The Black Lives Matter Memorial Project, which includes Toronto artist Cyrus Marcus Ware's portraits of Black people killed by police, is on view from July 26 to Aug. 2 at the Alternatives Gallery in Vancouver. Ware's 10 portraits are accompanied by text panels describing the people's lives and the circumstances of their deaths. The exhibition also includes a video of a new musical piece, black elegy, composed for the exhibition by Jason Ikeem Rodgers, founder of Atlanta-based Orchestra Noir. The project, three years in the making, is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the B.C. Arts Council and the Vancouver Biennale.

Source: CBC News July 28, 2023 21:37 UTC