Kamloops Indigenous artist Chris Bose chosen to lead design of RIH’s cultural wall – CFJC Today Kamloops

Jan 31, 2022

KAMLOOPS — An Indigenous artist has been chosen to lead the design of the cultural wall for the upcoming Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).

In a news release Monday (Jan. 31) morning in partnership with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS), the Secwépemc Health Caucus, the Two Rivers Métis Society, and the RIH Foundation, Interior Health announced Chris Bose, a Secwépemc and Nlaka’pamux multi-disciplinary artist and Kamloops resident, the lead artist.

Bose is a founding member of the Arbour Collective, an Aboriginal arts collective based in Kamloops, and is a facilitator of community arts events and workshops.

“I’m thrilled to be given this responsibility, to bring together so many different cultures into one artistic representation,” Bose says. “There is incredible artwork represented in all of the Nations in this area. To have art that represents our people in the hospital, it means a lot. To be able to show the culture of the different Nations and help make the hospital more welcoming to our people, that is our goal.”

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