10/19/2026
While Atura Power’s Portlands Energy Centre on Toronto’s waterfront renovated its office earlier this year, the team decided to hang art to brighten the walls.
Building on its relationship with ArtCity Kids, Portlands contacted the organization to ask about commissioning pieces created by children in its programs. ArtCity Kids welcomed the idea, and delivered a three-panel piece featuring the 624-megawatt electricity generating station as well as animals often seen in the area including coyotes, racoons, beavers, rabbits and birds.
ArtCity Kids is a free local afterschool program in the St. James Town area of Toronto that gives participating students a sense of responsibility and ownership and encourages them to take on leadership roles.
Learn more about ArtCity Kids and how to support the important work they do here: https://artcity.kids/.