Sponsored by Trading Routes: Marianne Nicholson Artist Talk at Emily Carr University
Monday November 9th Marianne Nicholson speaking at Emily Carr University's Lecture Theatre. A conjoined effort by the Faculty of Visual Arts and Trading Routes. Marianne Nicolson (‘Tayagila’ogwa) is an artist of Scottish and Dzawada̱’enux̱w First Nations descent. The Dzwada̱’enux̱w People are a member tribe of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Her training encompasses both traditional Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw forms and culture and Western European based art practice. She has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1996), a Masters in Fine Arts (1999), a Masters in Linguistics and Anthropology (2005) and a PhD in Linguistics, Anthropology and Art History (2013) at the University of Victoria. Her practice engages with issues of Aboriginal histories and politics arising from a passionate involvement in cultural revitalization and ...
Trading Routes Presentation Panel at the BC Museums Association Conference
October 25 to 27, 2015 Heritage Museum, New Westminster, BC Ruth Beer, Kit Grauer, Karen Lee, and Rebecca Clarke presented a Trading Routes exhibition at Heritage Museum as well as participating in artist/researcher collaborations addressing controversial ...
Black Gold at the American Conservation Film Festival 2015
August 28, 2015 Reynolds Hall, Shepherd University, West Virginia American Conservation Film Festival Selections Selected for screening by the American Conservation Film Festival 2015 Black Gold is an animated film that reflects on the story of traditional indigenous trading routes while questioning the value and impact of the ever expanding network of oil and gas pipelines in British Colombia. Black Gold was Directed by Woonam Kim with production assistance by senior animators from Emily Carr University. Executive Producer: Ruth ...
Trading Routes at After Oil School
August 21 to 23, 2015 University of Alberta After Oil School Public Roundtable: Explorations and Experiments in the Future of Energy, Culture and Society Video Ruth Beer, a member of the Petrocultures Research Cluster, participated in After Oil School in Edmonton and gave a talk on her artwork related to the Trading Routes research project. “What Comes After Oil?” was a piece of a larger four-day event, the After Oil School. The After Oil School gathered experts in energy humanities from the University of Alberta and around the world to explore, critically and creatively, the social, cultural and political changes necessary to facilitate a full-scale transition from fossil fuels to new forms of energy. In addition to scholars and graduate students from the U of A, the AOS was attended by experts from Duke U, Durham U (UK), Emily Carr, McGill U, OCAD, Rice U, U of Calgary, U of Iowa, U of Oregon, Warwick U (UK), among other institutions. Learn ...
Public Talk: Ian McAllister at the Herring Festival
June 19, 2015 Trading Routes Exhibition Space, Gulf of Georgia Cannery Pacific Herring Event Recap Ian McAllister is a photographer whose artworks are included in the show Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil. Also the executive director of Pacific Wild Ian McAllister spoke as a guest speaker at The Gulf of Georgia Cannery on June 9th 2015 during the ‘Herring Festival’. Situated in the same physical space as the Trading Routes exhibition, the programming at the ‘Herring Festival’ addressed many of the same themes as the visual art. The celebration hosted talks, dances and fundraising for the preservation and awareness of preserving herring stocks in support of the Heiltsuk nation. ...
Black Gold at the Portland EcoFilm Festival 2015
April 12, 2015 Hollywood Theatre Portland EcoFilm Festival Trailer Selected for screening by the Portland EcoFilm Festival Black Gold is an animated film that reflects on the story of traditional indigenous trading routes while questioning the value and impact of the ever expanding network of oil and gas pipelines in British Colombia. Black Gold was Directed by Woonam Kim with production assistance by senior animators from Emily Carr University. Executive Producer: Ruth ...
Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil Exhibition Opening
Saturday April 11, 2015 Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum National Historic Site Georgia Straight Press Release Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil is an exhibition taking place at and sponsored by the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum National Historic Site. Running from Spring 2015-2016 the year long show combines historical place - the context of the cannery itself - with art and artists engaging with issues of cultural change, oil, ecology and the development of industry. Artists featured in the exhibition include Ruth Beer, Kit Grauer, Lyle Wilson, Ian Mcallister, Richard Heikkilä-Sawan, Soledad Munoz, Tomas Borsa, JP Marquis and Kenna Fair. The exhibition also includes a screening of the animated feature ‘Black Gold’ directed by Woonam Kim (working with ECUAD animation ...
Video Screenings in Eleven Northern Communities
Prince George, Tache, Fort St. James, Burns Lake, Unis'tot'en Camp, Smithers, Old Hazelton, Kitimat, Skidegate, Old Massett, Terrace, Quesnel and Prince Rupert Oil + Water Intersections Line in the Sand Line in the Sand Film Distribution Beginning on March 31st 2015, two video works created by Ruth Beer, Oil + Water (2:00m) and Intersections (4:30m), toured Pacific Northwest communities with the feature-length documentary Line in the Sand, directed by Tomas Borsa and J.P Marquis. The tour lasted nearly a month, commencing in Prince George at Canfor Theatre and travelling to both large and small communities including the Unis'tot'en Action Camp of the Wet’suwet’en nation who occupy their territory in the direct path of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. The trio of videos embraced the mission of Trading Routes: to publicly engage and surround both the benefits and risks of a steadily expanding network of oil and gas pipelines with art and ...
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