"Walking With Our Sisters" A Commemorative Art Installation for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada
It is estimated that 600+ native women in Canada have gone missing or have been murdered in the last 20 years. Many have vanished without a trace with little to no concern paid by the media, the general public or politicians. This is a travesty of justice.
600+ moccasin tops are being created by hundreds of caring and concerned people to create one large collaborative art piece that will be installed for the public in various galleries and sites. They will be installed in a winding path of beaded vamps on cloth over a gallery floor. Viewers would need to remove their shoes to walk over the cloth and walk along the path.
The exhibit is currently booked to tour across Canada and perhaps into the United States. (see "Exhibit Schedule" under the 'file tab').
This project is about these women, paying respect to their lives and existence on this earth. They are not forgotten. They are sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, grandmothers. They have been cared for, they have been loved, and they are missing.
A recording of traditional honour songs will also be created for the audio portion of the installation. A separate call to traditional singers anywhere in Turtle Island has gone out. See the poster under the "photo" tab of this group page for more info.
This "group" page is created so that there is a central forum for the contributing artists to communicate about this project.
The due date for work is July 15, 2013. Mailed to Christi Belcourt, P.O. Box 282, Sioux Narrows, ON, P0X 1N0
Donations towards the purchase of cloth, tobacco, shipping costs and other expenses directly related to the exhibit tour can be made by e-transfer to wwos@live.ca. Or directly to TD Canada Trust (see photo in the "photos" tab with account numbers). Checks or money orders can be made out to Walking With Our Sisters and mailed.
All the work for the project is being done 100% by volunteers. No one is being paid for this work.
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