Exhibition opens: Sept. 16
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
“Changing the Conversation: Exploring the Frontlines of the Housing Crisis” – comes to the City Hall Community Art Gallery!
Exhibition Statement
Changing the Conversation: Exploring the Frontlines of the Housing Crisis
The lives and stories behind the housing crisis are often obscured by sound bytes, sensationalist headlines and faceless statistics. For structural change to occur shifts must happen at a policy level, but what about the day to day realities of those on the frontlines of housing injustice? How do we connect with the nuanced stories of single mothers, racialized and disabled people, queer community members and many others?
This collection of analog collage art and poetry broadsides features the work of Changing the Conversation Artist in Residence Amal Ishaque and Community Action Network (CAN) peer leaders with current experiences of housing insecurity. The pieces were created over a series of weekly, facilitated sessions in Moody Park.
The exhibit offers an invitation to bear witness to these stories and reflect on how we might help to build a future where justice is not just an aspiration – it’s a fact.
This exhibition is open during the New West Cultural Crawl!
