BLM art exhibit calls out systemic racism

Photo of Faria Firoz looking at her painting hanging in a gallery. The painting shows a Black woman in a green, traditionally patterned dress standing strong with her hands in defiant fists, with a glowing red/orange background and fire in her eyes

“I want Black people to see the work and to feel connected to it, especially here where … there’s not a lot of representation. To feel at home in a place where we’re not really wanted. Where we’re discriminated against.”  In 2021, four Fraser Valley artists created a series of paintings with a clear focus … Read more