Tracey-Mae Chambers, #HopeAndHealingCanada installation in Cambridge Art Galleries, Preston, ON.
The #HopeAndHealingCanada project created by Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers consists of a series of site specific art installations across Canada. Each is made using crochet, knit and woven red yarns. This ongoing body of work is used to illustrate connections between Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples with Canadians, while also addressing the decolonization of public spaces.
An installation will be created for Fort Whoop-Up, and be in place JUL 06–OCT 03.
Once dismantled, the work is returned to the artist and will be reworked and repurposed at another site somewhere else in the country. The stories gathered from each participating venue will culminate in a book and travelling exhibition.
Tracey-Mae Chambers is a Métis 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 travelling 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.
