Knot Again, 1999, oil on carpet, 6′ x 9′, Travelled for many years with exhibition, Stolen Dreams, a show of photographs by David L. Parker for his book of the same title about Child Labour in the World, which includes my works; Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih and Knot Again . Locations include, The Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Spring, 2001, Hamilton, Ontario, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Red Deer Art Museum, Red Deer, Alberta, 2002, as well as, The Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, for The Canadian Auto Workers Annual General Meeting, April 1999.
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1996, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′, in progress on studio wall
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1998, Oil on carpet,
8′ x 12′
Women Artist’s of Mile End Show, Montreal, Painting exhibited in store window of Lalonde Carpet Store, Parc Avenue, 1998, CBC radio interviews with Augusta LaPaix, March, 1998, painting censored and removed shortly thereafter
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1998, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′, Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1998, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′, On exhibit at Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, with Bob White for launch of Canadian Labour Congress book called, “Challenging Child Labour”, with a world-wide circulation of 70, 000, and which used the painting: Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, on the back cover, 1998
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1996, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′, in progress on studio wall
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1996, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′, in progress on studio floor
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, in progress on floor, 1998, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′
Teaching kindergarten students how to tie knots, Bancroft School, Montreal, Quebec. The children also made handprints in paint on the carpet-canvas.
Paint on carpet, 1999, oil and alkyd paint, carpet, 6′ x 8′
The Montreal Gazette, ” Portrait of a Hero”, article by Kim Malcolm, June 8, 1996
The Montreal Gazette, Associated Press ” Child-labour activist in Pakistan killed at 12″, Wednesday, April 19, 1995
Poster created by the Canadian Labour Congress for the Global March Against Child Labour, 1998, The global march against child labor came about in 1998, following the significant response concerning the desire to end child labor. It was a grassroot movement that motivated many individuals and organizations to come together and fight against child labor and not an annual march. Wikipedia
Marche Mondial, De l’exploitation a l’education, Bilingual Poster by the Canadian Labour Congress.
Poster created by the Canadian Labour Congress for the Global March Against Child Labour, 1998, The global march against child labor came about in 1998, following the significant response concerning the desire to end child labor. It was a grassroot movement that motivated many individuals and organizations to come together and fight against child labor and not an annual march. Wikipedia
A Step in the Global March, 1998, paint on carpet, 8′ x 12′, Work in progress: creating the commissioned painting to be given to Kailash Sathyarti by The Canadian Labour Congress, to commemorate the Global March Against Child Labour that he started.
In progress: creating the painting for Kailash Sathyarti to commemorate the Global March Against Child Labour that he started
A Step in the Global March, 1998, acrylic on carpet, 8′ x 12′
In progress: creating the painting to be given to Kailash Sathyarti, to commemorate the Global March Against Child Labour that he started. Work commissioned by the Canadian Labour Congress, 1998, to be presented in Geneva, Switzerland at The 86th Session of The International Labour Congress, as a gift from the Canadian Government.
Concordia University’s Thursday Report, June 11, 1998
Challenging Child Labour / La lutte contre le travial des enfants
Published by The Canadian Labour Congress, with a world-wide circulation of 70, 000, and which used the painting: Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, on the back cover, 1998
From The Montreal Gazette, ” Portrait of a Hero”, article by Kim Malcolm, June 8, 1996, translated into The Montreal Chinese Newspaper.
Front Cover of “La lutte contre le travail des enfants”/ “Challenging Child Labour”, Published by The Canadian Labour Congress, with a world-wide circulation of 70, 000, and which used the painting: Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, on the back cover, 1998
Labour Ties; the Life of Iqbal Masih, 1998, Oil on carpet, 8′ x 12′
On exhibit in Concordia University Fine Arts Building Main Foyer, 1996
Exhibited with Stolen Dreams, a traveling show of photographs by David L. Parker for his book of the same title about Child Labour in the World, along with my work Knot Again. The exhibition tour included The Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Spring, 2001, Hamilton, Ontario, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Red Deer Art Museum, Red Deer, Alberta.
Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
International Labour Congress, Geneva, Switzerland
Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, for The Canadian Auto Workers Annual General Meeting, April 1999.
IN PROGRESS: A Step in the Global March, 1998, paint on carpet, 8′ x 12′
Work in progress: creating the commissioned painting to be presented to Kailash Sathyarti as a gift from the Canadian Government, at The 86th Session of the International Labour Congress, in Geneva, Switzerland, to commemorate the Global March Against Child Labour that Mr. Sathyarti started.
Kailash Satyarti’s words, “Let us democratize justice, let us universalize knowledge. Together, let us globalize compassion.”
“Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children’s rights activist. He is a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, and Rugmark now known as GoodWeave International.” Wikipedia
The Canadian Labour Congress commissioned a carpet painting from me to give to Mr. Satyarthi.
86th session of the International Labour Organization Conference, in the United Nations Assembly Hall, Geneva, Switzerland. Two carpet paintings on exhibit: Iqbal Masih and A Step in the Global March, where the second work was presented as a gift from the Canadian Government, to Kailash Sathyarti, creator of the Global March Against Child Labour. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_007984/lang–en/index.htm