 This week was the unveiling of 'Community' at TC Energy in Airdrie and it was lovely. People are always so encouraging and it's fun to hear their responses. Everyone couldn't wait to take a close look to see if they could find their contribution to the original layer. I always enjoy beginning a project with the contribution of others, particularly in something like this which will live in the workplace of all of the employees who contributed. Though I'm not usually a big fan of commissions, there are some which are a real privilege and pleasure...this was one of them. During my Artist Residency at Sparrow Artspace in Calgary almost 2 years ago, I had incorporated embroidery in one of my pieces and got to re-visit that in this work. Handwork was my earliest introduction to the arts and an extremely important part of my South American family history. I've been incorporating that into my work more and more and I am loving it. It's so fun to document the process, especially when things change quite a bit throughout it. SYMBOLS: Background colours: Predominately blue and green to represent TC Energy and nature with images of leaves and sparrows using stencils. All of the colours are incorporated throughout and certain marks/patterns are repeated in some respect Border: PRIDE colours with the triangle representing POC, HIV, Trans and Non-Binary people is represented at the bottom. Top Left: Medicine Wheel to represent the Debwewin Indigenous Group. Top Right & Center Left: Poppies to represent the Veteran’s Group. Top Right (under poppy): Inspired by Black History Month on the TC Energy website to include the colours orange, red, green & black along with the stitching marks to represent the Ujima Black Employee Group Bottom Left: the goddess Athena to represent TCE Women Bottom Right: Embroidery to represent Unidos Latin & Hispanic Group – I incorporated a few embroidery patterns from family who was born in South America  Photograph: Lisa Christensen, TC Energy Comments are closed.
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