Galleries, Museums & Exhibitions

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Aboriginal Art in the 60s

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.
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"Aboriginal Art: Who Was Interested?"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Thomas
Journal of Art Historiography, no. 4, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at art-museum attraction to Aboriginal art. Revised article originally titled: "Aboriginal Art as Art: Who Was Interested?".
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Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sylvia Kleinert
Aboriginal History, vol. 20, 1996, pp. 222-224
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century by Andrew Sayers. Review located by scrolling to page 222.
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Aboriginal Beaded Mats on Display

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hilda J. Stewart
Description
Beaded mats from the Little Pine First Nation on Display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society Show. Date unknown.

Historical note:

Includes note on back: "When the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society disbanded a collection of mats and other articles were given to the museum at Fort Battleford"
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Aboriginal Culture Viewed Through Urban Aesthetic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cara McKenna
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012
Description

Comments on the exhibition Beat Nation, that expresses freedom from oppression.

Pages 1,3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Providing News from BC & Yukon. Scanning is out of sequence for this section.

Entire issue on one pdf. 

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Abraham Anghik Ruben

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. 52-56
Description
Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted in the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 16, 2001 to March 3, 2002. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
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Acquiring and Exhibiting a Nuu-Chah-Nulth Ceremonial Curtain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Hoover
Richard Inglis
Curator: The Museum Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, 1990, pp. 272-288
Description
Case study of the partnership between the Royal British Columbia Museum and the family who had owned the curtain in the past.
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Active Engagement: Decoding the Politics of A4444

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Britt Gallpen
UJAH: Undergraduate Journal of Art History, no. 2, Active Engagements, 2011, pp. [1]-6
Description
Discussion of artist Lyle Wilson's work which toured as part of the exhibition entitled Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide.
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Adornment: Native American Regalia

Alternate Title
Education Packet: Developed for K-12 Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University of Wyoming Art Museum
Description
Presents lesson plans to assist teachers on traditional clothing of the Northern Plains Indians including the artistic and cultural expression of clothing. Developed for K-12.
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After the Spirit Sang: Aboriginal Canadian and Museum Policy in the New Millennium

Alternate Title
How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Chapter 10 in: How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture edited by Bart Beaty, Derek Briton, Gloria Filax, Rebecca Sullivan. Discussion of the exhibition After the Spirit Sang and the ensuing boycott and controversy. Go to page 217 to read the chapter.
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Agayuliyararput: Our Way of Making Prayer

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
National Museum of Natural History
Description
Display and description of Alaskan Yup'ik ceremonial items and ancing masks prepared by a team of Yup'ik and others.
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[AIDS to Native Eyes Part 2]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Harper
Melissa Hoskins
Harlan Pruden
Kent Lebsock
Curtis Harris
Louis Mofsie
Nataani Guthrie
Description
Video filmed during an exhibition entitled A 25 Year Retrospective of the Native American Response to AIDS through Poster Art mounted as part of the first-ever National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, 2007. Duration: 9:40.
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Aki'name (On the Wall)

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Miller
Description
Impression from two Inuit stonecarvers, Kumukluk Saggiak and Elijah Pudlat, as they carved and decorated a mural in the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67. Duration 22.23.
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Alex Janvier: Negotiating the Land. Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Newdigate
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 4, Winter, 1994, p. 79
Description
Exhibition was part of the Mendel Art Gallery's Post-Colonial Landscape series, featured 60 paintings from 1960-1990 selected from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery's retrospective The Art of Alex Janvier: His First Thirty Years, 1960-1990.
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All My Relations: Biennale of Sydney 2012

Alternate Title
Dr. Allen Root Contemporary Art Distinguished Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald McMaster
Description
Talk highlights artists featured in the previous international exhibition, held in 2010. Duration: 1:39:53.
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Almost 50 Years of Inuit Art Exhibitions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-9
Description
Contends that while the past 50 years of exhibits have been molded by collectors, promoters and merchants, the next 50 years will benefit from the involvement of Inuit artists and others. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
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[American Eyes on Aboriginal Art]

Alternate Title
Crossing Cultures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Owen
Description
Art collector speaks about his collection, Crossing Cultures, exhibited at the Hood Museum of Art and his trek discovering the art and culture of Indigenous Australia. Duration: 1:02:30.
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American Indian Basketry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
Description
Photographs and brief descriptions of selections from the museum's collection.
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The American Indian in the Great War: Real and Imagined [Part One, Chapter Three]

Alternate Title
Chapter III: Portraying the Indian
Part I: The Road to War
The Road to War: Portraying the Indian
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Diane Camurat
Description
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: Inventing the Indian and Representing Him from the First Encounters to the Civil War, and Various Images of the Indian: 1860-1917.
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Andrew Qappik: Pangnirtung Memories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 22-26
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from April 29 to August 1, 2010. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 22.
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The Annual MNA Indian Art Exhibitions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duffie Westheimer
Expedition, vol. 36, no. 1, March 1994, pp. 33-43
Description
Comments on the four objectives of the annual exhibition.
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Anthropology and the Lowie Museum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Burton Benedict
Museum Anthropology , vol. 15, no. 4, November 1991, pp. 26-29
Description
Reviews some of the historical background and contents of the collections contained in the Lowie Museum at the University of Berkeley in California.
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