Haida artist Tamara Bell to reveal mural on Commercial Drive in honour of Indigenous children, July 1
The first-of-its-kind street mural will commemorate the hundreds of Indigenous children’s gravesites found across the country
Following the installation Tamara Bell initiated at Vancouver Art Gallery of 215 pairs of children’s shoes, the Haida artist is continuing her use of art to raise awareness of the horrors of residential schools and honour Indigenous children whose remains have been found.
HAIDA ARTIST TAMARA Bell initiated the powerful display of 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery following the discovery of Indigenous children’s remains on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
More recently, the veteran filmmaker curated Hear My Voice: Survivor Stories From Residential School & Canada’s Genocide, a public event at the Rio Theatre.
Now, Bell is embarking on a street mural on Commercial Drive commemorating the gravesites of Indigenous children found at former residential schools across the country.
Bell will be on Commercial Drive across from Grandview Park between Charles and Williams Street on July 1, making an announcement at 11 am PDT.
Indigenous and allied artists will be gathering with Aboriginal community members to paint a street mural that extends one full block reading Every Child Matters.
“This bright orange sign is a ‘call to action’ for artists to raise awareness and mobilize on a day that should be cancelled” in light of the gruesome and horrific discovery of bodies found at so many residential schools, Bell said in a release.
With a background in journalism, Bell is president of Cedar Root and Lowd Productions and has worked in film and television for more than two decades.
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