Date: January 17 • 2025
End date: March 13 • 2025
Online: January 24 to March 13, 2025
Photography and Installations in the Leonore Peyton Salon
Please note: the Leonore Peyton Salon is a multi-purpose space; therefore, viewing times are limited. Please call 604.664.1636 for viewing availability prior to your visit.
Every year, thousands of people from around the world come to work in Canada. According to the Canada Gazette, in 2019, 470,000 work permits were issued to temporary foreign workers. Of these work permits, 98,000 or 21% were for farm workers. Unfortunately, these workers don’t have the same rights and benefits that Canadian workers within the same sectors do, and temporary foreign workers are subject to terrible housing and working conditions.
Invisibles y desechables (Invisibles and Disposables): Temporary Foreign Workers’ life and rituals is an interdisciplinary exhibition by Dignidad Migrante Society featuring artwork by Luz Rosas and Carlos Colín. This exhibition depicts the life and experiences of temporary foreign workers, mainly from Mexico, during their time in British Columbia. Invisibles y desechables seeks to share worker’s stories with Canadians, using art to expose and make visible essential workers in our communities while finding new ways to collaborate and support them.
These artworks are part of the cultural and artistic commission of Dignidad Migrante Society, an organization that supports workers and amplifies their voices to Canada’s community.
Website: dignidadmigrantesociety.org
Facebook: facebook.com/dignidadmigrantesociety
Instagram: @dignidadmigrante
Opening Reception
January 17 • 7 pm to 9 pm • 1120 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam