Connextions 2025: Community Trees by Pam Lostracco

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As part of the Connextions 2025 project, see Pam Lostracco's vinyl artwork, Community Trees, on display outside of the top floor entrance of Sixteen Mile Community Centre.

Pam offers the following description of her work:

Community Trees celebrates the Kentucky Coffeetree, a native species growing near Sixteen Mile Community Centre. Inspired by discovering Oakville’s Tree Inventory Map, the design connects the mural to its local landscape. Based on an onsite photograph, the close-up view of backlit leaves highlights their distinctive shape and invites curiosity to identify local ecology. Royal blues echo the building’s tiles and a clear sky, while warm accents of vibrant yellow-orange and orange-red bring contrast and energy that complements the architectural colour palette.

About the artist:

Pam Lostracco is a mural designer and OCAD alumna based in Toronto. Her artistic style evolved through a harmonious synthesis of her graphic design background with a lifelong passion for exploring nature. Focused on biophilic design, Pam integrates organic forms and natural colours to help people connect with the restorative power of the environment. Through her work, she shares the well-being and inspiration she finds in nature while raising awareness of local species.

Pam’s artwork has been exhibited at the McMichael, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and Toronto Pearson International Airport. Her work has been acquired by the Four Seasons Hotel, Craft Ontario, and the Textile Museum of Canada. Her murals—both painted and printed—can be found indoors and outdoors at residences, hotels, institutions, and public spaces across Toronto, British Columbia, the United States, and Morocco.

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Town of Oakville

The Town of Oakville is located on Treaty 14 and 22 lands, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. Oakville is home to many different First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. A vibrant and impressive community within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the Town of Oakville is a beautiful lakeside town with a strong heritage, preserved and celebrated by residents and visitors alike. Since the 1800s, it has become one of the most coveted areas to live and work in Ontario, with 225,000 residents calling Oakville home. The town offers all the advantages of a well-serviced urban centre with first-rate facilities and amenities while maintaining its small-town feel.