Senate art group turns focus to restoration, finding gaps in Indigenous representation

‘We can do it in small steps and make big impacts,’ says Senator Patricia Bovey of a plan to broaden the Indigenous works the Chamber highlights, and help with reconciliation.

Manitoba Senator Patricia Bovey chairs the Upper Chamber’s artwork and heritage advisory working group, and is pushing to see more diversity represented in the art presented in the Senate.Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

October 14, 2020

After bringing in the first paintings by Black artists

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