- Artist: Oriah Scott, EronOne, HONE, HUNGR, AJ Little, Emily May Rose and guest graffiti artists
- Year: 2022
- Material: Spray-paint
- Purchase information: Funded by the Stonecroft Foundation and the City of Kingston Arts Fund, Kingston Arts Council.
- Location: South and west facades of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Created by Oriah Scott, EronOne, HONE, HUNGR, AJ Little, Emily May Rose and guest graffiti artists from across the Montreal-Toronto corridor as Agnes’s Stonecroft Foundation Artist(s)-in-Residence.
Enveloping the south and west facades of the Agnes, this large-scale mural was created in the summer of 2022. The artwork features independent pieces from each artist that when placed alongside each other, form a collaborative statement which celebrates the long vernacular tradition of street art in Kingston, points to alternative art histories embedded in our city streets, and provides a framework for experiential learning and co-curriculum development conceived in collaboration with faculty and students from Queen’s Art Conservation Program.
Graffiti as an art form has been omitted from the widely accepted artistic canon and remains an underrepresented art form within galleries and collections — it is an art form mainly occupying public spaces, causing it to struggle finding a home in art galleries. The significance of the piece is to showcase graffiti and aerosol art in Kingston to a broader audience, while highlighting a level of skill and precision that is often overlooked in the art world.
Transformations remains until the construction for Agnes Reimagined begins in summer 2024.