August 2, 3, 4, 5: Design Feedback Workshops for the Countdown Public Art Project

JOIN THE COUNTDOWN PROJECT! CONTRIBUEZ AU PROJET COMPTE À REBOURS! 

Offer design feedback for a pebble mosaic monument in Renfrew County to honour survivors of sexual violence. * Faites-nous part de vos commentaires sur les dessins de la mosaïque de cailloux qui sera créée dans le comté de Renfrew pour rendre hommage aux personnes qui ont survécu à la violence sexuelle.

KILLALOE
Community Resource Centre, 12 North St. * Centre de Ressources Communautaires, 12, rue North
Tues. August 2 @ 6 – 8 p.m. * Le mardi 2 août, de 18 h à 20 h

PIKWAKANAGAN
Pikwakangan Elder’s Lodge, 96 Chibekana Inamo
Wed. August 3 @ 1 – 3 p.m. * Le mercredi 3 août, de 13 h à 15 h

PEMBROKE
WSAC, 526 Pembroke St. West * WSAC, 526, rue Pembroke Ouest
Thurs. August 4 @ 5 – 7 p.m. * Le jeudi 4 août, de 17 h à 19 h

EGANVILLE
Bonnechere Union Public Library, 74-A Maple St. * Bibliothèque Municipale Bonnechere Union, 74-A, rue Maple
Fri. August 5 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. * Le vendredi 5 août, de 18 h 30 à 20 h 30

August 2, 3, 4, 5: Design Feedback Workshops for the Countdown Public Art Project

JOIN THE COUNTDOWN PROJECT! CONTRIBUEZ AU PROJET COMPTE À REBOURS! 

Offer design feedback for a pebble mosaic monument in Renfrew County to honour survivors of sexual violence. * Faites-nous part de vos commentaires sur les dessins de la mosaïque de cailloux qui sera créée dans le comté de Renfrew pour rendre hommage aux personnes qui ont survécu à la violence sexuelle.

KILLALOE
Community Resource Centre, 12 North St. * Centre de Ressources Communautaires, 12, rue North
Tues. August 2 @ 6 – 8 p.m. * Le mardi 2 août, de 18 h à 20 h

PIKWAKANAGAN
Pikwakangan Elder’s Lodge, 96 Chibekana Inamo
Wed. August 3 @ 1 – 3 p.m. * Le mercredi 3 août, de 13 h à 15 h

PEMBROKE
WSAC, 526 Pembroke St. West * WSAC, 526, rue Pembroke Ouest
Thurs. August 4 @ 5 – 7 p.m. * Le jeudi 4 août, de 17 h à 19 h

EGANVILLE
Bonnechere Union Public Library, 74-A Maple St. * Bibliothèque Municipale Bonnechere Union, 74-A, rue Maple
Fri. August 5 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. * Le vendredi 5 août, de 18 h 30 à 20 h 30

August 2, 3, 4, 5: Design Feedback Workshops for the Countdown Public Art Project

Offer design feedback for a pebble mosaic monument in Renfrew County to honour survivors of sexual violence. * Faites-nous part de vos commentaires sur les dessins de la mosaïque de cailloux qui sera créée dans le comté de Renfrew pour rendre hommage aux personnes qui ont survécu à la violence sexuelle.

KILLALOE
Community Resource Centre, 12 North St. * Centre de Ressources Communautaires, 12, rue North
Tues. August 2 @ 6 – 8 p.m. * Le mardi 2 août, de 18 h à 20 h

PIKWAKANAGAN
Pikwakangan Elder’s Lodge, 96 Chibekana Inamo
Wed. August 3 @ 1 – 3 p.m. * Le mercredi 3 août, de 13 h à 15 h

PEMBROKE
WSAC, 526 Pembroke St. West * WSAC, 526, rue Pembroke Ouest
Thurs. August 4 @ 5 – 7 p.m. * Le jeudi 4 août, de 17 h à 19 h

EGANVILLE
Bonnechere Union Public Library, 74-A Maple St. * Bibliothèque Municipale Bonnechere Union, 74-A, rue Maple
Fri. August 5 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. * Le vendredi 5 août, de 18 h 30 à 20 h 30

Photos from Countdown Public Art Project July workshops

Thanks to community members in Pikwakanagan First Nation, Eganville, Killaloe, and Pembroke for joining the countdown to end sexual violence -- for contributing presence, conversation, creative ideas, and images to the July workshops from which the design will emerge for a monument to honour survivors of sexual assault. 

Thanks to our team for facilitation, coordination, graphic design, photography, translation support, and production: JoAnne Brooks, Anna Camilleri, Tristan R. Whiston, Andy Trull, Megan Spencer, Roberta Della-Pica, Karis Pard-Jones, Tomas Chin, Maureen MacMillan, Megan Cyr, Katie Yealland, Alana McLeod, Bev Ritza, Tariq Sami, and Liane Alessi.

Special thanks to our community partners for supporting this significant project through outreach and promotion, provision of space, and cash or in-kind support:  CRC (Community Resource Centre, Killaloe), Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation Health Centre, Killaloe, Haggarty, and Richards Township, EVA-Ending Violence Against Women Renfrew County, Jumblies Theatre (Youth Intern Exchange Program), The Township of Bonnechere Valley, and the Ontario Arts Council.  

Funding for this work was provided by It's Never Okay: Ontario's Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment." 

The Countdown Public Art Project was initiated by the The Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County, and is being led in collaboration with arts partners Red Dress Productions and OV-CAOS.


Photography by Maureen MacMillan.