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ANNUAL REPORT

2006–07

Knowledge of one anot er and shared wisdom are es ential a true partnership of peoples

Museum of Anthropologyat the University of British Columbia6393 NW Marine DriveVancouver, BC V6T 1Z2(t) 604.822.5087(f) [email protected]

MOA programs are generously supported by visitors, members, and donors; Volunteer Associates and Shop Volunteers; Canada Foundation for Innovation, British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund; Department of Canadian Heritage Museums Assistance Program; Virtual Museum of Canada, Canadian Heritage Information Network; Canada Council for the Arts; British Columbia Arts Council; Aboriginal Career Community Employment Services Society; Social Science and Humanities Research Council; The Vancouver Foundation; The Annenberg Foun-dation; 2010 Legacies Now; Andrew Fellowship; Quiring Loewen Trust; Canadian Society for Asian Arts.

Annual Report Editor: J Webb // Design: Metaform

Front cover: Images courtesy of MOA Quote from Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1996

Mission 4Director’sMessage 5

Building Relationships RenewalProject 6–7 Administration 7– 8 Statistics 8 Development 9

Connecting with Communities Public&CommunityServices 10–11 VolunteerAssociates 11 CollectionsCare&Management 12–13 Curatorial 14

Exploring Diversity Archaeology 15 Teaching&Curriculum 15 Publications 15 Articles&Reviews 15–16 ConferencePapers&Lectures 16–17 Awards 17

CONTENTS

Children at opening of Acts of Transformation exhibitPhoto: Jill Baird

Making the Difference Members&Volunteers 18 PermanentStaff 18 Students,ContractStaff,NativeYouth 18

Ensuring our Legacy Donors 19 FinancialReport 20– 21 ExternalGrants&Awards 21

Appendices ListofExhibitions 22 ListofArtistsinResidence 23 ListofPublicPrograms 23–25 ListofResearchProjects 25–26

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The mission of the Museum of Anthropology is to investigate, preserve, and present objects and expressions of human creativity in order to promote understanding of and respect for world cultures.

MISSION TheMuseumstrives:

4Toprovideinformationaboutandaccesstoculturalobjects

fromaroundtheworld,withemphasisontheachievements

andconcernsoftheFirstPeoplesandBritishColumbia’s

culturalcommunities;

4Tostimulatecriticalthinkingandunderstandingabout

cross-culturalissues;

4Toposequestionsaboutanddevelopinnovativeresponses

tomuseological,anthropological,aesthetic,educational,and

politicalchallenges.

Asbothauniversityandpublicinstitution,theMuseum

ofAnthropologyiscommittedtobalancingresearch,teach

ing,publicprograms,visitorservices,andthedevelopment,

documentation,andpreservationofcollectionsthroughits

uniqueblendofprofessionalandacademicstaff,students,

andvolunteers.

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DIRECTOR’S

MESSAGE

In July 2007, the University’s Board of Governors formally authorized the instigation of the first phase of MOA’s $55 million Renewal Project, A Partnership of Peoples. After six years of planning and preparatory work, the Museum is now on a clear, well-defined trajectory to expand and consoli-date its reputation as one of Canada’s major art and cultural establishments. We wish to thank our First Nations partners, the Musqueam Indian Band, Stó:lo Nation/Tribal Council, and U’mista Cultural Centre, and museums across Canada, the US, and England, for their continued support and active participation in a project whose success will largely be measured by its ability to transform relations between col-lecting institutions, researchers, and originating communities.

Despite the museum boom in central Canada, MOA’s Renewal Project is so far the only major urban development of a cultural and arts facility this side of the Rockies. By the Project’s completion in early 2010, seventy-five percent of the Museum’s existing space will have undergone refurbishment

and the overall size of the facility will have been increased by more than fifty percent. Technical and research facilities, as well as staff offices, will be moved from the present building into a new wing, freeing up space for enhanced Visible Storage and a much-enlarged temporary exhibition gallery. Reno-vations to the existing building will include a larger Museum Shop, rental space, and year-round café with adjoining outdoor patio.

The new temporary gallery will enable us to accept large traveling exhibitions that usually bypass Van-couver due to lack of space, as well as more complex in-house shows. Expanded Visible Storage, re-con-ceptualized and renamed the Multiversity Galleries, will provide a new kind of museum space combin-ing high density storage and superb design with the type of interpretation First Nations and other cultural communities have requested. The space will also showcase the diversity of cultures in BC and the rest of the world, inspiring a new generation of researchers and artists, and expressing UBC’s global values and international aspirations.

The closure of much of our public space to accom-modate the Renewal Project prompted many creative responses to programming and exhibitions. In 2006, we introduced a major new initiative, the annual Global Dialogue. The first of these, A Dialogue of Cities, brought together speakers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America to address the relationship between the creative industries, muse-ums, and cities world-wide. The second Dialogue focused on perceptions of Africa. We were delighted to welcome Michael Gondwe and Aaron Maluwa, two museum educators from the National Museum of Malawi, who gave memorable talks and led some very well-attended school programs on the impact of AIDS on the continent.

Another distinguished visitor was Teddy Balangu, an accomplished artist from Papua New Guinea, who spent five months at the Museum. A new strategic alliance was cemented with the Canadian Society for Asian Arts, giving rise to a new series of public lectures entitled Asian Illuminations, and enabling leading scholars such as Craig Clunas, Timon Screech, and Boreth Ly to speak at the Museum. The exhibitions program, despite acute lack of space and extra demands on staff, excelled in providing some exciting new departures by taking advantage of smaller spaces and using the Great Hall as a site for artist interventions. The Museum was pleased to have assisted the Haisla Totem Pole Committee and the National Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, to repatriate the G’psgolox Pole to Kitamaat, and is grateful to the Na Na Kila Institute and Ecotrust Canada for the opportunity to give the pole its

first public viewing in BC for over 80 years. These and other programs increased attendance at public events by a remarkable 33%, which partly offset the projected decline in visitor numbers as a result of building and renovation.

Nor did the focus on the Renewal Project impact negatively on the Museum’s academic mandate. Staff published four books, eighteen articles and reviews, and gave thirty-four academic and public seminars and lectures throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

The Museum was extraordinarily successful in at-tracting additional public and University funding, including $2.1 million from Canadian Heritage towards the renewal and expansion of our public facilities, and $3.5 million from UBC to renew the Museum’s existing building. Smaller but no less significant grants from Legacies Now, the Canadian Society for Asian Arts, and Stantec enabled us to commission a functional plan for a possible Asian gallery, and generous matching funds from the UBC Faculty of Arts permitted us to commission two new major Musqueam art works for the Museum’s entrance.

During this time of unparalleled change, the creation of an external Advisory Board was seen to be crucial. With assistance from the Manager of Development, we have engaged a number of exceptionally commit-ted, thoughtful, and distinguished community mem-bers for this body, which will hold its first meeting in September, 2007.

The beginning of the Renewal Project marks a high point in the Museum’s history. It is a reaffirmation of our commitment to First Nations and cultural com-munities across BC, and the consolidation of a rich intellectual heritage that has guided the Museum since its founding. We deeply regret that one of the architects of that legacy and the Museum’s first direc-tor, Dr Harry Hawthorn, passed away on July 28, 2006. An inspiring writer, proponent of indigenous rights, and a guiding light in the development of anthropology, sociology, and the Museum at UBC, he was much admired by his friends, colleagues, and students. His memory has been foremost in our thoughts, as we have worked to build on the rich legacy he and his wife, Audrey, endowed for future generations.

Anthony SheltonDirector, Museum of Anthropology

MOA Director Dr Anthony SheltonPhoto: Skooker Broome


A PARTNERSHIP OF PEOPLES MOA’s Renewal Project was the focus of staff efforts this year. The University Board of Governors ap-proved a $52 million budget toward the project’s es-timated final cost of $55 million. A celebration was held on June 5, 2006 to officially launch the project, and MOA received the formal award agreement in July from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Phase One constitutes the construction of a new 3883 sq m (41,800 sq ft) addition to the building, and Phase Two (expected to begin May 2008) will involve renovation and refurbishment of all interior spaces. Civil site work started in June, and efforts were made to minimize impact to visitors.

To ensure the Museum retains its Category A status, the University commissioned a major Building Enve-lope Study, and approved an additional $3.5 million to upgrade the building envelope and environmental controls. This work will be undertaken in conjunc-tion with Phase Two of the project.

BUILDING

RELATIONSHIPS

To clear the way for construction, the Museum and Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) relocated staff and operations to other buildings in June 2006, and hired additional staff to begin processing the collec-tions. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) were developed and issued for compacting storage, and a vendor was selected to work with MOA to refine plans and costs for installation. Staff also worked closely with a designer to refine case designs and layouts for the new visible storage galleries, to be called the Multi-versity Galleries. An RFP will be issued in mid-2007, with the goal to engage a firm to develop the final drawings and manufacturing plans for installation in 2008-09. A process was agreed to by MOA and the Musqueam Indian Band for soliciting proposals for artworks for the new entrance to the Museum. Four proposals were selected for further refinement and costing, and two submissions were chosen for the plaza and entrance to MOA.

