aohkii/water is Faye HeavyShield’s piece for Yoko Ono’s Water Event. Contemporary Calgary - Yoko Ono: Growing Freedom
Blaine Campbell When Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield was invited to collaborate with activist/artist Yoko Ono in a new Water Event, the Growing Freedom exhibition, HeavyShield’s first inspiration for an art piece was her oldest granddaughter. Her family and the physical world around her are integral to HeavyShield’s process when creating her art. “I wasn’t going to be able to keep it and put it in another show, so I shelved that,” she said Dec. 3 in an evening virtual presentation hosted by Contemporary Calgary, an art gallery in the southern Alberta city.