23.01.21
Quilt of Hope
VANCOUVER ARTISTS FOR BLACK LIBERATION
Quilt of Hope serves as a call to action, and a renewal of our commitment to positively impact the communities we create in. This publication asks artists to consider their role in the movement, and what art expression has to teach us about radical activism. A collection of voices, the Quilt of Hope shares the perspectives of 25 practicing artists across the Lower Mainland who have responded to the question, “What is the role of artists in dismantling anti-Black racism?”
Contributors: Nataizya Mukwavi (Black Women Connect Vancouver Founder), Moumy Mbacké, Jillian Christmas, Sade Alexis, Adam Hoens (Ndlocal), Rachel Achus, Desirée Dawson, Kali Works, Hue Nguyen, Palesa Koitsioe, AJ Simmons, K. Ho, Jane Shi, Vanessa Richards, Shahanah, Naomi Grace, Ejiwa ‘Edge’ Ebenebe, Tiaré Lani Kela Jung, Khari Wendell McClelland, Maneesa Veeraveyil, Marielle Beth Rosky, Shanique / DJ Softieshan, Amber Dawn, Anoushka Ratnarajah, Karla Decoran, Ground Floor Art Center.
Curator – Nanyamka (Nya) Lewis
Editor – Nic Wayara
Foreward – Cicely Belle Blain
Photography – Shoubhik Roy
Publication Design – Megan Chen, Triet Pham, Nanyamka (Nya) Lewis and Moniker Press
Co-Published by Moniker Press and BlackArt Gastown
Edition of 100, Risograph printed on 65# Natural and 67# Grey paper
with a Burgundy to Bright Red conversion and Black soy ink.
© Vancouver BC, 2020
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January 23-March 1 2021— Quilt of Hope Installation at Massy Books, 10AM-6PM daily.
Masks are required inside Massy Books (229 E Georgia St). Note: This exhibition takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. More info on the event page.
February 25-28, 2021— Digital Exhibition Tour for Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair
Press: CBC, Nya Lewis interviewed for The Early Edition With Stephen Quinn, Jan. 22, 2021
Listen: ‘The role art plays in anti-racism’
INSTALLATION SNEAK PEEK:
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