Community Art
COMMUNITY :: SOCIAL PRACTICE :: RELATIONAL PRACTICE
Linda helps people feel connected to community by designing, creating, and facilitating inclusion-based art projects. The art sessions are designed to bring together people who might not otherwise have opportunity to meet.
Although Linda is primarily a painter, her community pieces are cut-paper collages, and it’s not unusual for a project to have more than 10,000 pieces of paper in it, just like the one you see here.
Community art is welcoming, not intimidating
Working with papers rather than paint feels less intimidating for those who don’t have any art experience, and the goal is for everyone to feel successful.
It’s all about coming together, working on a common project, while sharing their stories and making connections. You can view these projects in public spaces, such as the University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford School Board Office, Abbotsford Hospice, Open Space in downtown Abbotsford, and SARA for Women Office.
Because the projects are sponsored, the original artworks are not available for purchase. You can, however, buy prints in different sizes, on gallery quality wrapped canvas, or mounted on archival paper.
For more information, please contact Linda: linda@nikkel.ca
Bringing people together through art is something I strongly believe in. I’ve invited women from various cultures and backgrounds to gather together to create something beautiful while getting to know each other. It’s about breaking down barriers and building connections.
Abbotsford Says Hello- a celebration of our diversity.
With over 118 languages spoken in Abbotsford, the "Abbotsford Says Hello" project aimed to include and recognize the rich diversity of our community. Children painted on sheets of paper, which I cut into petals, leaves and stems. Children and adults were then invited to write "hello" in their native language.
You can see this in person at Open Space, downtown Abbotsford.
More than 300 women from our community helped create these four pieces. The collection hangs at University of the Fraser Valley.
This is what it looks like when we all come together to create a common piece!