How To Make A Paper Rose

To honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this September 30th, Hornby Arts is inviting you to participate in a community-wide project that brings awareness to and reflects upon reconciliation with Indigenous people, communities, land, and water.
We are collecting submissions for a community display that will represent Hornby’s commitment and support for reconciliation and serve as a visual reminder that every child matters.
There are two ways to contribute:
1. Follow this instructional video and learn how to create an orange paper rose to symbolize how we, as a community, honour the children of residential schools.
2. Draw a circle on an orange sheet of paper and inside the circle write your response to the question, what does reconciliation mean to you?
Submissions can be dropped off at the Free Post in the Co-op in the Hornby Arts box.
(Look for the orange sign)
We encourage you to bring your rose or circle (or both!) to the Co-op before September 30th so that it can be displayed on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. However, submissions will be accepted until Oct 5th.
It is traditional to Coast Salish and many Indigenous cultures to gift your first creation as a gesture of care and honour, and to remind us to put others before ourselves. Our community display will be up at the Co-op until late October after which the orange paper roses will be gifted to K’omoks First Nation.
Thank you for your participation!