Earring Exhibit
The Sing Our Rivers Red Earring Exhibit is a traveling exhibit with the goal of raising awareness for the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and colonial gender based violence.
The exhibit is made up of donated earrings. They only display one earring of the pair. The earrings symbolize indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA people who have been stolen.
1,181 earrings are displayed at a time to represent the 1,181 Native Canadian women and girls who have been missing or murdered since 1980.
Sewing Circle
Sewing Circles are a part of the Earring Exhibit, which gives participants the opportunity to contribute to the exhibit. Participants sew single-sided earrings onto a blanket to be a part of the exhibit.
Art as Activism
SORR among their other projects also highlights this original artwork called “missing” by Nani Chacon. “Missing” was created to honor North American missing and murdered indigenous women.
The monarch butterflies symbolize indigenous women. Monarch butterflies are native to North America and are endangered which connects them to indigenous women in North America.
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Participate in the activism
Add this frame to your profile photos (on any social media site) to raise awareness and start a conversation about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement.
Sources:
Chacon , N. (n.d.). Nani Chacon Art. Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://squareup.com/store/nani-chacon-art
Kalliber, K. (2016, January 13). Hibulb Cultural Center debuts Sing Our Rivers Red. Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://www.tulalipnews.com/wp/2016/01/13/hibulb-cultural-center-debuts-sing-our-rivers-red/
Mmiw March/ Sing Our Rivers Red Exhibit. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhOEKIqneKw&feature=youtu.be
Sing Our Rivers Red. (n.d.). Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://singourriversred.wordpress.com/
The Sing Our Rivers Red Traveling Earring Exhibit – Spoken Word at Cafe Cultura in Denver. (2018). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/hU90SAfs1RY