Work intensified on the development of the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN), which is being co-developed by MOA, Musqueam Indian Band, Stó:lo Nation/Tribal Council, and U’mista Cultural Society. In January 2006, each co-developer appointed one member to a Steering Group and charged it with the development of the RRN. The co-developers created a Project Charter that laid down the values, objectives, and governing principles for the RRN, and defined its scope, schedule, milestones, and budget. In October 2006, the co-developers signed the charter and a Memorandum of Understanding.

In December 2006 the Steering Group hired Ulrike Radermacher as a Research Coordinator. In early 2007, the Group focused on four main issues: researching the technological requirements and implementing the development of RRN prototype, preparing the RRN documents (framework, governance and research guide-lines), communicating with the partner institutions, and organizing a RRN conference.

Partnership of Peoples, Construction at MOAAll photos by David Cunningham

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The Steering Group reviewed the RRN documents and distributed them to the co-developers for discus-sion. They will subsequently be sent to all partner institutions for comment as well. The goal is to provide the basis for signing the framework agree-ments between MOA and the partner institutions.

The Steering Group considered several options for the technological development of the RRN and, in consultation with Lee Iverson, UBC Assistant Profes-sor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Jens Haeusser, Director, Strategy, UBC Information Tech-nology, elected to pursue an open source software environment.

RRN Lead Sue Rowley maintained communication with all partner institutions to ensure their contin-ued participation, and the Steering Group submitted regular reports to the Museum Users Group (MUGs) Committee.

ADMINISTRATIONIn 2006–07, staff worked hard to minimize the im-pact of construction on MOA’s ongoing operations, and to ensure the Museum had the resources to maintain a vibrant public face. We were able to plan for a decline in earned revenue of 5% by reducing operating expenses and securing support from new funding programs to assist with programming and planning costs. We also submitted a $2.14 million application to Canadian Heritage’s Cultural Spaces program to support renovation of MOA’s public spaces as part of Phase Two of the Renewal Project, as well as smaller grants for collections assistance and programming initiatives.

The Museum Shop continued to enjoy great success both on site and online, generating over $900,000 in sales even with a decline in attendance due to con-struction. Working with Andrew Andoniadis, a retail specialist based in the US, staff developed plans for the new 157 sq m Shop (1,690 sq ft), which will be re-located to the Museum’s lower lobby. MOA con-tinued to benefit from the assistance of six dedicated Shop Volunteers, as well as student assistants.

Partnership of Peoples, Construction at MOAAll photos by David Cunningham

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The Museum continued to maintain a rich collec-tion of research materials in its library and archives, used by staff, students, visiting researchers, and the public. This year, the library was staffed by Research Manager Justine Dainard and Volunteer Associates Carol Givton and Christine Wisenthal. Students Helena Kudzia and Susannah Smith volunteered to undertake special projects. Special acquisitions included donations from the estates of Dr Michael Ames and Dr Harry Hawthorn, enabling the library to play an important role in documenting their lega-cies. We were also pleased to receive the Barbara De-Mott donation of African materials. The Museum’s archivist, Krisztina Laszlo, assisted by Nadine Hafter and Dan Farrell, two second-year students from the Master of Archival Studies Program, processed numerous accessions and created finding aids for archival materials.

Information Manager Ann Stevenson continued work on a Masters degree through the School of Ar-chival, Library and Information Studies with a focus on the management of electronic information. Troy Gauthier, IT Manager, set up the technical infrastruc-ture necessary to support MOA’s digitization and collections enhancement projects, and worked with staff on strategies for making collections informa-tion accessible to visitors and researchers in the new Museum.

STATISTICS 200�-07

Museumvisitors 126,931Educationalprogramattendance 19,824VisitorstoMOAwebsite 989,125Permanentstaff 31Volunteers 62ShopVolunteerhoursserved 509VolunteerAssociatehoursserved 6610Studentstaff&contracts,interns,NYP 99Ethnologicalobjects 35,300Archaeologicalobjects 535,000ObjectsonviewinVisibleStorage 7,780

Operatingbudget $2,885,798

Externalgrants&awards $219,198

Donations(cash/inkind) $319,902

Totalexistingbuildingspacesqmetres 7,423sqfeet 79,900

TotalusablespaceinMuseumsqmetres 5,466sqfeet 58,833

Totalexhibition/performancespacesqmetres 3,613sqfeet 38,889

Totaloffice/lab/classroomspacesqmetres 1,495sqfeet 16,092

RENEWAL PROJECT STATISTICS

Budget $55million

Estimatedcompletiondate Fall2009

Totalareaofnewwingsqmetres 3883sqfeet 41,800

Fullrenovationsqmetres 4032sqfeet 43,400

LightRenovationsqmetres 948sqfeet 10,200

Asissqmetres 2443sqfeet 26,300

Newtemporaryexhibitgallerysqmetres 526sqfeet 5,660

NewMuseumShopsqmetres 157sqfeet 1690

NewMOACafésqmetres 32sqfeet 340

Above: Cedar Frog Pins by Gladys Vandal (available in MOA Shop)Photo: Bill McLennan

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Manager of Development Leslie Fields has been working with MOA since November 2005 to raise private sector funds for the Renewal Project and to establish a sustainable fund raising program for the Museum. This year, the focus has been on secur-ing the $10 million remaining to meet the Renewal Project’s overall budget of $55 million. Working with UBC’s Senior Administration Development team, Leslie coordinated MOA Renewal Project proposals for presentation to potential donors. She also worked directly with the Museum’s Director to build new relationships with community leaders. Fund raising for the Renewal Project will continue in 2007-08.

Work was undertaken to raise MOA’s profile in the wider community through the creation of an External Advisory Board, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting September 2007. The Advisory Board will provide invaluable advice and leadership to the Director on strengthening the Museum’s rela-tionship with the diverse audiences and communi-ties it serves.

This year, $319,902 was donated to the Museum by individuals, foundations, and corporations through cash donations, estate gifts, in kind support, and donations of objects to the collections. Gifts to the Museum are greatly appreciated and reinforce the trust and confidence the communities we serve have in the Museum’s mandate and vision.

DEVELOPMENT

Partnership of Peoples, Construction at MOAPhoto: David Cunningham

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CONNECTING WITH

COMMUNITIES

PUBLIC & COMMUNITY SERVICES Members of MOA’s Public and Community Services Department (P & C) are charged with activating and promoting the Museum to its many audiences through exhibition design and production, public and educational programming, facility rentals, and communications. This year, given the official launch of the Museum’s Renewal Project on June 5, 2006 and the resulting reorganization of space to accommodate the needs of the Project, the P & C Department faced special challenges—and created new opportunities—for enlivening the Museum in new and innovative ways.

Staff took advantage of the official launch of the Project to mount a small show of our plans for expansion next to the Digitization Studio, into which we created a window for visitors to observe the action behind-the-scenes. This became one of the most popular sites in the Museum, as three Imagers worked daily photographing the range of the collec-tions in full public view. They also invited contem-

porary artists Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne) and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Haida) to create site-specific works (Wheel: Overlays and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Meddling in the Museum, respectively) in response to our Renewal Project. Wheel was exhibited for six weeks starting March 20, 2007; Meddling in the Museum will open in July, 2007.

Other exhibition highlights included the display of the Haisla G’psgolox Pole from April to June, 2006, and the opening of The Village is Tilting: Dancing AIDS in Malawi on February 6, 2007. The latter, which was guest curated by Vancouver pho-tographer Douglas Curran, became a touchstone for several important public events and programs, including a three-day Global Dialogue on AIDS, Africa, and the representation of Africa by the West; and a symposium entitled Searching for African Solutions to Contemporary Challenges. The ex-hibit itself was extremely well-received, both for its design by Skooker Broome and its content, which included videos, large-scale photographs, and a series of extraordinary masks documenting the depth of awareness and cultural response to the AIDS pandemic by rural Malawians.

The Renewal Project launch in June was followed by efforts to keep visitors, researchers, the media, and the UBC community informed and aware of all the building changes underway and still to come. The Lobby Information Desk Volunteers, led by Jennifer Webb and Volunteer Associates Beverley Tamboline and June Mosher, provided valuable service to summer visitors.

MOA continued to be the venue of choice for some of the city’s most exciting international events, including the Young Global Leaders Sum-mit (June 2006), held at MOA in conjunction with the World Economic Forum; a VANOC reception for members of the 2010 Games Planning Com-mittee (June 2006); a meeting of the BC Union of Indian Chiefs, hosted by UBC Ceremonies (Sep-tember 2006); and the first-ever Vancouver Sculp-ture Biennale, attended by 250 guests who bid on millions of dollars worth of artwork auctioned by Christie’s (March 2007). MOA was also recognized by Zagat this year as the best-loved tourist attrac-tion in Vancouver second to Stanley Park, and will

be featured in a two-page spread in the prestigious Eyewitness Top Ten Guide Series (London) in the Fall.

Over forty-five distinct public programs were offered, ranging from book launches, community-based roundtables, exhibition openings, music series, performances by the Dancers of Damelahamid, and public interactions with a group of Tibetan monks in the Great Hall for six days. To attract new audiences, MOA partnered with the Canadian Society for Asian Arts to produce four Asian Illuminations lectures (the series will also be offered in 2007-08), and launched an annual Global Dialogue series, intended for discus-sion of issues of contemporary relevance beyond the Museum’s usual scope. The first in this series, A Dialogue of Cities, was held in June 2006, organized by Jill Baird and guest curator Trevor Boddy. The three-day event attracted international speakers and was attended by over 350 participants. The second Dialogue, Perceptions of Africa: A Global Dialogue, was held in March 2007.

