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Kesú: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
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- March 17 - September 3, 2012 (The Audain Gallery)
- CURATOR: Dr. Jennifer Kramer; MOA Curator, Pacific Northwest, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at UBC
- Northwest Coast Kwakwaka’wakw art is renowned for its flamboyant, energetic, and colorful carving and painting. Among the leading practitioners was Doug Cranmer (1927- 2006), whose style was understated, elegant, and fresh, and whose work quickly found an international following in the 1960s. He was an early player in the global commercial art market, and one of the first Native artists in BC to own his own gallery. A long-time teacher, he inspired generations of young Native artists in his home village of Alert Bay and beyond. The exhibit shows a wide range of Doug’s artistic works in two and three dimensions in wood and paint, from totem poles, a canoe, masks, bentwood boxes, bowls, and prints, to his important “Abstract series” of paintings on mahogany plywood. Works and words by his students are also included in the exhibit, which is organized as a series of overlapping modules that reflect different aspects of the artist’s life and work. Dr. Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator, Pacific Northwest, and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UBC, curated the exhibit, and authored the accompanying book, which is available in the MOA Shop.
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Our Eldest Elders: A Photographic Tribute
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- July 4 - November 2, 1986 (Theatre Gallery)
- This exhibition presented a selection of twelve portrait photographs of Indian elders accompanied by quotes and short biographies.
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Chinese Snuff Bottles
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Traditional East African Medical Beliefs and Practices
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- January 25 - 29, 1978, Hotel Vancouver.
- An exhibition prepared in cooperation with the Hannah Institute for the History of Medical and Related Sciences.
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From Under the Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland.
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- March 1995 - March, 1999
- This exhibition features rare preserved wood and bark objects dating from the past 4,600 years, most of which have never before been on public view. In consultation with local First Nations, guest curator and archaeologist Kathryn Bernick developed the exhibition with Ann Stevenson, MOA’s Collections Manager, to illustrate unique information about traditional fishing, woodworking, and cordage technologies and to explore cultural resource management issues.
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Contemporary Salish Weaving: Continuity and Change
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- March 28, 1980 - January 3, 1981 (Corridor Case)
- Student exhibition
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The Strangled Man: Haida Argillite Carving in Retrospect
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- April 12 - June 15, 1977
- Student exhibition
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West Coast Graphics: Images of Change
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- March 28, 1980 - September 30, 1981 (Theatre Gallery)
- Student exhibition
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Kwagiutl Graphics: Tradition in a New Medium
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- March 28, 1980 - December 31, 1981 (Theatre Gallery)
- Student exhibition
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A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada
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- September 6 - November 17, 1991 (Gallery 5)
- The history of the Jewish experience in Canada was brought to life with 300 objects, from the common to the extraordinary, and the personal stories of individuals, from the famous to the unknown. The exhibition explored relations between Jews and non-Jews in Canada-relations that have been touchingly warm and disturbingly harsh. By mirroring the experiences of other ethnic and cultural communities in Canada, “A Coat of Many Colours” offered visitors a very timely understanding of the strengths of our national cloth.
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The Gallery Collection: Ten Northwest Coast Indian Silkscreen Prints
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- September 11 – October 2, 1979
- A collection of 10 original serigraphs by: Dempsey Bob, Frank Charlie, Joe David, Freda Diesing, Roy Hanuse, Larry Rosso, Jerry Smith, Russell Smith, Art Thompson, Francis Williams.
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The Evolution of Bill Reid's Beaver Print
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- April 1 - December 31, 1979
- Student exhibition
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The Guild Show
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Salish Images: Northwest Coast Artists Tribute to Salish Art
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- January 28 - February 9, 1986. A commercial exhibition.
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Cannery Days: A Chapter in the Lives of the Heiltsuk
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- May 18, 1993 - January, 1994 [Spring 1998 - August 1998] (Theatre Gallery)
- Student exhibition: Pam Windsor, Heiltsuk woman, curator and graduate student in anthropology, challenges stereotypes of First Nations working women, particularly in male-dominated industries like fishing and fish processing.
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Alice, Donna, Helen, John and Adam by Sally Michener
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- March - April, 1994. Placed on permanent display September, 1994.
- Five life-sized figures of coloured fragments of ceramic tiles and mirrors will go on permanent display in MOA’s lower lobby. Michener says, “I have used ceramic and glass fragments or shards to piece together some ideas and images about living.”
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We Sing to the Universe: Poems and Drawings by Ron Hamilton
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- October 28, 1994 - March 31, 1995
- This is the first public exhibition of the drawings and poems by Nuu-chah-nuulth artist Ron Hamilton. Made for his own pleasure over the past thirty years, Ki-ke-in’s (Ron Hamilton) drawings and poems show an extraordinary imagination at work. The drawings celebrate the complex cosmology of his people, the Nuu-chah-nulth, while the poems proclaim the intensity of the poet’s engagement with life.
- CURATOR: Marjorie Halpin
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The Honour of One is the Honour of All
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- 1994. A photograph exhibit in celebration of First Nations people who have received honorary Doctorate degrees from the University of British Columbia.
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Frog Constellation by Haida Artist Jim Hart
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- June - July, 1995
- This monumental cedar sculpture stands over 15 feet high and features male and female figures standing upon a giant frog. The sculpture symbolizes a Haida origin story of the Frog crest, one of four crests which Jim Hart has the right to use. The male figure captures the moment of transformation between from and human form. The sculpture was commissioned by Westminister Management Corporation and Bentall Corporation and is generously on loan to the Museum.
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Reclaiming History: Ledger Drawings by Assiniboine Artist Hongeeyesa
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- January 31 - March 31, 1996
- An exhibit of drawings in graphite, pencil crayon, crayon, and ink by Hongeeyesa, an Assiniboine artist who lived in what is now southern Saskatchewan between 1860 and 1927. Called “ledger drawings” because they were sometimes done on lined accountant’s paper provided by government Indian agents, these drawings provide invaluable information about Native life in the mid to late 1800s. This national touring exhibition was organized by Glenbow and is the result of a special collaboration between Glenbow’s guest curator Valerie Robertson, co-writer Charlotte Nahbixie, John Haywahe (grandson of the artist), and the people of Carry The Kettle First Nations.
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