Heather Topp

The Street Walkers is a visual voice, a conversation of all the knowledge and truths that have been passed down from the beginnings of history to the present. Through the insights that women have shared in their circles, collaborating and coming together to build and create, through the recounting of an individual's intimate experience, to the voices of women marching together they are making a space for their voice saying “I will not be silent.”

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Whose Care, Unearthed: The Street Walkerspapier mâché, red nickel wire, stoneware with red iron oxide, moose teeth, acrylic painted barstools, h66 w120 d144 inches, 2012

Heather Topp is a multimedia artist with a strong feminist/political bent that often reflects her community, social issues, geography and home.

Part time studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Laurentian University and Cambrian College, Sudbury, Canada helped with the decision to continue expressing her voice in the arts. Many artist- run workshops throughout her life have been inspiring, challenging and supportive for continuing her creative explorations and experiments.

Topp’s community of Sudbury, Northeastern Ontario awarded her the first Mayor's Celebration of the Arts award and she was also the first woman visual artist to be acknowledged by the Northern Lights Festive Boreal Jackie Washington Award.