Nayana LaFond Exhibition Artist Reception

Meet the Artist reception is Friday, November 1st | 6 to 7 p.m. | Open and free to the public.

Indigenous women and girls are 11 times more likely to go missing or be murdered than the national average, ¾ of indigenous women experience violence from their intimate partner and 98% of indigenous people experience violence in their lifetime. Men and two-spirit people are not far behind in these staggering statistics.

The missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis has inspired the series Portraits in RED: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Painting Project which began on May 5, 2020, by Indigenous artist Nayana LaFond who never intended it to become a project at all. Over three years later she has completed about 110 portraits and has a waiting queue. Each portrait is of a missing or murdered indigenous person, their family member, or an advocate or activist working for the cause.…