MOA continued to offer dynamic and relevant programming for local schools. This year,12,897 students and their teachers attended Volunteer-led school programs, and 5,360 attended self-guided elementary, secondary, and ESL tours (19,824 in total). This represents a 33% increase over last year’s school program attendance, which totalled 14,854. A highlight was Perceptions of Africa: A Dialogue, an issue-oriented program delivered by visiting Malawian AIDS educators Michael Gondwe and Aaron Maluwa. This two-hour workshop allowed high school students to learn first-hand about AIDS-related issues, impacts, and local initiatives in Africa. As part of the program, students viewed and discussed the exhibition, The Village is Tilting: Dancing AIDS in Malawi.

In the summer, the Family Pole Program was a popu-lar drop-in program presented by Kwakwaka’wakw elder Rita Barnes and Museum Volunteer Associates. Families toured the Museum, sketched the exhibits, and played a traditional First Nations game called slahal. As always, we are tremendously grateful to the Volunteer Associates who provided school programs, guided gallery walks, catering, and assistance with openings this year. The work of the Public and Community Services Department could not be done without them.

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE

4 ElementaryProgramsAttendanceArchaeologyoftheNorthwestCoast 355BehindtheMasks 4,133MusqueamMuseumSchool 230PoleWalk 3,809TheRootsSpeak 2,399DancersofDamelahamid 682

4 SecondaryProgramsAttendanceESLPilotProgram 59TransformingImage 148ContinuityandChange 306

4 SpecialExhibitProgrammingActsofTransformation 79PerceptionsofAfrica 398TibetanMandala 203TibetanButterSculpture 96

4 Self-GuidedEducationalToursElementary 1040Secondary 880AdultESL 1887

4 GuidedEducationalToursElementary 513Secondary 526AdultESL 521

TotalEducationalProgramAttendance 19,824

Aaron Maluwa and Michael Gondwe delivering high school program Photo: Kimberly Baker

VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATESThe Museum continued to enjoy the support of 62 dedicated Volunteer Associates who, under the leadership of President Jane Bond, supported the delivery of MOA’s elementary and secondary school programs, offered guided tours to the public, provid-ed information to visitors, assisted with collections processing, conservation, and archaeology projects, and worked in the library and Museum Shop.

The VAs were active in training programs (including audited UBC Anthropology courses, an excellent speakers’ series, and a self-directed monthly reading group) that enhanced their knowledge of Museum-related topics. They also contributed tremendously toward catering Museum openings and special events. In anticipation of the expansion, renewal,

and changing needs of MOA by 2009, the VAs conducted a systematic review of other arts organiza-tions and how they operate with their volunteers. This led to a successful one-day MOA Volunteers’ Retreat in February 2007, and a plan to introduce more flexible and responsive recruitment and train-ing programs for new volunteers by September 2007.

Despite the challenges of working around current construction in 2006-07, MOA’s enthusiastic VAs and Shop Volunteers contributed 7,119 hours of their time (VAs 6,610 hours; Shop 509 hrs). MOA’s director and staff hosted the annual VA Appreciation Lunch in April this year at Green College.


The Collections Department was busy this year car-rying out activities driven by the Museum’s Renewal Project, including the Collections Research Enhance-ment Project (CREP). This project comprises four streams of activity: surveying/bar-coding, digitizing, mounting, and packing/moving. To accomplish the expected goals of the project, the Collections Department expanded to 22 staff. By the end of the 2006-07 fiscal year, 20,073 objects in total had been surveyed, and 11,708 packed.

After some pilot work earlier in the year, the mount-making and digitization streams were underway in October and, by March, 3,450 objects had been mounted and 6,021 objects were digitally pho-tographed with multiple views. In addition, over 1,400 electronic object records had cultural and/or contextual data added to them through a data entry project. The public had access to two windows into the Digitization Studio and packing areas, to observe

CREP work firsthand, and a new micro-website was launched this year that outlines activities within the CREP program and provides progress updates: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/crep/.

In order to store and manage the thousands of new digital images being produced, a FileMaker Pro im-age database was developed and a new image server set up. An image upload utility was also developed to work with MOA’s existing Collections Manage-ment software and bar-coding system. To facilitate construction on the south side of the Museum, the entire textile collection was moved into the Theatre Gallery for temporary storage early in the year, and Collections staff and the works-on-paper collection were moved into the former Gallery 5 exhibition space later in the summer. Work on the Pesticide Residue Project began mid-October after some pilot work. By mid-March, 1,737 tests had been complet-ed on a total of 690 objects, with an average of 2.5

COLLECTIONS CARE

& MANAGEMENT


CREP staff surveying, mounting, and packing the collectionsPhotos: Rebecca Pasch

tests per object. The majority of objects with higher readings of arsenic, mercury, and lead were found to have originated from a single collection.

In addition to Renewal Project work, Collections staff facilitated numerous First Nations community consultation requests and managed several loans, including a loan of Northwest Coast contemporary art to McKenzie House requested by the new UBC President. Conservator and Collections Research Enhancement Project (CREP) Lead Heidi Swierenga taught Anthropology 452, Conservation of Organic Materials, for the first time.

Collections Volunteers again provided their assis-tance to the CREP project, assembling hundreds of boxes and trays and making object pillows needed to pack the thousands of objects in the Museum’s collections.

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CURATORIALThis year, much of the curators’ energy was directed towards the research required to ensure the cultur-ally appropriate representation of objects in MOA’s planned Multiversity Galleries (formerly Visible Stor-age). This involved building respectful relationships with many communities in BC and beyond. Curators met elders, artists, and scholars, and participated in community meetings and celebrations in Port Alber-ni, Kingcome Inlet, Prince Rupert, Bella Coola, and as far away as Australia, Papua New Guinea, Korea, Mexico, and Alaska. Members of the Musgamuxw Dzawadenuxw, Lil’wat, Tsleil Waututh, In-Shuck-ch, Mayan, Malawan, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Fijian communities came to view material at MOA. Many of these visits were related directly to the Renewal Project, others were related to community-based projects. Memoranda of Understanding with the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA) and the Fiji National Museum were prepared and will be signed before the end of 2007. These, along with other agreements, will form a foundation for future collaborative work with communities whose cultural objects are housed in the Museum.

The support of many student assistants, including curatorial work on the new Multiversity Galleries also involved compiling information binders that were shared with communities both locally and internationally. These contained photographs and information about the collections. As part of their

Association, Western Museums Association, Pacific Arts Association, the Northwest Ceramics Founda-tion, First Nations Arts Advisory Committee, UBC Faculty of Arts, Indigenous Academic Caucus, First Nations Recruitment Committee, Heiltsuk Urban Dance group, and the Canadian Polar Commission.

Curators also contributed their expertise to various projects such as the new Squamish Lil’wat cultural centre being constructed in Whistler, Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art at North Coast Community College, Terrace, BC, Northwest Coast art commissions at the Vancouver International Airport, the repatriation of the G’psgolox pole from Sweden to Kitimaat, the West Vancouver Sculpture symposium, the Public Art Committee of the City of Vancouver, Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), CBC, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the American Museum of Natural History.

In November, Dr Elizabeth Johnson, Curator, Asia, retired from the Museum. While at MOA, she taught undergraduate museum courses in the Anthropol-ogy department, researched and installed numerous excellent exhibitions, built impressive Asian and textile collections, published widely, and contributed in myriad ways to MOA’s reputation for community involvement. She continues her relationship with MOA as a Research Fellow and Curator Emerita.

research, curators are working with community members on the correct identification and appropri-ate display and/or storage of the objects. The result of much of this research will be contained in source books that will be accessible in the new Galleries. Apart from Renewal work, Pam Brown managed the Native Youth Program, Bill McLennan planned for the renovation of the Haida House, and Karen Duf-fek curated important contemporary art exhibitions. Sue Rowley took on the role of Museum liaison with the Musqueam Band. Of particular interest was a successful application for an Andrew Fellowship that resulted in MOA hosting Papua New Guinea artist, Teddy Balangu, for five months (July-December).

While in residence, Teddy created two signature pieces for the Museum and worked with Carol Mayer on the documentation of existing works in the collection. Both Teddy and Carol participated in a documentary, Killer Whale and Crocodile, that will be shown on Bravo TV in the summer of 2007. Two other documentaries were made by Arrow produc-tions and the Vancouver Film School.

Curators continued to be active in a number of professional associations, including the Interna-tional Council of Museums, American Anthropology Association, Canadian Museums Association, BC Museums Association, The Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Pacific Islands Museum

Edgar Heap of Birds and Wheel: OverlaysPhoto: Kellan Higgins

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ARCHAEOLOGYThe Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) is a unit within the Department of Anthropology, and shares space within the Museum; LOA is also a partner in MOA’s Renewal Project. The Laboratory is led by Professor Michael Blake, who is accountable to the Head of the Department of Anthropology, and includes UBC archaeologists Brian Chisholm, Mark Collard, Lisa Cooper, Thomas Hikade, Zhichun Jing, Andrew Martindale, David Pokotylo, Susan Rowley, Hector Williams, and Roger Wilson, anthropologist Felice Wyndham, staff member Patricia Ormerod, post-doctoral researchers Briggs Buchanan and Julie Hollowell, GPS specialist Susan Formosa, and repa-triation researcher Kristen Haeusler.

