2017/18
Mosaic: Identity and Community Connection
International Women’s Day Art Exhibition
Mosaic: Identity and Community Connection is a community based research project using arts based approach to explore identities and community building with immigrant migrant women. The project included a series of art workshops where women created artworks using techniques such as clay, bookmaking and glass painting.
The project culminated in a traveling exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and the Craig Gallery featuring a multi-media sculptural collaboration, explores identity from immigrant and migrant women’s perspectives and uses art as a tool for community building.
Led by mixed media artist Miro Davis and anthropologist María José Yax-Fraser, the project features 11 works of art by women from nine different countries of origin. The goal was to create an art exhibit that would enhance the participants' identity, sense of place, belonging and community connection.
IMWAH Acknowledges the support of the Department of Community Culture and Heritage (CCH) and the Halifax Regional Municipality for making this project possible!
Community Art Hive
IMWAH continued to offer community art hive sessions thorughout Halifax. Sessions were held at the Macphee Centre for Creative Learning downtown Dartmouth in the spring of 2018. Led by talented facilitators Inae Kim and Enas Jawad, these sessions continued to offer a creative safe space where diverse immigrant migrant women and girls come together through arts-based activities. A project celebration was held to showcase artworks that were made at the sessions.
IMWAH Acknowledges our funder the Department of Community Culture and Heritage (CCH) for making this project possible!
Celebration: International Day of the Girls & Women History Month
One of IMWAH’s mission is to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of immigrant and migrant women and girls in our community.
On November 10th, 2018, IMWAH held its second annual celebration to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child and highlight our amazing immigrant and migrant girls in Halifax.
Thank you to the Government of Nova Scotia for making this event possible!
