Sandra Bromley
{{Short description|Canadian artist}}
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| alma_mater = University of Alberta
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| awards = Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (2012)
Queen's Jubilee Medal (2012)
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Sandra Bromley {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} is a Canadian artist. She is noted for her anti-war and anti-violence artwork, most notably Gun Sculpture, co-created with Wallis Kendal. Her artwork has been exhibited at the United Nations and the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.youraga.ca/exhibit/sandra-bromley-fire|title=Sandra Bromley: Fire|publisher=Art Gallery of Alberta|year=2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093803/http://www.youraga.ca/exhibit/sandra-bromley-fire|archivedate=2015-04-02}}
Bromley earned her BFA in 1979 from the University of Alberta.{{cite web|url=http://www.gunsculpture.com/artists.htm|title=Artist Bios|publisher=The Gun Sculpture|accessdate=7 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121121/http://www.gunsculpture.com/artists.htm|archivedate=2 April 2015}} In 1997, she co-founded {{Proper name|iHuman Youth Society}} with Kendal, a non-profit group that works with at-risk youth in Edmonton.{{cite web|title=Resiliency – Our History|url=http://ihumanyouthsociety.org/about/resiliency-our-history-2|website=iHuman Youth Society|accessdate=13 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/recognition_awards/sandra-bromley.aspx|title=Ms Sandra Bromley|publisher=City of Edmonton|year=2012}} She was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2012, receiving the Queen's Jubilee Medal the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.ywcaofedmontonwomenofdistinction.org/index.php/women-of-distinction-awards/2013-award-winners/71-arts-culture-sandra-bromley|publisher=YWCA of Edmonton|title=Women of Distinction 2013|accessdate=7 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111946/http://www.ywcaofedmontonwomenofdistinction.org/index.php/women-of-distinction-awards/2013-award-winners/71-arts-culture-sandra-bromley|archivedate=2 April 2015}}
The Art of Peacemaking: The Gun Sculpture
Bromley and collaborator Wallis Kendal co-created The Gun Sculpture, a five-tonne sculpture that was unveiled in Edmonton in early 2000.{{cite journal|last1=Holubitsky|first1=Jeff|title=A message that will be heard around the world|journal=The Edmonton Journal|date=28 November 1999|pages=A1}} It was a vision of the {{Proper name|iHuman 2000 Peace Initiative}}.{{cite journal|last1=McConnell|first1=Rick|title=Sculptors stick to their guns in the cause of world peace|journal=The Edmonton Journal|date=22 December 1998}} and took two years to build.{{cite journal|last1=Craig|first1=Rachel|title=Gunning for change|journal=Ottawa Sun|date=26 April 2001}} The Canadian Millennium Bureau and the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs provided funding, as well as private donations.{{citation |title=Press conference on small arms and children |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2001/bitingpc.doc.htm |date=July 11, 2001 |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}{{cite journal|last1=Canadian Press|title=Canadian anti-gun art needs funds|journal=Today Tonight|date=27 November 2000}} Composed of 7,000 deactivated weapons such as landmines, machine-guns and knives donated to the artists by Canadian and international sources,{{cite journal|last1=Journal Staff|title=Artisits satisfied that sculpture's message is clear|journal=The Edmonton Journal|date=5 February 2000|page=B1}} the walk-in structure resembles a prison cell. The sculpture is paired with multimedia components depicting victims of war, and crimes of violence like domestic abuse. As described by a UN report on small arms, the sculpture contributes to "an understanding of the ways in which civilians including children [are] affected by such weapons". Its effect is to "force us to think about violence" and "what we can do to contribute to the culture of peace."
Since its debut, the work has been toured around the world including the Expo 2000 world's fair in Hanover, Germany, the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, and the Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Celebration in Seoul, South Korea.{{cite web |title=Selection of Past Exhibits |work=The Gun Sculpture |url=http://www.gunsculpture.com/exhibitions/ |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}
External links
- [http://www.sandrabromley.com/ Official website of Sandra Bromley]
- [http://www.gunsculpture.com/ The Gun Sculpture]
- [http://ihumanyouthsociety.org/ iHuman Youth Society]
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Category:21st-century Canadian artists
Category:21st-century Canadian women artists
Category:Canadian anti-war activists
Category:Canadian multimedia artists
Category:University of Alberta alumni