The support of many student assistants, including workstudies funded by MOA, ANSO, and UBC, was invaluable in maintaining LOA’s day-to-day activities and in preparing for the Renewal Project. Archaeol-ogy Volunteers Marion Barker, Carolyn McLulich, Cathy Patel, Jenny Podlecki, and Mary Vickers also

PUBLICATIONSKramer, Jennifer Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National IdentityUBC Press, Vancouver, 2006

Kremer, Roberta S, Ed Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and AustriaBerg Publishing, London, 2007

Mayer, Carol ETransitions of a Still Life: Ceramic Work by Tam IrvingAnvil Press, Vancouver, 2007

McLennan, Bill and Karen DuffekThe Transforming Image:Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations Douglas & McIntyre: Vancouver/Toronto; University of Washington Press: Seattle, 2007 (first paperback edition after original hardcover published by UBC Press, 2000).

ARTICLES & REVIEWSBushey, JessicaKey Issues in the Creation, Use & Preservation of Born Digital ImagesInternational Symposium on Technologies for Digital Fulfillment, Las Vegas, NV. Society for Imaging Science and Technology Conference Proceedings, March 2007, pp. 4-27

Bushey, Jessica Review of Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition entitled Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists exposes the sad state of institutional archives.AABC Newsletter vol. 16, no. 1, Winter 2006 http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/newsletter/16_1/vancouver_art_gallery_exhibition.htm

Duffek, KarenBridging Knowledge Communities at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. In http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/umac/2006 (Website of ICOM’s International Committee of University Museums and Collections) 2006

Duffek, KarenWheel: Overlays An Installation by Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of BirdsExhibition brochure, UBC Museum of Anthropology 2007

EXPLORING

DIVERSITY

worked with the collections, presented the public school program to Grades 4 and 5.

Susan Rowley’s proactive repatriation project, The Journey Home, elicited numerous enquiries from First Nations researchers and some ancestral remains were repatriated.

In April, in preparation for Renewal-related renova-tions at MOA, the archaeology collections were packed and moved to temporary space in Mary Bollert Hall. Seven staff members were hired to pack the collections. Following the move, this crew worked with Susan Rowley and Patricia Ormerod to develop an object-based database for the collec-tions. Data-entry including digital photography commenced in October. By March, 54,387 objects had been recorded, including 10,254 with attached photographic records.

Throughout the year, LOA responded to almost daily requests for information from the public and as-sisted numerous students with research projects.

TEACHING & CURRICULUMThis year, renovations limited MOA’s ability to serve as a major site for academic courses providing theoretical and practical training in anthropology, archaeology, conservation, collections management, and museum studies. Still, we were able to offer select courses, including: ANTH 341 Introduction to Museum Anthropology, Dr R Kremer; ANTH 431 Studies in Museum Anthropology, K Hennessy; ANTH 451 Conservation of Organic Materials, H Swierenga; ANTH 518 Museum Methods, Dr J Kramer; and ANTH 551 Indigenous Peoples and Tourism, Dr J Kramer.

Pam Brown, Karen Duffek, Elizabeth Johnson, Carol Mayer, and Bill McLennan were guest lecturers in UBC undergraduate anthropology classes; Karen Duffek lectured in Critical Curatorial Studies; Pam Brown supervised the Native Youth Program; and Jennifer Kramer and Sue Rowley participated in the teaching of Musqueam 101. Anthony Shelton lectured in Humanities 101 and both lectured in and was appointed to the committee overseeing Critical Curatorial Studies. Museum staff also participated in various lecture series such as Discover the Art of this Land, and served on graduate committees in the Anthropology and Education Departments.


Kramer, JenniferReview of Ciuliamta Akluit: Things of Our Ancestors: Yup’ik Elders Explore the Jacobsen Collection at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 2005 American Anthropologist 108.4, 2006, pp. 896-897

Laszlo, Krisztina Review of A World Inside A 150-year History of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Christy Vodden and Ian Dyck. Ottawa: CMC Cor-poration, 2006. Archivaria no. 62, Fall 2006, pp. 210-13 Laszlo, KrisztinaReview of Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists Vancouver Art Gallery, October 15 2005–January 2, 2006. AABC Newsletter vol. 16 no. 1, Winter 2006. http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/newsletter/16_1/classified_ma-terials.htm

Mayer, Carol EThe Traveller and the Island Belle: Frank Burnett’s photography in the PacificJournal of Pacific History, 29:2, 2006, pp. 217-42

Mayer, Carol ECeramics on the Move: A Partnership of PeoplesBC Potters, 42:8, Potters Guild of BC, 2006, pp. 7-10

Mayer, Carol EBe bold, be radical… have funMuse 5-6 Vol. XX1V/3, 2006, p. 7

Mayer, Carol EMuseum of Anthropology welcomes Papua New Guinea artist to CanadaPIMA News, April-July, Pacific Islands Museums Association, 2006, pp. 7-8

Mayer, Carol ERhythms of the GaramutCatalogue introduction, November 2006. http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/exhibit.html/v5/58.

Rowley, SusanMichael Ames (June 13, 1933 - February 20, 2006)The Midden. 38.1, March 2006, pp. 4-5

Rowley, SusanReview of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, 2006Meridian. Fall/Winter 2006, pp. 17-19

Shelton, AnthonyThe Collector’s Zeal: Towards an Anthropology of Internationality, Instrumentality and DesireIn Pieter Keurs (ed), Colonial Collections Revisited, 2007 CNWS, Leiden, pp. 16-44

Shelton, AnthonyIntellige Ut Credas: The First Canada-China Cultural Exchange MissionMuse 25(2), 2007, pp. 12-15.

Shelton, AnthonyReport on the Future of Museums and Galleries in BC for Ken Dobell, advisor to the Premier on the Pacific Gateway Project, 2006

Swierenga, HeidiNew Poisons Old Problems: A Museum Resource for Managing Contaminated Cultural Material Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation 31, 2006, pp. 34-35

CONFERENCE PAPERS & LECTURES

Duffek, KarenBridging Knowledge Communities at the UBC Museum of AnthropologyPaper presented at the Annual Conference of ICOM’s International Committee of University Museums and Collections (UMAC), Mexico City, September 2006

Duffek, Karen and William Wasden, JrRe-thinking the Kwakwaka’wakw Collection at MOA. Joint presentation in the session, UBC Museum of Anthropology and Community Relations, Annual Conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver BC, March/April 2006

Kramer, JenniferTrade-marking Identity: The Nuxalk House in the CMC’s Grand Hall and the Nuxalk Collection in MOA’s New Research CentreDepartment of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, December 2006

Kramer, JenniferTrade-marking Identity: Nuxalk Cultural Property, Bella Coola Style and Collaborative MuseologyDepartment of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, November 2006

Kramer, JenniferNuxalk Visions/Bella Coola Style: On the Defense of Cultural Capital in the Global Art MarketPanel: Cultural Properties: Economies of Knowledge in the Post-National Landscape, Conference of the Universities Art Association of Canada, Halifax NS, November 2006


Mayer, Carol EHonoring our elders Presentation at the International Ceramics Sympo-sium, Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby BC, March 2007

Mayer, Carol EPartnership of Peoples: Ceramics in a cross-cultural perspectivePublic lecture given at the George Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, Toronto Ontario, February 2007

Mayer, Carol EFrom Heavyweights to Cross Trainers: The Changing Role of the CuratorPaper presented at the BCMA Conference, Prince George BC, October 2006

Mayer, Carol EFrom the Back Room to the Front Lines: The Changing Role of Curators Paper presented at the Western Museums Association Conference, Boise, Idaho, October 2006

Mayer, Carol E, and Teddy Sapame BalanguAndrew Fellowship: reflections on a residencyPublic talk at St. John’s College, UBC, Vancouver BC, September 2006

Mayer, Carol E Panel ChairMuseum of Anthropology and Community Relations, at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, March-April 2007

Rowley, Susan and Kristin HaeuslerThe Journey Home–a Proactive Repatriation Project at the University of British Columbia’s Laboratory of ArchaeologyRepatriation of Cultural Heritage Conference, Nuuk Greenland, February 2007

Rowley, Susan and Susan FormosaMonitoring Site Erosion & 3D Analysis of Artifact Distributions on Archaeological Sites as Tools of Choice GEOIDE Workshop, Vancouver, BC, January 2007

Rowley, SusanVancouver Premiere of The Journals of Knud RasmussenPanel member for discussion after screening, Vancouver BC, November 2006

Rowley, Susan, Chris Ames, Ezra Greene, Shelley Halle, Corri McEwen, Elizabeth McManus, Neil Miller, Wayne Point, and Patricia OrmerodDevelopment and Implementation of a New Database at the UBC Laboratory of Archaeology BC Archaeology Forum, Katzie BC, November 2006

Rowley Susan and Kristin HauslerThe Journey Home: Proactive Repatriation at the UBC Laboratory of ArchaeologyBC Archaeology Forum, Katzie BC, November 2006

Rowley SusanEconomic Decisions, Cultural ConsequencesThe View From Here Conference Quebec City, Quebec, September 2006

Rowley SusanWorkshop on Community Involvement in Archaeological Research (facilitator) The View From Here Conference, Quebec City Quebec, September 2006

Rowley SusanArchaeologists and the Public2006 Canadian Archaeological Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, April 2006

