Art for Lunch: Calling Home

Date: Wednesday, October 11
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Cost: FREE, Registration required

This story begins in 1986, CFB Borden, Ontario. James Cameron’s movie Aliens is out, Leonard Cohen’s First We Take Manhattan hits the radio stations, and Canada competes in the FIFA World Cup for the first time. And my brother David has skipped out on bail, missing his court date. He calls home to tell my mother. This digital art piece is the story telling of my family’s helplessness in experiencing years of my brother’s homelessness, and the issues that led him to his misadventures on the streets of Canada and the US.

In conjunction with Culture Days and House for Sale exhibition, join regional artist and illustrator Linda Laforge as she creates a digital animated drawing accompanied by an original narrative exploring the varied definition of home and community specific to lived experience and regional characters. All are welcome.