component.
The project vision for "Birds of a Feather" is that it reflects the diversity, creativity and connection of our community. Celebrating the natural beauty of Maple Ridge and the voices of local youth. as written by Laura Johnson.
The different bird species represent the diversity of our community. Although each bird is unique they are brought together in a harmonious palette to reflect the idea that while we are all different, we are united as one. The Golden Ears Mountains form the backdrop of the mural, recognizing one of Maple Ridges most iconic natural landmarks.
The line drawings in the mural were created by Uplan students Skylar and Keegan with the exception of the central Owl.
The Owl was designed and illustrated by Laura Johnson to connect the student artwork into one cohesive and balanced composition.
Take a moment to connect with the beauty of the natural landscape and position yourself with the birds wings as your own. Take flight and snap a photo to immerse yourself in "Birds of a Feather"
Back Alley Mural project @ Bell Locksmith
This Mural was created by Mural Artist Jason Craft along with students from Thomas Haney Secondary.
A collaboration between the City of Maple Ridge and The Downtown Business Improvement Association in 2015
to beautify our downtown alleys, portray community spirit and to compliment the surrounding neighborhood.
Jason Crafts philosophy is that a mural brings a community together from the design process to the finished project, it involves people working together, to make something beautiful.
Each mural is a "living project", it is like performance art, you never know what to expect and it is always interesting for the connections and relationships that are built.
My murals have been especially popular in schools, not only because of the beautification of a wall, but they are a wonderful way to make the school unique and to foster pride in the students, staff and community, as well as being a deterant to vandalism.
This Mural was created by Mural Artist Jason Craft along with students from Thomas Haney Secondary.
A collaboration between the City of Maple Ridge and The Downtown Business Improvement Association in 2015
to beautify our downtown alleys, portray community spirit and to compliment the surrounding neighborhood.
Jason's philosophy is that a mural brings a community together from the design process to the finished project, it involves people working together, to make something beautiful.
Each mural is a "living project", it is like performance art, you never know what to expect and it is always interesting for the connections and relationships that are built.
His murals have been especially popular in schools, not only because of the beautification of a wall, but they are a wonderful way to make the school unique and to foster pride in the students, staff and community, as well as being a deterant to vandalism.
"Where the Golden Eagles Are"
This Mural project was initiated by the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, funded by the City of Maple Ridge and the Act Arts Centre. Installation August 2018
The Mural Artist Brandon Gabriel is a member of the Kwantlen First Nation, this is his concept, design and installation.
Gabriel wanted to honour these beautiful creatures that call this place home.
Gabriel painted two golden eagles on either end of the mural, a Salish spirit of an eagle design in the centre, and the Golden Ears mountain range in the foreground.
Gabriel said the Kwantlen name for Maple Ridge means “the place where the golden eagles are.”
Gabriel said “Prior to this land being settled is where the eagles would come. This whole valley all the way up to Golden Ears mountain would fill with eagles. This place was a very special, spiritual place for the people who inhabited it and for the creatures,”
"Climax Steam Train"
This Mural Project was sponsored by the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, the Ridge Meadows Education Foundation , School District 42 and Steelhead Investments Ltd.
Concept drawing by Christian Phillips and Derek Mathews
Climax geared steam locomotives (such as those from Abernethy Lougheed Lumber Co.) historically operated locally in the forest and logging operations around Port Haney and Maple Ridge in the 1920s. Historic records and photos of these exact local engines are preserved by the Maple Ridge Museum
Mural Artist Jason Craft
This Mural is part of a collaborative series funded by the City of Maple Ridge, bringing mural artists and local youth together to foster creativity and inspire connections to arts and culture.
The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association facilitated artist Carly Bouwman in working with students from Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary on a mural inspired by the species at risk in our region.
Students contributed drawings and the artist incorporated them into the final mural design. Take a moment to pause, pose, and identify these local endangered species.
Great Blue Heron, Western Painted Turtle, Western Bumble Bee, White Sturgeon, Streambank Lupine, Oregon Spotted Frog, Saffron-winged Meadowhawk (Dragonfly), Henderson's Checkered Mallow, Marbled Murrelet, Oregon Forest Snail, Phantom Orchid, Barn Owl, Grizzly Bear, Tall Bugbane.
Created July 2026
This Mural is part of a collaborative series funded by the City of Maple Ridge, bringing mural artists and local youth together to foster creativity and inspire connections to arts and culture.
The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association facilitated artist Ben Evely in working with students from Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary on a mural inspired by the natural beauty of Maple Ridge.
Students contributed photographs capturing both natural and urban elements, which the artist incorporated into the final mural design. The finished piece invites visitors to pause, reflect, and engage featuring a spot to step into the lamplight for a photo.
There’s also a hidden image within the mural… can you spot it?
Created June 2026
Completed in July 2023 produced during the Haney Artist in Residence with the City and in partnership with British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the artwork by Aaron S. Moran and Taryn Hubbard was a collaborative effort to help bring more vibrancy to the neighbourhood. The mural design was developed through artist facilitated community engagement sessions that encouraged participants to respond to the environment around the tunnel. At each session, archival photographs, as well as natural materials and objects gathered from around the underpass were available for use by participants. The sessions introduced techniques such as shadow and object tracing, silhouette cutting, and image simplification through collage. The two artists explain:
The mural has a very contemporary and hard-edge look, but it's actually completely formed by what people were creating during the engagement sessions,” said Moran. “The colours for each face of the mural, reflect heavily on the experiences of seeing birds and hearing water and having those types of natural experiences. Whereas the colours when you're walking toward the city – maybe you're getting off the West Coast Express, or you're listening to some music at the Wharf– are a little bit more of the vibrant, more urban colours of that experience,” said Hubbard. “When you look at the mural, you'll notice white illustrations over top of the colourful shapes. These were inspired by the ideas that came through during the engagement sessions. When we were painting the mural, we had a lot of conversations with residents in the area, who were excited to see this mural take shape, and we were hoping that that same excitement will extend further out into Maple Ridge and that people will come out to see the mural for themselves.
