Call for Artists: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025 at Beechwood Cemetery
Tuesday, September 30 2025
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Call for Artists: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025 at Beechwood Cemetery
Beechwood Cemetery and the First Nations Child and Family Services Caring Society is seeking artists to contribute visual artwork for display during our 2025 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event, taking place on 30 September 2025.
We are inviting artists to share in this annual event honouring the Survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, and the ongoing journey of truth and reconciliation.
Art Submission Details:
We welcome submissions from artists of all mediums — painting, photography, sculpture, textile, and mixed media — that engage with the TRC Calls to Action, reconciliation, and truth telling in respectful and thought-provoking ways.
Event Details:
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Location: Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
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Date: 30 September 2025
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Submission Deadline: 7 September 2025
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Eligibility: Open to emerging and established artists across Canada
Selected artworks will be displayed in designated indoor spaces, with opportunities for artists to speak about their work during the event if desired.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a national conversation and help foster reconciliation, education, and remembrance through the power of art.
To learn more, please contact: ewagner@beechwoodottawa.ca
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation has partnered with the Project of Heart, the Assembly of 7 Generations, and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) to host a public Day of Reconciliation education and action to learn from residential schools and other forms of colonialism so we can all implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society works to ensure the safety and well-being of First Nations youth and their families through education initiatives, public policy campaigns and providing quality resources to support communities.
Using a reconciliation framework that addresses contemporary hardships for Indigenous families in ways that uplift all Canadians, the Caring Society champions culturally based equity for First Nations children and their families so that they can grow up safely at home, be healthy, achieve their dreams, celebrate their languages and culture and be proud of who they are.
The Caring Society proudly works with our partners in Canada and around the world to promote the rights of Indigenous children.
- The Assembly of 7 Generations is an Indigenous owned and youth-led, non-profit organization focused on cultural support and empowerment programs and policies for Indigenous youth while being led by traditional knowledge and Elder guidance.
- A7G believes that the assembly and unity of Indigenous youth from across Turtle Island will not only contribute to our own success and healing of today but also that of our next seven generations.
