2022 Award

Tracey Lawko is the 2022 Kemp Arts Award Winner

Her piece “Reflections of Ourselves” was chosen for its outstanding gift to the community. It is a collaborative art project that celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Canadians.

Lawko chose a tree as a non-political symbol of human community where differences of human culture are like the variations of individual leaves of a tree. Each leaf is created by an Indigenous, settler or immigrant Canadian in celebration of their heritage.

Her own stitched leaves, interwoven throughout the piece, represent the mingling of cultures and the common threads between us. She provided a leaf template for artists to use, but the design of each leaf is unique to each artist. Each leaf’s artist statement is displayed with the sculpture.

Check out Tracey’s website at https://traceylawko.com/maple-leaf-project/