Shelton, AnthonySpace and Ideology in the Pre-Columbian WorldUniversity of Coimbra, Portugal, October 2006

Shelton, AnthonyOut with the Old. In with the New. Museums and Galleries for a New Century in Vancouver and BeyondUBC Robson Square Arts Lecture Series, Vancouver BC, November 2006

Shelton, AnthonyCollaboration between Chinese and Canadian Museums CMA Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, January 2007

Shelton, AnthonyThree talks: El Museo Nuevo del Quai Branly; Paris El Futuro de los Museos Universidade La Lagunilla, Tenerife, February 2007

Shelton, Anthony Three talks: Hacia una museologia critica; Patrimonio y Museos. Praticas corporals y transmission de conocimiento cultural; Patrimonio. Localidad, GlobalizacionMuseo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Santa Cruz Tenerife, Spain, February 2007

Shelton, AnthonyFor a Critical Museology: Six Propositions towards the Dissolution of the MuseumUniversity of Toronto, Department of Museum Studies, Toronto, Ontario, March 2007

Shelton, AnthonyAnthropology For a New AgePhoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California. Berkeley, California, May 2007

Shelton, AnthonyThe MOA Renewal ProjectDean of Arts Advisory Board, Vancouver, BC, May 2006

Shelton, AnthonyThe Redevelopment of the Museum of AnthropologyUBC Alumni Society, Hong Kong, September 2006

Shelton, AnthonyThe MOA Renewal Project and the Future of MuseumsUBC Alumni Society, Toronto, Ontario, November 2006

Shelton, AnthonyOpening RemarksRobert Davidson Exhibition, National Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, February 2007

AWARDSCunningham, DavidBursary for Advanced Specialized Study Canadian Museums Association, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage

Mayer, Carol EAdvanced study grant for Pacific researchCanadian Museums Association

Mayer, Carol EVisiting Fellowship at the Sainsbury Research CentreUniversity of East Anglia, UK

Shelton, AnthonyMade Senior Fellow, Green College, UBC, and Board member, Vancouver International Film Festival

VUEguideIn April, MOA’s multimedia guide to the galleries, the VUEguide, won the AAM Award for Excellence in Media and Technology

Photo: Douglas Curran


MAKING THE

DIFFERENCE

MEMBERSMuseum members play a vital role in supporting ongoing Museum exhibitions, programs, and re-search initiatives. In 2006-07, 521 memberships were purchased, serving a total of 1031individuals.

VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATES & SHOP VOLUNTEERS

Jane Bond–President 2006-07Wandamae AndersonMarion BarkerClaudia BeccaiEydie BernsteinNancy BrodieClyde BrownSheila CarnahanJosephine CoolePat CooperAnne CrossMarise DuttonAlison EmslieJudith EyrlAnn FerriesFreddy FosterMary ForsterRuth FraserArlee GaleVal GamageCarol GivtonCarol GordonKay GrandageMuna HamlinBarbara HarrowerRena HoodAnn HouseKay JillingsJohn KermacksGeonhee KimMaureen Kinney

John KirknessHelene LeeVerna ListerHonorine LoaderJean LubinLouise LupiniCarolyn MacLulichAllison Marshall RathJill McKnightCynthia McLeanAnne MorseJune MosherDorothy MudeJoan O’NeillCathy PatelNorah PaulTerry PerryJenny PodleckiMaureen RichardsonShirley SalomonJane ShumkaDarrel SmithSydney SpraggsPat StewartColette StorrowNancy StubbsBeverly TambolineGlenn ValdeMary VickersGillian VoightChristine Wisenthal

PERMANENT STAFF

Director’s Office

Anthony Shelton Director Sarah Carr-Locke Assistant to the Director from Aug 15 2006Nina Chatelain Assistant to the Director LOA from Aug 22 2006Leslie Fields Manager, Development, Renewal Project Moya Waters Associate Director / Renewal Project Lead

Administration Department

Anna Pappalardo Assistant Director, Financial Resources– Department HeadJustine Dainard Research Manager as of July 1 2006Susan Fordham Museum Shop Clerk Troy Gauthier IT Manager Krisztina Laszlo ArchivistSalma Mawani Supervisor Administration / Shop Manager, WholesaleMaria Miu Accounts PayableHalima Qureshi Accounts ReceivableAnn Stevenson Information Manager LOA Sept 1 2006–Apr 30 2007Deborah Tibbel Shop Manager, Retail

Collections Care & Management Department

Heidi Swierenga Conservator / Collections Research Enhancement Project Lead–Dept. HeadSusan Baxevanis Collections & Loans Coordinator Maternity Leave–Aug 14 2006Nancy Bruegeman Collections ManagerMagdalena Moore Collections & Loans Coordinator Aug 2 2006–Aug 13 2007

Curatorial Department

Carol Mayer Curator, Africa / Pacific- Department HeadPam Brown Curator, Pacific NorthwestKaren Duffek Curator, Pacific NorthwestElizabeth Johnson Curator, Asia to Nov 30 2006Jennifer Kramer Curator, Pacific Northwest Bill McLennan Curator, Pacific NorthwestSusan Rowley Curator, Arctic & Public Archaeology

Public & Community Service Department

Jennifer Webb Manager, Communications Department HeadJill Baird Curator, Education & Public Programs LOA from Jan 1 2007Skooker Broome Manager Design/ProductionDavid Cunningham Renewal Building LeadRoberta Kremer Acting Curator, Education & Public Programs Nov 20 2006 to Jan 14 2008Gwilyn Timmers Bookings Coordinator

Academic Researchers Carolyn MacLulich

Archives AssistantsNadine Hafter Dan Farrell

Library AssistantsHelena Kudzia Susannah Smith

Collections AssistantsKrista Bergstrom Kathy BondKim Dertien

CREP StaffJessica Bushey Josh DohertyDJ Dyer Aimee GrimesGeorge Grove Kelly HomenickShabnam Honorbakhsh Katrina IgglesdenErin LaRocque Amanda LouisMagdalena Moore Trish OwenRebecca Pasch Nolwenn PianezzaWendy Porter Katrina TaleiDerek Tan Mauray ToutloffCourtney Waverick

Design AssistantsJerome Adrias Jason McRae

Education & Public Programs AssistantsKimberly Baker Karen BenbassatAnjuli Solanki

InternsKristen Haeusler

LOA StaffChristopher Ames Sharon FortneyEzra Greene Shelley HalleErin Hannon Lenore HarperNeil Miller Corri McEwenElizabeth McManus Wayne Point

RRN Research AssociateUlrike Radermacher

MOA Student StaffAli Ahmed Neale BarnholdenRahul Bhindi Mai BuiMarie Crawford Kanchan DhahanStephan Van Eeden Maija FengerJulie Fergusuon Minoli FernandoKristi Fuoco Whitney GriswoldSamuel Hu Dara HutchinsonHeather Jackson Maheen JavedJaclyn Kirby Catherine KooHelena Kudzia Desiree MorinNicole Nadeau Lauren NguyenChhaya Nirwan Jo-Ann Osei-TwumMeghan Park Brianne PfaffJonathan PokotyloMegan RaschigMegan RobertsonNaomi SalinasAdrian SandersKai SheffieldFarah SheriffdeenQuing SongKathleen SperryMicaela SteingartenJennifer SungKristine ThiessenPeter Wang

WorkstudiesChristopher BettencourtLea D’AltroyBenjamin DanielDaniel FarrellSierra GemmaNadine HafnerSayed Pouriya HosseniRuth LetgensTania MottusTina StokvisJennifer TitsSarah Turnbull

Native Youth ProjectRhonda Sheena, ManagerRicky AugustDesiree HolmesTashina LewisDaniel PaulDennis PierreKayla Lee Sparrow

STUDENTS, CONTRACT STAFF, NATIVE YOUTH


DONORS

Ms Ann Cameron Dr Julian Davies Count Enrico Dobrzensky Ms Anne-Marie Fenger Mr Vernon Forster Ms Margaret Irving

Textile Storage

Mrs Valentine Gamage Mrs Frances Mitchell

Donations to the Collection

Mr Changhyun Han 10 Korean dance masks made by donorMs Nancy Mellor 1 silver bracelet by Charles Gladstone (Haida)Ms Elizabeth Murchie 1 silkscreen print by Bill Reid estate (Haida)Native Education 1 Northwest Coast button blanket Centre made by Mia Hunt and her studentsMr Frank Perry estate 1 gold ring by Bill Reid (Haida)Ms Celeste Shannte 1 oil painting by Cameron Ian MacLeod (Canadian)Ms Janet So 1 Chinese book of 19th century medical notesMs Jay Stewart 1 silkscreen print by Doug Cranmer (‘Namgis)Mr Desmond Tucker 3 Cypriot classical ceramicsMr Michael Williams 5 Pacific Island objects from the collection of the missionary Rev. John Williams

Acquisitions made possible by the Museum Shop

Silver bracelet by Charles Gladstone (Haida)Coke Salish light box by Sonny Assu (Kwakwaka’wakw)Fisherwoman finial carving by Teddy Balangu (Simal–Papua New Guinea)Tuwatmeri clan pole by Teddy Balangu (Simal–Papua New Guinea)Two ceramic tiles by Irene Berchtenbreiter (Canadian)

