[BCMA] MOA Spring Programming Highlights

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology Media Release - February 8, 2011













[Raven]
[Argentine]
[Bone]
[Coastal]

[Fishbowl]
Winter/Spring Programming Highlights
at the Museum of Anthropology












Guided Gallery Walks (all tours free with regular admission):

Volunteer-led Gallery Walks (45 min): An essential overview of MOA's art, architecture, history, and recent renovations. Tues thru Sun, 11:30 am & 2:00 pm, plus 6:00 pm on Tues

Multiversity Gallery Curator Tours (1 hr): Explore MOA's MVG with a different MOA curator every week. Tuesdays thru March 22, 1:00 pm

Native Youth Program Tours (25 min): Haida highschool students introduce visitors to Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' contemporary 'Bone Box' in the Great Hall, a classic Haida copper shield in the MVG, and Bill Reid's Raven sculpture. Sundays thru April 24, 12:30 & 2:30 pm
Storytelling with Roberta Kennedy
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 1 pm
Kwii-Ge-Ii-wans (Roberta Kennedy) is a traditional Haida singer, drummer, and storyteller, and one of Canada's leading aboriginal performers.
Through the Artist's Eyes: A Conversation with Isabel Rorick
Sunday, February 20, 1 pm
Celebrated Haida weaver Isabel Rorick, whose work is featured in Signed without Signature: Works by Charles and Isabella Edenshaw, discusses the art of spruce-root weaving passed down to her by her mother, Primrose Adams, grandmother, Florence Edenshaw Davidson, and great-great grandmother, Isabella Edenshaw.
Film Screening & Directors' Talk: Cedar & Bamboo
Sunday, February 27, 1 pm
Join Diana Leung and Kamala Todd for a screening and talk about their insightful film exploring intercultural and community relations between four individuals of mixed Chinese and Aboriginal ancestry: Lil'wat elder Judy Joe, Musqueam elder Howard Grant, and siblings Jordie and Hannah Yow. Screening time: 22 min
Coastal First Nations Dance Fest Gala tickets now available
>From Mar 9-13, MOA is hosting the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. While most festival events are free with regular Museum admission, one is ticketed - and will sell out fast! (Hint: it's on the evening of Fri Mar 9 and renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson is only one of several special guest stars!) For a full schedule of events, please visit http://www.moa.ubc.ca/events; to purchase tickets for the Mar 9 gala, go to: http://www.ticketstonight.ca/ticketstonight/event.details.php?id=3445

For info on other exhibits and programs this spring, please visit www.moa.ubc.ca<http://www.moa.ubc.ca>; for updates and announcements, like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumofanthropology#!/pages/Museum-of-Anthropology/261008030084<http://www.facebook.com/museumofanthropology#%21/pages/Museum-of-Anthropology/261008030084>





















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Images: (top right) Great Hall, Goh Iromoto photo; (left, from top) Detail, The Raven and the First Men by Bill Reid, Goh Iromoto photo; Argentinian Chane Mask; Bone Box by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Goh Iromoto photo; Dancers of Damelahamid, photo courtesy the artists.



















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