[BCMA] Nanaimo Art Gallery: Black Diamond Dust Book Launch & Readings

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Nanaimo Art Gallery

150 Commercial Street

Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5G6

250.754.1750 <(250)%20754-1750>

Contact: Chris Kuderle (chrisk at nanaimogallery.ca)



For immediate release: *Black Diamond Dust   *Book Launch & Readings




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*Black Diamond Dust  <http://nanaimogallery.ca/index.php/events>*

*Book Launch & Readings | Thursday, March 16, 7 PM *

Free



Join us to celebrate the launch of Nanamo Art Gallery
<http://nanaimogallery.ca/>’s first major publication *Black Diamond Dust*.

The event will feature readings by local historian Lynne Bowen, curator and
co-editor Jesse Birch,

and Vancouver based artist and writer Elisa Ferrari, who will share the
work of the late Nanaimo poet,

Peter Culley. There will also be a reception with beverages, book signings,
and an opportunity to see

our current exhibition *Landfall and Departure: Prologue*
<http://nanaimogallery.ca/index.php/exhibitions/downtown-exhibitions>*.*



The publication expands on the contemporary art exhibition by the same name
that took place at

Nanaimo Art Gallery in 2014. *Black Diamond Dust *refers to coal mining, an
industry that formed and

fragmented communities through economic development, racial segregation,
and labor inequity, while

fuelling the modern world. This book brings to light forgotten or
under-acknowledged
histories, through

artworks, poetry, essays, literature, folk songs, and archival images.



*Black Diamond Dust * is co-published with Sternberg Press in Berlin and
edited by Jesse Birch with Will Holder.

It is the first of three curatorial projects to engage the main resource
industries of Vancouver Island

(coal mining, forestry, and fisheries) through contemporary art.



*Black Diamond Dust*  publications are available now at The Gallery Store
for $30.00. The publication can also

be ordered by calling 250.754.1750 <(250)%20754-1750>, shipping charges
will apply.
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