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VIDEO: Salmon Arm art gallery exhibition hopes to inspire climate action

Artists encouraged to work with environmentally friendly materials to show moments of healing
Rebecca Willson
Rebecca Willson

A new exhibition is aiming to combat the climate crisis with hope.

Artists were called to showcase work that highlights the hopeful moments happening in the face of climate anxiety for the Le7Tmicw exhibition at the Salmon Arm Arts Centre.

Myrna Giesbrecht looks up at Sarah Hope’s soundscape and mixed media piece, Her Voice Gives Hope to the Future of Biodiversity. (Rebecca Willson-Salmon Arm Observer)
Myrna Giesbrecht looks up at Sarah Hope’s soundscape and mixed media piece, Her Voice Gives Hope to the Future of Biodiversity. (Rebecca Willson-Salmon Arm Observer)

Le7Tmicw is a Secwépemc word meaning good earth. Each piece represents a moment of healing happening somewhere in the world.

The exhibition opened on July 8, 2023 with a welcome from Secwépemc Knowledge Sharer Louis Thomas and showcased 13 individual artists’ work, as well as prints from the Kamloops PrintMakers Society.

Hop You Haskett’s cedar sculpture, The Whole Earth is Connected, stands tall at the entrance to the Salmon Arm Arts Centre Gallery during the Le7Tmicw exhibition July 8 to Sept. 9, 2023. (Rebecca Willson-Salmon Arm Observer)
Hop You Haskett’s cedar sculpture, The Whole Earth is Connected, stands tall at the entrance to the Salmon Arm Arts Centre Gallery during the Le7Tmicw exhibition July 8 to Sept. 9, 2023. (Rebecca Willson-Salmon Arm Observer)

A list of artists and information about sponsors and exhibition-related events is available at salmonarmartscentre.ca.

READ MORE: New Salmon Arm Art Gallery exhibit explores acts of healing amid climate crisis

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Rebecca Willson

About the Author: Rebecca Willson

I took my first step into the journalism industry in November 2022 when I moved to Salmon Arm to work for the Observer and Eagle Valley News. I graduated with a journalism degree in December 2021 from MacEwan University in Edmonton.
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