“You can’t be a part of the community and not see this” – artist, mom gives grief a voice at Cultural Centre

“You can’t be a part of the community and not see this” – artist, mom gives grief a voice at Aurora Cultural Centre

Artist Tracey-May Chambers had a lot to process when her son, Parker, died from overdose in 2023. There were the unimaginable feelings within that were so difficult to express, the quest to find an outlet to express her grief.

“You can’t be a part of the community and not see this” – artist, mom gives grief a voice at Cultural Centre

Artist Tracey-May Chambers had a lot to process when her son, Parker, died from overdose in 2023. There were the unimaginable feelings within that were so difficult to express, the quest to find an outlet to express her grief. In the immediate days after Parker’s passing, however, an unlikely conversation emerged: just what he would be laid to rest wearing. That detail was the furthest thing from her mind at the time, she says, “but then I reali…