Art Prompt

Gallery 2’s Art Prompt is back! On the first of every month, we will be introducing a new art prompt inspired by current or upcoming exhibitions. You can draw, paint, or sculpt, it's up to you!
Send us a picture of your artwork to programs@g2gf.ca or post it in the comments on Gallery 2’s Facebook page. Check back at the beginning of every month for a new Art Prompt and to see what your fellow artists have done.

              

Image: David Campion and Sandra Shields, “Moving Mary Jane,” 2016, Inkjet print on vinyl canvas.

October 1, 2020

This month’s art prompt is the land I live on, inspired by the exhibition Grand Theft Terra Firma by David Campion and Sandra Shields. Grand Theft Terra Firmaturns the foundational myth of Canada on its head – framing the theft of S’ólh Téméxw (BC’s Fraser Valley) as an imaginary video game in which the settlement was premeditated grand theft, stoked by racism and fueled by greed. 

This piece is one of the gameplay “screenshots” from the exhibition called Moving Mary Jane. This image is based on the story told by Leq’á:mél elder Susan Lewis about her pregnant grandmother who was forced to leave her farm at Tlat-whaas (Norrish Creek) in the 1870s at the behest of settlers who wanted prime land for themselves. 

For this art prompt, we want you to create a piece of art that acknowledges your use of this land, which is on the traditional and unceded territory of the Sylix and Sinixt people. 


Grand Theft Terra Firma is on display at Gallery 2 until November 14th.