Apology

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Artist: Loretta Faveri

Title: Apology

Attribution: Apology, 2025, Loretta Faveri

Year: 2025

Materials: handmade paper made by my aunt, thread, ink

Dimensions: 36" x 48" x 8"

Image Statement: The Reverend Libero Sauro, my Italian Canadian grandfather was interned during WWII in Ontario, Canada. He was wrongfully accused of being a fascist sympathizer. The uniform of each interned prisoner included a red circle stitched on the back, a target in case an internee tried to escape. The transcribed text in this piece comes from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s address to parliament (May 27, 2021), apologizing to the Italian Canadian community for the internment of 600 Italian Canadians. This silhouette was created by tearing through the apology and stitching the fragments back together. My process is a metaphor for healing and moving forward from the past with compassion and forgiveness. Of the 600 internees, no one was ever charged with a crime against the state.