Community Memorial

Micro Gallery

for

Murdered and Missing

Indigenous Women, Children, and Two Spirit

Join Us! Be Part of the Art

Local memorial for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit planned.

BTC has joined The Canadian Library (TCL) Project https://www.thecanadianlibrary.ca/ to honour and bring attention to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and TwoSpirit (MMIWG2S).

This national project, launched in 2021, consists of communities creating an art installation together as a memorial to the 8000 murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls and 2S. The TCL project supports the building of micro galleries of books bound in Indigenous-designed textiles, with the names of those lost in gold on the spines of the bound books. Some books will remain nameless to represent those who may never have a chance to tell their story. The project, guided by Indigenous elders, reflects our shared commitment as Canadians to teach the truth about our history and move towards healing. The names that will be placed on the books have been shared by elders and families with the desire to have the stories told and the lives honoured. Our micro galleries will be displayed publicly and locally until all the micro galleries come together in a prominent place for permanent exhibition.

We invite you to sponsor the purchase of fabric, at $30/m

We invite you to register for our first public bookbinding event Oct 3, 3-6 at the Cove in Westport, conference room. Space is limited, the event is free. We accept donations towards costs. There will be an opportunity at this time to learn a little about some of the people the books will represent and to participate in respectful reflection.

We invite you to host a bookbinding event and or a microgallery in your public place to honour and raise concern for those missing or murdered. We can provide posters that support the exhibition.

Please contact us to sponsor, register or host at bettertogethercircle@gmail.com