moving Forward, Never Forgetting encouraging intercultural dialogue and empathy through art
sKeeNA ReeCe, TouCH me, 2013, HDV, 13:40 mIN, sTeReo, A/P. PHoTo CouRTesY oF PeTe HAGGe & sKeeNA ReeCe.
by sARAH FeRGusON
It has been said that art has the capacity to express the inexpressible, and a new exhibition at the mackenzie Art Gallery (mAG) hopes to give a voice to what often goes unsaid, and attract a large audience in doing so. Moving Forward, Never Forgetting aims to encourage intercultural dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through the transformative power of art, according to the exhibition’s co-curators David Garneau and michelle laVallee.
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WINTeR/sPRING 2015