Join us to make clay links and form community.
Sowing Clay brings together communities to create a memorial to land and water defenders killed protecting the more-than-human. Paul Chartrand and Michelle Wilson lead this collaborative project, which calls on participants from across Turtle Island to create a monumental installation. When completed, this memorial will comprise a chain of over 700 open links formed from unfired, locally gathered clay. Each link in the chain will carry one etched name and native seeds mixed into the clay body. When joined together, the links resemble intertwined arms, harkening to non-violent resistance movements and protests.
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We would like to invite you to share your knowledge and perspectives as links are being formed. We view gathering and making sessions as opportunities for critical cross-cultural conversations while honouring those who've given everything to defend the Land. Please sign up below to join one of our workshops at Support Gallery between October 20th – November 6th. We will keep groups small and ensure masking, social distancing, and vaccination regulations are complied with by all participants.