Mosaics depicting colourful motifs were designed by groups of young people with the guidance of Artistic Director Leah Decter. They were designed for four sites: Downtown South Park, Gathering Place Community Centre, the Roundhouse, and David Lam Park. Decter had assistance from Dan Hill and Valerie Methot and the youth team members Stephen Blackwater, Matt Ellis, Jessie Ford, Alex Irvine, and Ally Niell with some help from Twitchy. Early planning participants included Speedy, Babette, Gabe, Sky, Twitchy, Michelle, and Kris. The works were created by the team members, street youth participants and other community members.

Location of mosaics:

David Lam Park: In-ground on the pathway at SE corner of the open lawn.

Yaletown Roundhouse: On a wall by the bike racks at the Pacific Blvd. side.

Emery Barnes Park: In-ground surrounding the seating area and fountain on East side of park.

Gathering Place Community Center: Two murals on exterior wall of building along Helmcken St.

The project was designed to work with a team of street-involved youth with the purpose of building connections within a diverse community through creating permanent public artworks. In May 2002, the team began designing artworks, determining site details, planning workshops and doing outreach. Through this process several artworks comprised of mosaic tile pieces and glaze painted tiles were created. Our confirmed sites are as follows: "The theme for the project is ‘Life Journeys’. Examples of this theme are: images relating to growth and renewal or someone who the artist has connected with in their life, dedications or commemorations about someone who has been important on one’s life journey, or someone important to the artist who has passed on." (from the Roundhouse web site) Works are installed at the Gathering Place, the Roundhouse, the Downtown South Park and David Lam Park. Watch yOUR Step would like to thank partners, The Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, The Gathering Place, and Street Youth Services; funders, Vancouver Foundation, The Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, City Office of Cultural Affairs Community Public Art Program, John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation, and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Neighbourhood Matching Funds; and sponsors, Milestones, Subway, Jugo Juice, Starbucks, Bagel Street Café, Panago Pizza, Stoneslab Pizza, Capers, Quiznos, Capers, Book Warehouse, and especially Soup Etc. and Yaletown Market, for their generous contributions to this project.