Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Representing ‘La Bella Figura’

Four artists collaborate for new exhibit at Mosaic Gallery

Artists Diane Lara, Christy Schweiger and Wendy
 Parsons stand in front of Schweiger’s wall made
in honour of breast cancer survivors at their new
 exhibition, La Bella Figura, at the Mosaic Gallery
at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on Aug.
19, 2015, the opening day of the exhibit.
Artist Monica DeCampo is not pictured.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Artist Christy Schweiger stood in front of a wall of ceramic breasts with powerful words engraved on them. Positive. Terminal. Hope.

Five of the 45 pieces have nametags attached to them with some information attached. Not far is a table with information from the Canadian Cancer Society.

Schweiger is no stranger to the effects of breast cancer.

"Three people from close to my life - a relative, an aunt, my mom's best friend my sister's best friend - all got breast cancer in a certain timeframe," she said.

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