Donors to the MOA Archives

Father Harry Donald Ms Helen MooreMrs Mary Noble

Mr Frank Jones Dr Charles Rennie Mr Michael Rhodes United Way of the Lower Mainland

Financial Donations General

Mrs Sandra Albo Mrs Marian Creer Ms Nancy JeffersonMr Christopher LeeMrs Anne Matheson Ms Molly Moriarty Dr Clayton Robinson

Mr William Roche Mrs Sheila Romalis Mrs M Rosemary Schubert Mrs Helen Smith AnonymousMs Kit (Alison) Szanto

MOA Renewal Fund

Estate of Maxine Kathleen Allison LewisMrs Joan Gish Ms Hillary Haggan

Ms Helen Nichols Mrs B Jane Robinson Mrs Celeste Shannte Mrs Edith York

Reciprocal Network Community Liaison Project

The Vancouver Foundation

A Dialogue of Cities

Bing Thom Architects FoundationStantec

Asian Illuminations Lecture Series

Canadian Society of Asian Arts

Audrey Hawthorn Publications Fund

Mrs Elspeth McConnell

Haida House Renovations

The Annenberg FoundationZLB Behring GmbH

Hilary Stewart Fund

Mrs Beryl Ann Woodrow

Native Youth Program

Aboriginal Career Community Employment Services Society

Donors to the MOA Library

Additional Contributions

In addition to donations to MOA, the following contribu-tions were made to the Dr Michael M Ames Scholarship in Museum Studies, administered by the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Estate of Dr M M AmesDr Miriam ClavirMs Barbara DeMottMrs Anne-Marie Fenger Mrs Carol GivtonDr Aaron GlassEstate of Dr Harry HawthornDr Elizabeth Johnson Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Ms Nicky Levell

Ms Kjerstin MackieDr Carol E MayerDr Jiri PajerDr David PokotyloDr Emanuela Rossi Dr Anthony Shelton Ms Leona SparrowSpirit Wrestler GalleryDr Boris Wastiau Mrs Jennifer Webb Mrs Christine Wisenthal

Ms Louise AveryMrs Martha BaldwinMrs Seemah BersonDr Thomas Blake Dr Alexia Bloch Dr Janice BoddyMrs Radicy Braletic Dr Gillian Creese Dr Julia CruikshankMrs Patricia Cooper Mrs Jacqueline Cronin Mr David Cunningham Dr Dawn Currie AnonymousMs Karen DuffekMrs Marise DuttonMrs Margaret Farr Dr Jill Fitzell Dr Martha Foschi Ms Jacqueline Gijssen Ms Michelle Green Dr Sheila GreavesMs Evelyn GrinnellAnonymousDr Neil Guppy Ms Andrea Haworth AnonymousMs Sharilyn Ingram Dr Elizabeth Johnson Dr Graham Johnson Ms Diane Keighley Dr Tom Kemple Dr Meredith Kimball Mr John KirknessDr Jennifer Kramer Ms Geraldine Lahiffe Mr Mathew Lechtzier Dr Patricia Lee

Ms Tamara Little Mrs Deirdre Lott Mr Richard MaguireMs Dominique Major Dr Anne Martin-Matthews Mrs Donna Matthews Dr Renisa Mawani Dr Martin MeissnerAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousMrs Susan MoogkDr Blanca Muratorio Ms Helen Nichols Ms Patricia Ormerod Dr Ruth Phillips Dr Peter PineoMrs Martha PowellDr Saida Rasul Ms Hindaleah RatnerDr Terry Reynolds Mrs Roberta RichMs Madeline Rowan Ms Gurjit Sandhu Dr David SchweitzerDr Margaret StottDr Robert SmallMs Leona Sparrow Dr John Stager AnonymousMs Kathryn Sykanda Dr Brian Thom Mr John Torpey UBC PressMs Elizabeth Wardwell Mrs Jennifer Webb Dr Rima Wilkes Mrs Christine Wisenthal

Friend of MOA (donations of $100+)

Each year, the Museum and the people and commu-nities it serves benefit from the generosity of many individuals and organizations. We would like to thank all those who have contributed funds, books, artworks, artifacts, and time to MOA. All contribu-tions were made between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007.

Thanks to these organizations for their support and furtherance of MOA projects and programs

First Nations House of Learning, UBCAfrica Awareness, UBC Andrew FellowshipBC Teachers FederationCanadian Society for Asian ArtsCommonwealth of LearningDeans Knight Capital Management Ltd.Dept of Anthropology & Sociology, UBCDept of Art History, Visual Art & TheoryEcotrust CanadaFaculty of Arts, UBCGeorgia StraightMr Michael GondweInternational Architecture Critics’ Association

Latin American Studies Program, UBCListel VancouverLiu Institute for Global IssuesMr Aaron MaluwaMorris and Helen Belkin Art GalleryMusqueam Indian BandNa na kila InstitutePeter Wall Institute for Advanced StudiesMs Sanya PleshakovRoyal Commonwealth SocietySchool of Social Work & Family Studies, UBCMs Leona SparrowStantecVida y Paz


FINANCIAL REPORT

MUSEUM OPERATING FUNDS

4 UBCGeneralPurposeandFeeforServiceFunds

Revenue Admission/Membership 760,650 Shop 903,651 FacilityRentals 51,291 UBCOperatingSupport 1,121,788 OtherRevenues 48,416 Total Income 2,��,7��

Expenses SalariesandBenefits 1,519,077 ShopExpenses 600,862 RentalExpenses 15,557 Director’sFund 35,365 Curatorial 24,334 Acquisitions 21,690 Exhibits 39,581 CollectionsCareandManagement 40,581 PublicProgramming/Education 87,202 ArchaeologyLab/Archives/Library 10,926 Administration&Operations 152,938 Communications&Marketing 90,070 Design/BuildingMaintenance 27,095 ITandSecuritySystems 33,717 CostReductions (24,807) Total Expenses 2,�7�,1�1 Transfer to Restricted Funding (370,000) Change Museum Operating Funds (1��,3�3)

RESTRICTED FUNDS

4 EndowmentFunding

Funding AnnualEndowmentIncome 105,769 Re-capitalizedinterest (384,962) Total Funding (27�,1�3)

Expenses Total Expenses 1,000 Change in Endowment Funds (2�0,1�3)

4 SpecificPurposeFunding

Funding BCArtsCouncilOperatingGrant 65,000 Legacy2010:AsianCentreFeasibilityStudy 12,000 CanadianSocietyforAsianArt 10,000 NativeYouthProgramFunding 21,398 NativeYouthDonations 6,232 Donations(GeneralandRenewal) 25,317 Adjustmentforerrorinbudget adjustment2005-2006 (77,000) Total Funding �2,��

Expenses NativeYouthProgram 32,162 RenewalFundraising:CostReduction (15,000) TextileSourcebookProject 966 Total Expenses 1�,12� Change in Specific Purpose Funds ��,�20

ENSURING OUR

LEGACY

Lidded Container, Koerner Ceramics CollectionPhoto: Ken Mayer Studios


4 Research&TrustFunds

Funding MOARenewalProject:CFI/BCKDFEligible(160,000) CanadianHeritage 96,609 CanadaCouncil 17,200 SSHRC:BridgingKnowledgeCommunities 155,625 UniversityFacultyResearchSupport 3,000 Total Funding 112,�3�

Expenses MOARenewalProject:CFI/BCKDFEligible 4,584,132 CanadianHeritage 78,508 VancouverFoundation 7,541 CanadaCouncil 9,069 SSHRC:BridgingKnowledgeCommunities 34,706 Total Expense �,71�,230 Change in Research and Trust Funds (�,�03,7��)

Capital Funding MOARenewalProject: Non-CFI/BCKDFEligible 4,759,822 HaidaHouseExternalSupport 26,882 HaidaHouse:InternalFundTransfer 215,748 UniversitySpecialEquipmentFund 25,000 MusqueamArtCommission:InternalTransfer 300,000 Total Funding �,327,��2

Expenses MOARenewalProject: Non-CFI/BCKDFEligible 989,741 HaidaHouse 1,310 UniversitySpecialEquipmentFund 40,765 MusqueamArtCommission 3,570 Total Expenses 1,03�,3�� Change in Capital Funds �,2�2,0��

Balance Forward March 31, 200� �,�01,��1TotalRevenue/Funding 8,109,440TotalExpenses (8,444,936)TransferofRevenuetoRestrictedFunds (370,000)Balance Forward March 31, 2007 �,1��,��

Note:Thisstatementispreparedonafundbasis.Incomeisincludedonanallocatedfundingbasisoronacashbasisinthecaseoffeeforservicefunds.Expenses,includingcapitalpurchases,areincludedonacashbasis.FundingandexpensesfortheMuseum’sRenewalProjectarerecordedinResearchandTrustorCapitalfundsdependingonthefundingsource.

