Galleries, Museums & Exhibitions

Review of an exhibition of clothing from three aboriginal cultures, the Inuit, the NLaka'pamux and the Dene at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, 1997. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.

Review of an exhibition that began in February 1995.

Comments on work of Abraham Anghik, Bill Nasogaluak and Joe Nasogaluak displayed in The Shaman's Drum: Echoes of the Past exhibition at the Images of North Gallery, San Francisco, October, 1993. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

Review essay of: Native American Modernism: Art from North America. The Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin by Peter Bolz and Viola König. Contemporary Native American Artists by Suzanne Deats. George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within by George Littlechild.

Review of exhibition catalogue: Three Women, Three Generations by Jean Blodgett. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

A look at the Louis Shotridge collection; Louis Shotridge, also known as Stoowukháa (c. 1882-1937), was from the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and worked for the Penn Museum as Assistant Curator from 1915-1932. This paper also discusses decisions made concerning the information architecture and metadata standards used in developing the website.

Website contains links to photographs of paintings, videos, songs, etc. Accompanying Teacher Resource Guide.

Speaker discusses her curatorial practices with special reference to developing the exhibition Through Their Eyes: Paintings from the Santa Fe Indian School.

Review of In the Absence of Horses and Where IS Treaty Land?, a 2004-2005 exhibition in Manitoba.

Development of an exhibition on the Northwest Coast has challenged assumptions about assigning artifacts to a particular timeframe and representation of cultural matters; some photos included.

Book review of: A Time of Gathering edited by Robin K. Wright. Scroll down to page 77 to read review.

An exterior shot of tipis set up outside Western Development Museum. The woman in picture could be Mabel Redbear (or Bear) from the Whitecap Reserve at Moose Woods.

Film looks at a project that used 75 caribou skins to make 2 replicas of the original lodge. Duration: 28:07. Accompanying materials.

Guide book to accompany exhibit. Link to Exhibit.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2013.

Article explores the community-based practice of creating place-based museums to house the artifacts recovered from archaeological sites in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, argues these institutions validate local knowledges and traditions and function as means to promote education and cultural understanding.

Paintings of totem pole villages created in the early 20th century done by Emily Carr and other artists. The voice of First Nations people describes and provides context for the artworks.

Discusses the exhibition which consists of twelve signs situated on unceded land on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia.

Review of Cruising the Margins, which features three sculptures of vehicles.

Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1970.

Examines social & political events and contexts and the media coverage that surrounded the work and career of painter Tonita Peña; considers the production and reception of their work and asks to what extent Peña’s work responded to their audience.

Review of exhibition held at the Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 34.

Critiques the exhibition which featured works by 41 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists.

Environmental Education and Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2007.

Totem pole removed and sold, with the permission of the Government of Canada, to the ethnographical collection of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.

Website provides background to exhibition which examines jewelry designs from the American Southwest and the Northwest Coast and compares similarities between the two cultures.

Website mounted as part of the Museum of New Mexico's exhibition of the artist's pottery.

Brief discussion of the changes in art, including the tools and materials used, during a period of great social and cultural upheaval.

Discusses how use of poisonous preservatives in past conservation and curatorial practices have rendered objects hazardous to human health, thereby preventing their use in ceremonies. Communities are left with the responsibility of determining the chemicals used and mitigating their effects.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.

Recalls the efforts of Johan Adrian Jacobsen, who transported eight Inuit from Labrador to Europe for display at zoos and exhibitions during which they all died from smallpox.

Discusses the evolution of the artist's practice and her focus on female figures. Followed by excerpt from the exhibition catalogue Oviloo Tunnillie: Mediations on Womanhood. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.

Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, 1994-1995. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1998.

Discusses how renovations to the museum have changed the way Inuit art is displayed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.

Cultural biography of a sacred mask of Alk'unta'm, discussing how the meaning and perception of it changed during its journey from its origin to a museum.

Website for traveling exhibition includes links to two curatorial essays and biographies and works by 24 artists from the collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name at the Canadian Cultural Centre, France, 1997 and The Waikato Museum of Art and History, New Zealand, 1997. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.

Describes a travelling art exhibit, worked on by over 300 students and guided by Cree/Métis artist Ray Keighley, that bring treaties to life as an art form. Article located by scrolling to page 15.

Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2012.

Book review of: Tribal Libraries, Archives, Museums edited by Loriene Roy, Anjali Bhasin, and Sarah K. Arriaga. Review located by scrolling to page 210.

Discusses factors that led to large number of acquisitions by and for museums during the half-century after 1875.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Riverside, 2017.Focusess on the work of Wendy Red Star.

Explores the life and career of the artist, a Metis from Saskatchewan.