Winnipeg Folk Festival 2011 – The Men's Banner Project

July was a fantastic and busy month for me. The Men’s Banner Project was one of the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Campground Art and Animation projects. I created and exhibited a Men’s Banner, a process that took place throughout the five days of the festival.
I love folk fest and have been going every summer for most of my life. I always camp in the festival campground; it becomes an amazing tented village. There’s always music being played and some form of art or animation happening all through the night. It’s a beautiful experience. I thought it would be the perfect place to bring this idea of men acknowledging their peacefulness and their very powerful role in creating a non-violent world. I believe that folk fest has always had an undercurrent of solidarity, peacefulness, acceptance, tolerance, neighborliness beyond the sharing of good music and fun times.

Here are a few pictures highlighting the whole week.