EXTERNAL GRANTS & AWARDS

Canadian Heritage Museums Assistance Program PesticideResidueAssessmentProject 44,400BC Arts Council OperatingSupport 65,000

Canada Council EdgarHeapofBirdsInstallationProject 12,000 EdgarHeapofBirds UrbanNativeYouthWorkshop 5,200

Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society NativeYouthProgram 21,398

The Annenberg Foundation HaidaHouse 15,000

2010 Legacies Now FeasibilityStudyforAsianWing 15,000

Canadian Society for Asian Arts FeasibilityStudyforAsianWing 5,000 AsianIlluminationsSeries 5,000

Quiring-Loewen Trust ResearchontheAnneandJakeLoewen CollectionofWounanaArtifacts 5,000

Canadian Museums Association Advanced Study Grant DrCMayer 1,200

University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts SpecialEquipmentGrant 25,000

Total $21�,1��

Raphael Geronimo, World Rhythms Photo coutesy of the artist


LIST OF EXHIBITIONS

Haisla G’psgolox PoleApril 26–June 18 2006The Haisla G’psgolox pole, housed in the Swedish Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm for 80 years, was returned to the community of Kitamaat in the summer of 2006. On its way home, the 9-meter pole was displayed horizontally at MOA for six weeks. Thanks to Na Na Kila Institute and Ecotrust Canada for their assistance in organizing the exhibit at MOA.

Aga Khan Architectural Award Winners 1��0-200� June 1–23 2006 Winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture over the last twenty years were featured in a photographic display timed to coincide with A Dialogue of Cities, a three-day public program presented June 1-3 by MOA and the International Architectural Critics’ Association. The Award was established in 1977 to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Islamic culture as expressed through architecture.

A Partnership of Peoples ExhibitOpened June 5 2006, Gallery 8In this exhibit, we display our plans for expansion and renovation, a scale model, and samples of architectural details, finishings, and furnishings. We also open a window onto our Digitization Studio, in which photographers use state-of-the-art digital cameras and high-speed computers to capture high resolution images of the collections on a daily basis.

Memory, Place, and Displacement: A Journey by Jésus Abad ColoradoMarch 28–June 10 2006, Gallery 10This exhibit by Colombian photo-journalist Jésus Abad Colorado showed the effects of war and dis-placement within Colombia, and the ways in which those affected express their resiliency. The exhibit

APPENDICESpreceded the World Peace Forum at UBC, and was intended to spark critical thinking about issues of global significance. Memory, Place and Displacement was sponsored by MOA, the Latin American Studies Program, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Stud-ies, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, the School of Social Work and Family Studies, and the community group Vida y Paz, Colombia.

Acts of Transformation: From War Toys to Peace ArtJune 20–October 31 2006, Gallery 10In June 2006, the World Peace Forum and the Inter-national Peace Education Conference took place in Vancouver. In response to these important events, MOA partnered with the BC Teachers Federation to present an exhibit dedicated to the ideals of peace. The exhibit featured toys of violence transformed into objects of art by BC students, teachers, artists, and activists.

The Village is Tilting: Dancing AIDS in MalawiFebruary 6–September 3 2007, Gallery 10This exhibit incorporated masks, life-size photo-graphs, video interviews in Chichewa (with English subtitles), and dance footage to document the depth of awareness and cultural response to the AIDS pan-demic by rural Malawians. The Village is Tilting was guest curated and assembled by Vancouver-based photographer Douglas Curran, who has documented the Chewa mask culture for over ten years.

Wheel: OverlaysAn Installation by Edgar Heap of Birds Tuesday, March 20–Sunday, April 29, 2007, Great HallWheel: Overlays was a site-specific installation created for MOA’s Great Hall by renowned Native American artist Edgar Heap of Birds, who lives and works in Oklahoma. The installation comprised ten semi-transparent “tree forms” set in a 40-foot circular arrangement. Each form was 10 feet high, its vertical

Artwork by Kakande Tom, Uganda Image courtesy YouLead

Installation of The Abstract Edge at the National Gallery of Canada Photo: the National Gallery


Tibetan Monks in ResidenceTuesday April 18–Sunday April 23 2006Eight Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery visited Canada in April as part of a cul-tural tour organized by the Friends of the Drepung Gomang. From April 18–23 2006 the monks created a sand Mandela in MOA’s Great Hall. A closing cer-emony took place on April 23 2006 with 250 people in attendance. As part of their visit, the monks also offered school workshops on the creation of butter sculptures, April 19–21 2006.

A Dialogue of Cities: A Public Celebration of the Museum in the Metropolis and the Metropolis as MuseumThursday June 1–Saturday June 3 2006Vancouver’s place amongst the great cities of the world was the focus of a public event sponsored by MOA and CICA, the International Architecture Critics’ Association. Two downtown evenings of illustrated lectures by prominent international crit-ics were followed by a public forum at MOA about Vancouver’s future. A Dialogue of Cities was organized by MOA curator Jill Baird and Vancouver critic Trevor Boddy, with speakers Louise Noelle Gras, Joseph Rykwert, Desmond Hui, Yasmin Shariff, Robert Ivy, Roberto Segre, Samia Rab, and Dennis Sharp. The fo-cus was on recent design and urban trends in world cities, and the potential for the metropolis — and museums — to function as mirrors of cultural his-tory, diversity, and achievement.

Lyle Wilson carving in Great Hall, Photo: Ric Ernst, Province Newspaper

Portuguese DaySaturday June 10 2006 2:00 pmMOA presented a program of dance, music, and po-etry to mark Portuguese Heritage Month. Performers include Children’s Folklore, Madeira Folklore, Cruz de Cristo, Amigos do Pico Folklore, Margens Choral Group, and Os 3 de Portugal, a fado trio. Featured speakers are MOA Director Dr Anthony Shelton, Terry Costa of the Portuguese Benevolent Society, the Ambassador of Portugal, and the Consul of Portugal. Weaving Worlds Together: Sustainability, Urban Aboriginal Youth, and UBCSunday June 18 2006, 2:00-4:00 pmMOA, University Town, and UBC Community Affairs hosted this event to highlight issues related to sus-tainability and urban aboriginal youth. In advance of National Aboriginal Day (June 21) and the World Urban Forum, the afternoon included presenta-tions by renowned speakers, aboriginal youth, and Vancouver’s multicultural ensemble, Jou Tou.

Roundtable: Territories of kinship, trails and trees: The power of indigenous territory in BrazilWednesday September 6 2006 1:00–3:00 pm Susana de Matos Viegas, Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal, discussed compet-ing understandings of ‘territory’ with regard to the Tupinambá Indians of Olivença, in Brazil, who have for centuries officially been considered extinct. Pro-fessor de Matos Viegas did her fieldwork among the

structure referencing the forked-tree supports used in Plains solstice lodges. The installation and the stories it represented stood in relationship to the North-west Coast First Nations totem poles permanently displayed around it.

LIST OF ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Sepik Artist in ResidenceJuly–December 2006, Great HallTeddy Balangu, an artist from Papua New Guinea, was in residence at MOA through December. Spon-sored by the Andrew Fellowship, he carved two new poles for the collection.

Lyle Wilson CarvingJanuary 15 2007, Great HallWeegit, meaning “Great Man” in the Haisla lan-guage, is known along the Northwest Coast as a magical raven. This year, Weegit took the form of a three-foot diameter, red-cedar mask carved in the Great Hall by Lyle Wilson. Weegit appeared in the center of the mask, surrounded by a corona of rays symbolizing the rays of the sun, as well as the sharp tongues he uses to talk himself into so many of his (mis)adventures.

LIST OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Thresholds of Curatorship: International Perspectives on Museums, Anthropology and ArtThursday April 6 2006 (final talk in series of six)Dr Jette Sandahl, Museum of World Culture, Go-thenburg, Sweden, gave the final talk in this series, which began Thursday, February 9. (For a list of other talks in the series, please see Annual Report 2005-06.)


Reading for Your WritesSunday November 5 2006 2:00 pm In conjunction with the exhibition Acts of Transforma-tion: From War Toys to Peace Art, MOA presented an afternoon of ideas and interaction with three local authors writing about the roots of conflict, reconcilia-tion, and social justice.

Dancers of Damelahamid November 3, 17 & 24 2006 10:00 amThe Dancers of Damelahamid presented masked dances, stories, and songs belonging to Hagbegwatku, the highest-ranking chief of the Gitxsan House of Dakhumhast. Included were traditional songs used to welcome guests and villagers to a feast, and newer songs describing events leading up to contact with Europeans.

Africa Awareness SymposiumTuesday January 23 2007 5:30 pm Searching for African Solutions to Contemporary Challenges was the theme of this year’s Africa Aware-ness Symposium at UBC (January 22-27 2007). MOA co-hosted the opening event, which featured a choral rendition of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika and a keynote speaker. The symposium provided unique opportu-nities for UBC students and the public to focus on contemporary issues in Africa.

Cover of Switchbacks by Jennifer Kramer

Tupinambá, and authored the Report for the Iden-tification of the Indigenous Land of the Tupinambá Indians for UNESCO.

New Voices, New RhythmsPerformances by local artists fusing distinct musical traditions to create new sounds and new rhythms.

World Rhythms ConcertSaturday October 14 2006 2:00 pm An eclectic world music event featuring three leading Vancouver percussionists, Hari Pal, Joseph ‘Pepe’ Danza, and Rafael Geronimo.

Hip Hop Concert: Cris Derksen and Rapsure Risin’Saturday October 21 2006 2:00 pm Hip-hop, rock, folk, and country with an aboriginal twist: Cris Derksen and Rapsure Risin rocked the Great Hall.

SPACE POP/ Experimental Jazz ConcertSaturday October 28 2006 2:00 pm The dynamic and adventurous 7-piece band Fond of Tigers united some of Vancouver’s finest young and creative musicians on the scene today.

