"The colours were just coming. I didn't second-guess it," said Albert, who is based in Winnipeg.The piece was finished in only a few hours. It depicts a mother draped in cloth holding a baby. The washed-out orange colour around her is speckled with 215 white dots. It is named "215."
Lisa Cherry, the campaign director, said the project was organized by Artists Against Racism after the Tk'emlups te Secwepec First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., announced last month that ground-penetrating radar had detected what are believed to be the remains of 215 Indigenous children."We decided to do a large visible campaign to further help with education and awareness," Cherry said.
Eight Indigenous artists from across Canada are participating. Their pieces will hang on 500 digital billboards donated by Pattison Outdoor. If more billboard space becomes available, the project will expand, Cherry said.Cherry said art can affect people in different ways. It evokes emotion or prompts curiosity.Albert said she feels as if people are finally realizing the full extent of the harm caused by residential schools.
Her art has always connected to women and spiritualism. She said her painting for the project was about reflecting the care and tenderness children were deprived of at the schools.Colleen Gray's artwork called "The Homecoming" was her way of dealing with the pain and trauma of the discovery in B.C.
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