PAUSE IN PLIGHT - NATIONAL INTERNMENT ART EXHIBITION

This 17-piece Art Exhibit, created in support from the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF), aims to inform the masses of the WW1 national security fears and wartime prejudice, which led to the internment of 8,579 men, among them, women and children, identified as “enemy aliens”.

Pause in Plight is on tour across Canada until 2025 to help bring awareness to this historical injustice. The National Internment Art Exhibit is laid out in five sections: War posters, Light installation, Emotional Interpretation Series, Old eyes Series, and To Hell with the Alien Enemy.

It is made possible by a grant from the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund and is supported by the @shevchenkofoundation.