In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
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In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
MOA Magazine, Issue 03, Spring / Summer 2017
This issue contains articles on recent ceramic acquisitions, the Reconciliation Pole, the opening of the Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks, threats to Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, ethical shopping, the conservation and loan of a thunderbird headdress, climate change, Curator-in-Residence Jordan Wilson, and touchable objects at the museum.
Exhibition books and catalogues
Series consists of books and catalogues pertaining to exhibitions and collections at the Museum of Anthropology. The following exhibitions and collection are covered by publications within the series:
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA Magazine, Issue 02, Summer 2016
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibition and events, the museum's activities with other museums in the province, a recently acquired woven violin case, educational programs for school groups, artists, mining, and logging along the Sepik River, art and photography in relation to the 2011 earthquake in Japan, and the Museum Associates.
Museum of Anthropology Annual Report 2015-2016
The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year, including listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It includes descriptions of collaborations with the global partners including the National Museum of Papua New Guinea, cultural preservation and conservation work in local communities and institutions, and digitization projects at the Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives and the Oral History and Language Lab, among other initiatives.
Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories
c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city
MOA Magazine, Issue 01, Fall/Winter 2015
This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibition and events, the museum's Asian collections, the Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics, the Native Youth Program, and the Volunteer Associates.
Heaven, Hell and Somewhere In Between
Part of Exhibit Comment Books and Guest Registers/Guest Books collection
Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art
File consists of brochures that advertise exhibitions and events at the museum, including short blurbs about each. Each calendar covers a four-month period (January-April, May-August, or September-December).
Types of events described include exhibitions, opening receptions, lectures, artist talks, guided gallery walks, behind-the-scenes tours, events for youths and seniors, site visits and other excursions, conferences, workshops, identification clinics, performances, courses, school programs, calls for volunteers, sales at the gift shop, and reports on research and community-based projects. The calendars also contain museum announcements and news as well as general visitor information and lists of donors.
File consists of pamphlets that advertise upcoming exhibitions, events, and programs, as well as providing news about the museum and general visitor information. Each pamphlet covers a four-month period (January-April, May-August, or September-December). There are two copies of each edition.
Heaven, Hell and Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art
Part of Skooker Broome fonds
Subseries consists of records related to the graphic design for the Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology May 12 - October 12, 2015. The exhibit was curated by Dr. Anthony Shelton (MOA Director).
Museum of Anthropology Annual Report 2014-2015
The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year, including listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It includes descriptions of a new strategic plan, MOA's new travel program for members, participation in a research project that "explores alternatives for the recovery of Indigenous heritage," and Spotlight Taiwan, a new programming series focused on Taiwan, among other initiatives.
Pigapicha! 100 Years of Studio Photography in Nairobi
Part of Nuno Porto fonds
Sub-series consists of records related to the exhibition 'Pigapicha! 100 Years of Studio Photography in Nairobi,' which was on display at the Museum of Anthropology from November 25, 2014 - April 5, 2015. Porto was the Curatorial Liaison for this exhibition, which was curated by Katharine Greven and first displayed at the Nairobi National Museum in 2009.
The exhibition was described on the Museum of Anthropology's website as follows:
"MOA takes a profound look at Kenya’s popular culture through an illuminating collection of studio photography, from the 1910s to the present day, in the North American premiere of Pigapicha!, November 25, 2014 through April 5, 2015. Including more than180 photographs spanning a century, this deeply moving exhibition showcases portraits that are carefully staged in the studio as well as those quickly taken on the streets of Nairobi. The exhibition documents the customs of modern Kenyan urban culture while supporting an East African history of photography.
“MOA has always served as a forum for cultivating an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of world arts and cultures traditions,” explains Nuno Porto, Curatorial Liaison for Pigapicha! at MOA. “This Canadian premiere exhibition aligns with MOA’s mission through a comprehensive examination of studio photography in East Africa, incorporating works from all backgrounds – as opposed to similar projects which have focused on Kenya’s booming middle-class.”
Curator and professional photographer Katharina Greven, formerly of the Goethe-Institut in Kenya, partnered with more than 30 photography studios in Nairobi and consulted with photographers, studio operators, artists, bloggers, journalists, and cultural scientists to curate this diverse collection of portraits – a subtle balance between the fine arts and the rich, distinct flavors of East African popular culture.
'A highly-regarded art form in Nairobi, portrait photography is used to tell stories, share social status, and transform everyday life,' says Curator Katharina Greven. 'More than a direct reflection of the individual, these self portraits highlight and amplify desirable features to create an illusion of the idyllic self. In the past 15 years, studio photography has experienced an unfortunate decline in popularity – likely a direct result of cameras, now commonplace on mobile phones. For this reason, Pigapicha! serves to recognize and preserve portrait photography as a significant art form and thus connect us to the significant history of urban Kenya before it is lost.'
Pigapicha! – which literally translates as “take my picture!” – will include more than 180 images ranging from carefully staged artistic prints, to passport photos, to pictures snapped hastily on the streets of Nairobi. Judiciously arranged into six thematic groups –Uzee na Busara (Age and Wisdom), I and Me, Open Air, Imaginary ‘Safari’, Speaking from Yesterday and Intimacy – each image will offer a unique stance on the attitudes, beliefs, and customs of generations of Nairobi citizens.
Born from the cooperative efforts of Iwalewa Haus and the DEVA-Archive, both with the University of Bayreuth, and the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi, this exhibition opening at MOA will mark the first time this powerful collection has been displayed for a North American audience. First presented in 2009 at the Nairobi National Museum, Pigapicha! has since been exhibited in 2011 at Iwalewa Haus in Bayreuth, Germany and in 2013 at the Forum des Arts et de la Culture in Bordeaux, France."
Nuno Porto
c̓ əsnaʔəm: the city before the city
Part of Skooker Broome fonds
Subseries consists of records related to the graphic design for the c̓ əsnaʔəm exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology January 25, 2015 - December 2015. The exhbit was curated by Susan Rowley and Jordan Wilson.