Indigenous art facilitator familiar with Secwépemc Nation needed to help design RIH Cultural Wall

KAMLOOPS — Construction is still underway for the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Patient Care Tower ahead of its summer 2022 opening but plans to honour Indigenous cultures and communities in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap region on the side of the building are coming together.

With the Patient Care Tower being an addition to RIH, which is situated on the ancestral territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc of the Secwépemc Nation, the RIH Cultural Wall committee intends the side of the tower to be an artistic representation of the visitors to the Secwépemc territory, including the Métis, Dakelh Dene, Tsilhqot’in, Northern St’at’imc, Nlaka’pamux and Sylix Nations.

An Indigenous art facilitator who is familiar with the traditional territory of the Secwépemc Nation is needed by the RIH Cultural Wall committee – which has representatives from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, the Secwépemc Nation, the Two Rivers Métis Society, the RIH Foundation, RIH and Interior Health. The invitation includes artists working in any art form with a skill set that includes bringing large groups together and utilizing multiple concepts for a final design.

Eligible artists are invited to send their expression of interest to the RIH Cultural Wall Committee by June 11 at 5:00 p.m.

The committee will interview qualified candidate, then select on art facilitator to guide towards a final design.

Any interested artists can submit a bio, letter of intent describing their interest, and up to five examples of previous work to Carla.Young@interiorhealth.ca.