MURALS OF HEALING


Murals of Healing are non–profit murals that are painted for the purpose of raising awareness of issues of injustice that seek to bring reconciliation. Our intention is that these large scale public murals become a visual voice which brings healing through reconciliation to people who have suffered injustice. The Japanese Internment Mural, depicted below, is an example of one of these murals.

We also desire to create murals that raise awareness of the many injustices that millions of people in the world suffer everyday, including poverty, starvation, slavery, war, prostitution and death. Please visit the Cry For Africa page for more info on how we are seeking to use our murals to help be a voice for the needs in Africa.

If you are interested in being a part of one of these projects or have a large wall space which you desire to have one of these murals painted on, please contact us for more information.
 
 

The Japanese Internment Mural
 
This mural addresses the Japanese internment issue which occurred during the second world war. Japanese Canadians were forced to leave their homes and were sent off to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. They were promised that they would receive all of their land back after returning from the prisons. This did not happen. Everything they had was taken from them and never returned.

The woman is weeping over the flag because the country that she loves allowed this injustice to happen to her and her people.

Mural is located on Railway Ave in Mission, BC Canada. Approximately 16ft high by 35ft long. A four day project. Woman holding flag painted by Steve Stanczyk. Background image painted by Doug Cariou.

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