Exhibition is on in honour of Sikh Heritage Month

By ZACHARY ROMAN

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

April is Sikh Heritage Month. 

The Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA), through a partnership with the Sikh Heritage Month Foundation, has a number of events planned to celebrate the occasion. 

PAMA is located at 9 Wellington Street East in Brampton and admission to it is free in April courtesy of the Sikh Foundation of Canada. 

A new exhibition is running at PAMA from April 5 to June 29 called “Challenging the Darkness”. Through documents, testimonies, artwork and photographs it tells the story of Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra, a Sikh activist who exposed human rights abuses in the 1990s.

An opening event for the exhibition will be held on April 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. 

From 1 to 3:30 p.m. on April 6 and 19, a calligraphy workshop will be held at PAMA. Participants will be able to practice the ancient technique of handwriting Gurbani.

From 2 to 4 p.m. on April 12, Gurmat Sangeet will deliver a seminar exploring the origins, history and evolution of Sikh music from Guru Nanak Dev Ji to the present day. 

From 2 to 4 p.m. on April 20, there will be a seminar for youth focusing on activism and community leadership. 

Finally, a closing event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on April 29 that will include a series of discussion panels and performances.