We Are Sorry, detail; fabric panel, 610 cm x 1402 cm; Sorry (Stephen Harper), Sorry (Kevin Rudd), Sorry series inkjet prints, each 112 x 163 cm, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
We Are Sorry, detail; two fabric panels, each 610 cm x 1402 cm approx, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
We Are Sorry, detail; two fabric panels, each 610 cm x 1402 cm approx, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
We Are Sorry, detail; two fabric panels, each 610 cm x 1402 cm approx, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
We Are Sorry, detail; two fabric panels, each 610 cm x 1402 cm approx, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
We Are Sorry, launch, left to right, Stephen Borys, Director, Winnipeg Art Gallery; Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Cathy Busby, artist; Commissioner Marie Wilson; Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild, Winnipeg Art Gallery, June 15, 2010
We Are Sorry, trimming polyduck fabric in preparation for sewing, June 2010
We Are Sorry, sewing ten strips of fabric together as required for each panel, June 2010
Eckhardt Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery, before installation of We Are Sorry, June 2010
We Are Sorry, installation process, Winnipeg Art Gallery, June 2010
We Are Sorry, publication, #10 Artists & Activists series, Printed Matter, New York and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
Smudging ceremony lead by Calvin Pompana outside the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Smudging ceremony lead by Calvin Pompana outside the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Hoop dancer Brian Clyne performing this healing dance in front of We Are Sorry, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010
After the hoop dance, We Are Sorry, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010