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A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada

Subseries consists of records relating to the 1993 exhibit, "A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada." The exhibit began with an acquisition of historic Chinese Opera costumes from the Jin Wah Sin Music Society. The exhibit was first installed at MOA from May 16 to Nov. 7 1992, in Gallery 5. Elizabeth Johnson was both curator and coordinator. It was also a travelling exhibit with five other venues in Canada. It reopened in MOA in 1995, and later travelled to the McCord Museum. Aspects of the exhibit have been on display at numerous venues, including Hong Kong and Ghuangzhou in a panel exhibit. Subseries contains agendas, articles, artifact lists, books, business cards, agreements, correspondence, drawings, evaluations, exhibit labels, expenses, internal forms (exhibit proposal forms), financial records, guidelines, grant applications, memoranda, minutes of meetings, museum exhibit diagrams, permission forms, photographs, notes, plans, policies, press releases, proposals, publications (books and magazines), publicity records, receipts, reports, reproductions of newspaper ads and articles, research notes, schedules, slides, speaking notes, surveys, transcripts of research interviews, handbills, drafts, visitor surveys and videos.

Elizabeth Lominska Johnson

A Rare Flower: A Century Of Cantonese Opera in Canada

This exhibit draws on MOA’s collection of Cantonese opera costumes and accessories, photographs, news clippings, and other materials that document how Cantonese Opera has remained a vibrant art form in Canada from the 1880’s onward.

A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada

File contains 18 comment books from the exhibit A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada, from May 16 - November 7, 1993

Translations from A Rare Flower Comment books [1991?]
A Rare Flower 1993
A Rare Flower May 16 – July 8/93
A Rare Flower July 8 - Sept.3/93
A Rare Flower Sept.3 - Nov.6/93
A Rare Flower (Kelowna) Jan.18 - Mar.15/94
A Rare Flower May 10 – June 13/94
A Rare Flower (Edmonton) June 15 - July2/94
A Rare Flower (Edmonton) July 7 - 17/94
A Rare Flower (Manitoba) Sep.1 - Nov.12/94
A Rare Flower (Glenbow) Dec.28/94 - Feb.25/95
A Rare Flower (AGGU) Apr. 9 – May 11/95
A Rare Flower (Vancouver) June 7 - 17/95
A Rare Flower July 17 - Aug.8/95
A Rare Flower Aug.8 - 24/95
A Rare Flower Aug.24 - Oct.15/95
A Rare Flower (McCord) Dec. 7, 1995 – Feb. 4, 1996

A1780/81

File includes one drawing and two photographs of MOA Object ID A1780 and A1781 which are carved figures. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A2524

File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A2524 which is a feast dish. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about its original repository. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A399

File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A399 which is a bentwood box. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A4147

File includes two photographs of MOA Object ID A4147 which is a feast dish. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50000

File includes one drawing and three photographs of MOA Object ID A50000 a, b, c, and d which is a totem pole separated into four parts. The images depict the object in its original form prior to separation. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50001

File includes one drawing and three photographs of MOA Object ID A50001 which is a totem pole. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50002

File includes ten photographs and one drawing of MOA Object ID A50002 a, b, and c which is a totem pole separated into three parts. The images depict the object in its original form prior to separation. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50004

File includes one drawing and eight photographs of MOA Object ID A50004 which is a house board. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

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