Call for artists – RED project

 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for artists – RED project

Start Date: March 1, 2024                  
End Date: March 29, 2024
Nunavut-wide
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RED – Remember, Educate, Dedicate -is an initiative that focuses on remembrance and healing of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) through the unique eye of our Nunavut artists.  Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council is calling on Nunavut artists to join RED and create meaningful pieces to honour Nunavut Inuit we’ve lost to MMIWG.

The artwork can be written, sung, sculpted, painted, drawn, sewn, physical or digital. Combinations and multi-media art are also accepted. The art be easily transported, displayed, and made to last.

Interested artists can provide their artwork and a completed submission form to Qulliit by Friday, March 29, 2024. A panel made of Qulliit council members will then select 10 pieces and selected artists will receive a $500 compensation for their work.

The goal is to create a permanent exhibit of works in Nunavut, both in digital and physical spaces. In doing so, Qulliit aims to create safe spaces for awareness, dialogue, and healing, while empowering Nunavut’s women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people to speak out against gender-based violence.

To fill a submission form, go to https://www.qnsw.ca/red or write to projects@qnsw.ca.

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Media contact:
Cate Macleod
Executive Director
Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council
867.979.6690
cmacleod@qulliit.ca

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Start Date: December 1, 2023
End Date: December 6, 2023
Nunavut-wide

Every December 6, on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we stop, remember, and honour those we lost to gender-based violence. We are also reminded that gender-based violence continues to be a reality, in our communities and across Canada.

Nunavummiut, on December 6, please observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m. in remembrance and organise or attend a vigil in your community. Wear purple or a white ribbon. Hear the survivors’ stories and support them on their healing journey. Teach others about gender-based violence. Work together to stop it.

In Iqaluit, the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council, the Government of Nunavut, the Nunavut Law Society, the YWCA Agvik Nunavut and the RCMP are holding a community walk to honour victims and spread awareness. The walk will start at the four-corners at 6 p.m. and end at 6:15 p.m. at Nunavut Arctic College, followed by a remembrance event. All are welcome!

Listen, learn, and act everyday to end gender-based violence.

Media contact:

Cate Macleod
Executive Director
Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council
867.979.6690
cmacleod@qulliit.ca