Asian Illuminations Lecture SeriesMOA and the Canadian Society for Asian Arts co-presented an exciting series of lectures by some of the world’s leading Asian art historians, including Drs. Hsingyuan Tsao, Timon Screech, Boreth Ly, and Craig Clunas. At the Centre of the Shogun’s Realm: The ‘Bridge of Japan’ and its Symbolic MeaningTuesday September 19 2006 7:00 pm Timon Screech, Reader at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Mangolia and Art of the Eurasian SteppesTuesday October 17 2006 7:00 pm Hsingyuan Tsao, Assistant Professor of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at UBC.

Of Border and Battle Lines: A Critique of Art Historical Perspectives on Cultural Geography, Race, Identities, and the Politics of OwnershipTuesday February 27 2007 7:00 pm Dr Boreth Ly, Rockefeller Resident Fellow, Simpson Centre for the Humanities, University of Washing-ton, Seattle.

Patterns Cut in Stone: Kings and the Agency of Calligraphy in Ming ChinaTuesday March 27 2007 7:00 pm Dr Craig Clunas, Percival David Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Unveiling of Clan Pole by Teddy Balangu Sunday December 9 2006A new pole carved by Teddy Balangu, artist-in-resi-dence for six months at MOA (July-December, 2006) was unveiled. The pole eventually will be installed in the Museum’s new Multiversity Galleries.

Book Launch–Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National IdentityThursday October 5 2006 12:30 pmMOA hosted the launch of Switchbacks: Art, Owner-ship and Nuxalk National Identity, by Jennifer Kramer, MOA Curator, Pacific Northwest. Switchbacks ex-plores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, BC negotiate such complex issues as the ownership of culture and its transmission to future generations.

Katsushika Hokusai, Nihon-bashi, from Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji, c 1832Image courtesy Timon Screech


A Hierarchy of Existences: Talk by Douglas CurranTuesday February 20 2007 7:00 pm The realm of Chewa spirituality is without apocalyptic vision, and focuses on the practical and pragmatic, rather than the mystical and futuristic. In this talk, The Village is Tilting guest curator Douglas Curran described how the Chewa organize their metaphysical universe, and its relationship to the spirits of animals and mankind.

Perceptions of Africa: A DialogueThursday March 8–Saturday March 10 2007, Great HallIn association with the exhibition, The Village is Tilting: Dancing AIDS in Malawi, MOA presented Perceptions of Africa: A Dialogue, three evenings of pre-sentations, conversation, and reflection on themes of

Africa, AIDS, and representation of Africa by the West. Along with African students, presenters included Dr Handel Wright, Canada Research Chair in Compara-tive Cultural Studies, Michael Gondwe and Aaron Maluwa, AIDS Educators from Malawi, and Dr Julio Montaner, Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. This was the second in the Museum’s annual Global Dialogue series, following on the very successful Dialogue of Cities event in June 2006.

LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

Recovering Our Way: Reflections on Recent Heiltsuk Ceremonial and Cultural HistoryPam Brown, Curator, Pacific Northwest & Phil Hogan, Community ResearcherThis sourcebook in the words of Heiltsuk teacher, historian, and cultural advisor Haemzid (David Gladstone) will be completed in Fall 2009.

Nusi (Ian Reid), Heiltsuk Artist, and the Making of a Heiltsuk CanoePam Brown, Curator, Pacific NorthwestIan Reid is the subject of this sourcebook to be published in Fall 2009.

Bridging Knowledge Communities & Partnership of Peoples Projects to Develop the new Research CentreKaren Duffek, Curator, Pacific NorthwestFunded by SSHRC, Karen consulted with members of the Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw com-munities to re-think the ways in which their heritage materials can be respectfully displayed, stored, cared for, named, and documented, and to consider how the management of these collections can support the cultural learning and access needs of the communities.

Great Hall LabelsKaren Duffek, Curator, Pacific Northwest and Bill McLennan, Curator, Pacific NorthwestKaren and Bill are developing entirely new labels for MOA’s Great Hall. These will present new research using historical photographs and archival records, as well as histories and commentaries provided by First Nations community members. The labels will be installed as completed through 2007–08.

Opening Exhibition for 2010, Boundary and Translation: New Art Across CulturesKaren Duffek, Curator, Pacific Northwest with guest cura-tor Niranjan Rajah, Assistant Professor, School of Interac-tive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser UniversityKaren and Niranjan are conducting research for this major exhibition focusing on the contemporary work of international artists who address issues around culture and its relationship to place, boundary, and translation in the 21st century.

Writing Northwest Coast Art: An Anthology, 177�-2000Karen Duffek, Curator, Pacific NorthwestEdited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ki-ke-in (Ron Hamilton), this book will offer excerpts from the extensive literature which has played a role in the construction of ‘Northwest Coast art.’ Karen is researching and writing a chapter on the growth of the Northwest Coast Aboriginal art market since 1965.

Contemporary Art and ArtistsKaren Duffek, Curator, Pacific NorthwestKaren collaborated with aboriginal artists for exhibi-tions she was curating, for acquisitions, and for publication. Included were Kwakwaka’wakw artist Sonny Assu, whose work Coke Salish was acquired for MOA’s collection in 2006; Cheyenne/Arapaho artist Edgar Heap of Birds, whose installation, Wheel: Over-lays, opened at MOA on March 20, 2007; and Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, who was preparing three site-specific installations, entitled Meddling in the Museum, to open at MOA in July 2007.

Territories of the Present: Contemporary Indigenous Art of the Northwest CoastKaren Duffek, Curator, Pacific NorthwestKaren is researching a book on current artistic and cultural practices amongst Northwest Coast First Nations. Intended for the general reader, the book moves the discussion of ‘Northwest Coast art’ beyond formalist, aesthetic studies toward a focus on the changing relationships between the art and its sites and contexts. Discussions of specific objects, makers, and histories place the art in relation to people, com-munities, shifting political terrains, criteria of value, and the spaces (including MOA) within which these objects now circulate.

Unveiling of Clan Pole by Teddy Balangu Photo: Carol Mayer

Fisherwoman by Teddy Balangu, Palembei, Papua New GuineaPhoto: Ken Mayer Studios


Silver Bracelet by Charles EdenshawPhoto: Bill McLennan

European Ceramics:The Koerner CollectionCarol E Mayer, Curator, Africa/PacificPreparation continued on a UBC Press publication examining the theoretical, philosophical, and prag-matic factors associated with acquiring, researching, and exhibiting the Koerner Collection of European ceramics displayed in the Koerner Gallery. Based on Carol’s PhD dissertation Metaphors and Ways of Seeing: The Development of the Permanent Exhibition (1996), the work will also provide documentation of MOA’s collection of European ceramics.

Island Journeys:The Restaging of Oceania Carol E Mayer, Curator, Africa/PacificCarol continued research on MOA’s collection of Pacific Island objects collected by Frank Burnett. In Fall 2007, she will spend two months at the Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia, to draft a publication addressing the role of artifacts and photography in the documentation of colonial-ism in the late 19th/early 20th c. Pacific. The book will be published by Crawford House, Australia, in 2008. Killer Whale and Crocodile:

A Temporary ExhibitionCarol E Mayer, Curator, Africa/PacificResearch began towards a temporary exhibition (2009) and publication addressing the relationship between contemporary art, myth, and environment in contemporary Salish and Papua New Guinea (PNG) art. Research involves visiting and interviewing artists in BC and the Pacific, and documentation of MOA’s existing collection of contemporary PNG arts.

The New Voyagers: Pacific Artists in a Global WorldCarol E Mayer, Curator: Africa/PacificCarol is a contributing author to this book, which includes the voices of academics, museum curators, gallery owners, and indigenous artists. Edited by Robert Welsch, Carol’s chapter, Remnants of Authentic-ity, Expressions of Continuity and Reflections of Rupture: Contemporary Pacific Art in Ethnographic Collections, will focus on the range of arts being pro-duced in Pacific societies today, and their relationship to the wider art market. MOA’s new Multiversity Galleries: African collectionsCarol E Mayer, Curator, Africa/PacificWorking with community contacts in African countries, Carol continued her research on the development of appropriate documentation and display strategies for the African collections and their placement in the new Multiversity Galleries. To date, a content analysis of the collections has been completed and binders of information about the collections have been sent to Ghana, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.

Dancers of DamelahamidPhoto courtesy Margaret Grenier

Works attributed to Charles and Isabel EdenshawBill McLennan, Curator, Pacific Northwest This ongoing research project involves locating and identifying works attributed to Charles and Isabel Edenshaw, as well as collaborating with descendants of the Edenshaws.

Northwest Coast SilverBill McLennan, Curator, Pacific Northwest Bill continues to amass images of NWC silver cur-rently held in various collections in different parts of the world. A study of these images, and the objects themselves, will enable the compilation of a data set of design and style repertoires. These will form the basis for further research associated with attribution.

The Missionary Anthropologist: Publication of S. American CollectionUlrike Radermacher, Research AssociateResearch (funded by the Loewen Foundation) continues on the documentation of a collection of objects and photographs collected by Jake Loewen, missionary and anthropologist, during his time with the Waunana Indians, Colombia, 1948-1958. Docu-mentation has included transcription of extensive interviews conducted prior to Mr. Loewen’s death in 2006. Research will culminate in a source book for the new Multiversity Galleries, a web page, and a book.

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