Scott Thompson Show

The Hamilton Today Small Business Spotlight Tracey-Mae Chambers, local Métis artist whose work with encaustics can be found in galleries in New York City and have been displayed across Canada, as well as commissioned by the U.N., and even featured in the third season of Star Trek: Discovery in 2020. But in response to the revelations of Canada’s residential school history, as well as the pandemic, she took up a new medium as part of her Hope and Healing Canada project, creating installations out of striking red string in public and private spaces. Paid for mostly out-of-pocket, these interwoven temporary structures serve to decolonize the environment they inhabit and inspire a greater appreciation of our interconnected lives. She has started locally and is spreading out across the province and the country. One such installation can currently be seen outside the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Guest: Tracey-Mae Chambers, local artist behind the Hope and Healing Canada installations (#HopeAndHealingCanada), encausti