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JT-MMIW-GLD2 - Jackie Traverse’s “Heal” 58" Wide wide 100% Cotton Indigenous Art
Jackie Traverse’s “Heal”.
An MMIW (missing and murdered Indigenous women) Tribute Painting made into fabric.
Siltex and Jackie Traverse will collaborate to donate a portion of the proceeds of this fabric to the Ikwe Wijjitiwin, an Indigenous women’s shelter.
“This MMIWG2S tribute painting is about healing, titled “Heal”.
The woman is wearing the red dress which has become a symbol of our MMIWG2S. Tears flow from her eyes and beautiful flowers grow in memorial to our women.
The flowers represent growth, change, and the beauty of Indigenous women.
She is crying and catching her own tears.
Her tears transform into butterfly spirits that fly away.”
-Jackie Traverse
The Fabric from Jackie Traverse’s Heal. The main prints are directional and run the length of the fabric. The coordinates are all over repeats.
147cm Wide 100% Premium cotton
She is Ojibway from the Lake St. Martin First Nation.
Jackie began drawing as a child and was inspired from a field trip to the Wahsa Gallery when she was 13 years old.
It wasn’t until she was 32 years old that she decided to submit a portfolio of her works to the
University of Manitoba where she studied Fine Arts and graduated with a diploma in May of 2009.
?Jackie draws her inspiration from her indigenous culture and her experiences as a native woman living in Winnipeg.
Today, as an artist, Jackie does a lot of work in the community. Her work is very women centered.
I love the culture of my people and this is where most of my inspiration comes from.”
She has created stop-motion animation on missing and murdered women in Canada, another on the sixties scoop titled “Two Scoops” and “Empty” a tribute to her estranged mother.
Jackie is deeply moved by the injustices faced by First Nations people.