Stitching together a monument to sick kids, one bead at a time
Nico Williams working on his Monument to the Brave, made from 250,000 multi-coloured beads, to be installed in a Toronto Sick Kids hospital opening in 2023 The Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams was first approached by the SickKids Foundation in Toronto last September with a challenging, albeit unique proposition: to transform thousands of beads the non-profit had collected into a work of art commemorating the courage of children with difficult health challenges who had gone through its hospital doors. Now, the Monument to the Brave, a stunning portrait of resilience, is comple...
Source: theartnewspaper.com
