New interactive website allows users to explore Indigenous artwork featuring objects from every residential school in Canada
WitnessBlanket.ca allows users to explore Carey Newman’s incredible artwork.
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New book introduces young readers to the residential school stories behind the Witness Blanket art installation
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation by Indigenous artist Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson is now available from Orca Book Publishers. This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers tells the story of the Witness Blanket, an artwork by Newman made up of objects connected to every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.