Bringing ‘Strength To Indigenous People’ Through Art – CKXS FM

January 23, 2024

A new mural unveiled at the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centre (CKCHA) on Walpole Island is expected to promote inclusivity and connection to the First Nations territory.

Unveiled last week, the mural entitled “A Part of Us” adorns a wall in the CKCHA waiting area of the Walpole Island site of CKCHA.

A call was put out in October 2023 for Indigenous artists from Walpole Island First Nation to design and paint the mural and Ariel Williams was chosen as the successful candidate.

Williams, who graduated from the Fine Art program at Fanshawe College in London, proposed an idea to CKCHC that was based on indigenous people’s connection to the land.

Read More: https://ckxsfm.com/bringing-strength-to-indigenous-people-through-art/

NationTalk Partners & Sponsors Learn More