One of the ways we celebrated Black History Month (BHM) in February was by creating art boards inspired by Black Culture and the Arts — our take on this year’s BHM theme. The activation was facilitated by The Melanin Project, one of our People Resource Groups, who created space in our workplaces for our Retail and Concierge Teams to contribute artwork inspired by their favourite Black artists, musicians, writers, chefs and historical figures. We were blown away by the results — a collection of collages that showcased the creativity, collaboration and thoughtfulness of our People. This week, in honour of Juneteenth, we brought the art boards to our Vancouver Support Campus and put them on display as a pop-up Art Gallery of sorts. View the gallery below.
Inspiring!
Congratulations!
Risk Coordinator, People Resource Group Lead, SAH
2moOn behalf of all of The Melanin Project Leads, I'd like to extend a huge congratulations to all of our participants who absolutely went above and beyond our wildest expectations! Your creativity and inspiration really moved us and we've received an incredible amount of positive feedback and kind words on your art work! Many thanks to all those who supported The Melanin Project in bringing the Black History Month Art Board Contest and BHM Art Gallery Exhibit to life - we couldn't have done it without you, nor could we be more thankful for your continued allyship! We can't wait to see what next year brings - the bar has been set! 🎉