[BCMA] Tomorrow October 20! The Reach Dialogues Stephen Huyler - Daughters of India

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The Reach Dialogues-Free Lecture Series
All events take place at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, 32388 Veterans Way, unless otherwise noted.
RSVP to kwahamaa at thereach.ca<mailto:kwahamaa at thereach.ca>

Daughters of India: Art & Identity
Stephen Huyler
Tuesday, October 20 @ 7 pm doors 6:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the UFV Faculty of Fine Arts
"A dazzling prismatic, instructive book....Huyler's sensitive portraits provide evocative testimony to the persistence of creativity in even the starkest circumstances and the transformative powers of art."  Booklist

Although one in every six women in the world lives in India, most of the western world knows little about them.  Stephen Huyler has listened with great compassion to the voices of Indian women for over three decades.  In this lecture he will present individual profiles and place them in context of the broader Indian textile arts and the development of women's creativity as a part of their own personal empowerment.

Stephen P. Huyler is an art historian, cultural anthropologist, photographer and author conducting a lifelong survey of India's art and crafts and their meanings within rural societies. He has been traveling in India since 1971, recording the common pulse of the people of South Asia and conveying his discoveries through books, exhibitions and lectures.
www.daughtersofindia.com<http://www.daughtersofindia.com>
www.stephenhuyler.com<http://www.stephenhuyler.com>


Upcoming Talks

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times
Dr. Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Thursday October 29 @ 7pm
Co-sponsored by the UFV Faculty of Fine Arts
Twenty thousand years ago women were making and weaving the first clothing created from spun fibres. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fibre arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.  Join Elizabeth Barber as she shows how the economic engine of the ancient and early modern worlds was the fabric of industry and was almost the exclusive province of women. Dr. Barber is Professor of Archaeology and Linguistics and co-chair of the Classics Program at Occidental College in Los Angeles. RSVP to kwahamaa at thereach.ca

Recording the Limits of Normalcy: Canada's Official War Art Program
Dr. Molly Ungar
With a special performance by Fraser Valley Youth Dance Theatre
Tuesday November 10 @ 7pm  doors 6:30 pm
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium
In World War II, 32 Canadian artists working for the armed forces were faced with a difficult question - What is the visual representation of war? Each artist answered this question through paintings and drawings, creating an intriguing vision of their experiences and reactions. Their works became the official artistic record of Canada's participation in World War II, revealing much about Canadian culture and the role of art by the middle of the 20th century. This illustrated talk tells the story of Canada's Official War Art Program in World War II, and the unique art collection that it produced. Dr. Ungar's talk will be followed by a dance performance by Fraser Valley Youth Dance Theatre featuring a piece choreographed by Lee Kwidzinski to composer Tony Huchcroft's musical arrangement of In Flanders Fields. RSVP to kwahamaa at thereach.ca




Kat Wahamaa
Cultural Programs Manager
t 604 864 8087 x 124
f 604 864 8048

The Reach
Gallery Museum Abbotsford
32388 Veterans Way
Abbotsford, BC V2T 0B3
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