Hope and Healing Canada

Name: Hope and Healing Canada
Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Rotunda

In-person

Fibre & textile arts Indigenous Visual arts

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Date and time

This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.

Location

Richmond Cultural Centre, Rotunda

7700 Minoru Gate

Richmond, BC

Directions: Richmond Cultural Centre is within walking distance of Richmond-Brighouse station on the Canada Line, and has free 3-hour parking at the Cultural Centre parkade. The facility is also accessible by bike and scooter, with bike racks located near the plaza and building entrances.

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers’ project, Hope and Healing Canada, is made up of more than 100 temporary site-responsive art installations across Canada and the United States. Each installation is made using crochet, knit and woven red yarns. This ongoing body of work is used to illustrate connections between settlers and Indigenous, Inuit, and Métis Peoples, while also addressing the decolonization of public spaces. After the exhibit concludes later this year, the work will be returned to the artist and will be repurposed at another facility somewhere in Canada. The stories gathered from each participating site will culminate in a book and traveling exhibition.

About the Artist:

Tracey-Mae Chambers is an artist and a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Her family is from, and some still reside, in the traditional Métis community in Sault Ste. Marie and Penetanguishene, Ontario. She is traveling across Canada and the United States creating site-specific art installations at residential school historical sites, cultural centres, museums, art galleries and other public spaces.

The artist's installation is ongoing through September 30.

Organizer

City of Richmond

The City of Richmond works in partnership and association with local cultural organizations, artists and residents to help sustain and develop cultural heritage and individual expression as well as provide a wide range of cultural experiences and opportunities to residents and visitors.

Richmond Arts Services, part of the Arts, Culture and Heritage Department within the Community Services Division, consists of the Richmond Arts Centre, Richmond Art Gallery Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond Public Art and Community Cultural Development.

Learn more: www.HowArtWorks.ca

Contact

Culture Days Richmond

culture@richmond.ca

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