Tom Baril: The Forgotten Moccasin Photo Project
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Lacombe Memorial Centre Art Gallery 5214 50 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 0B6
Tom Baril, "A child waiting at home for mom to come home," 2019
Exhibition Opening Sept 28, 2019 at 2pm Artist in Attendance.
Join us for this inspiring, yet heart wrenching exhibition created by Tom Baril a student from of the Victoria School of the Arts in Edmonton.
For such a young artist, Tom’s works are incredibly powerful. He has a strong eye for capturing the textures, and colors of everyday life, while depicting the emptiness and sense of loss of the children left behind when an Indigenous Mother has been murdered or has gone missing. His imagery, and his passion for this project brings many to tears as they hear him speak and witness the effects of the tragedy that continues to occur across Canada.
Tom’s works will be featured with red dresses, to signify the Mothers of the children who have been left behind. It is our intention that by showing both, the Forgotten Moccasins Photo Project, (the children) and the red dresses, (the women) the impact will be even stronger, resulting in renewed conversations, greater understanding and an end to the attacks on our Indigenous sisters.
In Tom’s words: “I got the idea for this project from The Red Dress Project which raises awareness to the high number of missing or murdered Indigenous women. The Forgotten Moccasin photo project builds on the idea of the missing women, but focuses on the children who are negatively affected. When the women suffer in a community the whole future of the community suffers.”