Part of the Project of Heart Commemorating the Children of Future Generations Initiative the Ontario based commemoration project “Children to Children” will open at the 180 Projects Gallery in Sault Ste Marie on December 7th at 7pm.
Project of Heart is a hands on artistic and history project aiming to commemorate the children who died while at residential school, teach the general public about residential schools, and promote social action. Project of Heart has resulted in thousands of school children learning about residential schools, speaking with and learning from survivors of residential schools, and creating commemorative titles.
These commemorative titles have become the basis for commemoration projects across the country. For example, in Vancouver a Tsleil-Waututh racing canoe was unveiled that was made from over 9000 Project of Heart tilesdecorated by students from over 250 schools in British Columbia.
The “Children to Children” opening will feature an installation piece created by Shingwauk Residential School Survivor and Elder Shirley Horn, inter-generational survivor Shelly Fletcher, artist Zenith-Lillie Eakett and Dayna Rainville. The installation will use thousands of titles create by students from across Ontario, in commemoration of the legacy of residential schools.