• An inquiry into the ways that we memorialize marginalized victims of murder and genocide, how we can activate memorial spaces to better honour these victims
• Resistance against typical narratives which place the blame on victims of gender and race-based violence, a call for action against this violence
• Analogous trauma, a collective mourning of unjust and violent deaths
• A resilience forged through rage and grief, standing strong in the face of institutional and societal adversaries

Claudia Chagoya is a Mexican artist that recently obtained her MFA in sculpture from the University of Calgary. She holds a BFA in visual arts from Instituto Allende in Mexico. Her practice researches the violence that women experience derived from negative perceptions. Her current body of work focuses on the killing of women because of their gender (feminicide) and its aftermath; specifically, the difficulties of mourning these violent deaths associated with tainted portrayals of the victims. Chagoya’s works reference her Mexican cultural, social, and political background, where impunity and negligence surround the thousands of murders that happen each year.

Julia Rose Sutherland is a Canada born artist of Mi’Kmaq Indigenous descent. She works interdisciplinary and utilizes mediums such as photography, sculpture, textiles and performance. Sutherland Completed her BFA in Craft and New Media with a speciality in Textiles at the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2013. Sutherland completed her MFA at the SUNY University at Buffalo with honours. She has shown and taken part in residencies internationally in Canada, USA and China. She currently resides in Calgary, Alberta Canada.