First National Residency for Black, Indigenous & Racialized Public Artists Launched
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Ten multidisciplinary artists will be supported in bringing public art to communities across Canada this year!
TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Public art has the ability to challenge the systemic inequities that exist in public space, but Canada s public art collection does not currently reflect its diversity. This is the inspiration that led Canadian public arts organization
STEPS to launch CreateSpace, a national public art residency program designed in collaboration with advisors from coast to coast, to provide emerging Black, Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and racialized artists with the skills, relationships and practical experience needed to take their public art practice to the next level.