Published: April 16, 2021
VANCOUVER, BC (April 13, 2021)—St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary is excited to have received a $5,000 donation from the Guistra Foundation to help fund the next phase of the Feather Dance reconciliation project.
Feather Dance is an Indigenous-led collaboration to connect Indigenous, settler and refugee in handcrafting in order to facilitate reconciliation. The next piece of the Feather Dance project is called “Sacred Covering: Bearing Witness.” The vision is for a large work of art designed by Indigenous elder and designer, Rikki Kooy, who says, “It is a hands-on work of reconciliation and healing.” Gathering together online—or in-person when allowed—participants will share stories and assemble the project, piece by piece. St. Hildegard’s will host three major workshopping events, and participants joining the project online will work on personal pieces at home that will be added to the Sacred Covering.
“The hope for this project is to steadily expand relationships across cultures,” shares the Rev. Melanie Calabrigo, Gathering Priest for St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary, “in order to connect Indigenous, settler, and refugee in a relationship of mutual respect and creative action.”
St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary is an inclusive, arts-based, contemplative community within St. Faith’s Anglican Church, Vancouver. The lived experience of St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary is that art heals and community roots.
Photo Description: Participants working together when creating an earlier phase of the Feather Dance Reconciliation Project. Photo Credits: Sandra Vander Schaff
For more information contact:
The Rev. Melanie Calabrigo
7284 Cypress St
Vancouver BC V6P 5M3
604-404-1574
sthildegards@icloud.com
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