MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013
A place of extraordinary architectural beauty. A place of provocative
programming and vibrant contemporary exhibitions. A place of learning
and exchange of ideas within and across disciplines, open to all.
A place of world arts and cultures.
Mission
To inspire understanding
of and respect for world
arts and cultures
Vision
The Museum of Anthropology will become
one of the world’s principal hubs for exhibition, teaching, and research of international
visual, intangible, and performative culture. It
will provide a transformative environment for
visitors to learn about themselves and others,
and to consider contemporary and historical
events and issues from multiple perspectives.
It will enhance its international profile while
working locally, maintaining and strengthening
its focus on First Nations peoples of British
Columbia as well as diverse cultural communities. It will embrace interdisciplinarity and
champion collaboration. It will provide innovative and imaginative exhibits and programs
and encourage full academic and student
participation while promoting UBC’s values,
commitments, and aspirations.
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 604.822.5087
www.moa.ubc.ca
Values
Inspiration Inspiring curiosity about world arts
and cultures
Innovation Questioning, experimenting, exploring, and challenging boundaries in ways that
advance a civil society and promote intercultural understanding
Inclusiveness Providing a welcoming environment, where learning and exchange of ideas is
supported within and across disciplines
Community Building and sustaining relationships with diverse communities by encouraging their active engagement and honouring
their contributions to our shared society
Stewardship Acquiring, caring for, and displaying cultural objects to the highest professional
standards
Service Serving the individuals, communities,
publics, and partners we work with in ways
that benefit them directly
Top (from left to right): Virgin de Copacabana (detail), Barbosa-Stern Collection, Peru. Henry Speck, Moon Mask Dancers (detail). Painting, 35.6 x 52.9 cm, MOA A8003.
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott at work in her studio. Photo: Lisa Henriques. Below: Rita Barnes, Bill McLennan and Megan Smetzer. Photo: Karen Duffek.
Director’s Message
In part, this has been a year of introspection as we focused attention on compiling, analyzing
and interpreting documentation and statistics spanning a decade of operations in preparation
for the first external review of MOA in 10 years. Yet this did not slow the pace of public and
academic activities; the year was full of memorable moments and impressive achievements.
For me, one of the most salient and humbling of the year’s events was the
intimate ceremony marking the gift of regalia and other objects belonging to the late Mabel Stanley of Cape Mudge (1901–1979). The eloquent
and powerful speeches by her descendants re-affirmed the strong bonds
between MOA and First Nations families and communities that are vital to
building meaningful relationships. The Museum has worked hard to increase
and expand access to its First Nations exhibitions, collections, and programs. This year, our major, award-winning exhibition, Kesú: The Art and
Life of Doug Cranmer, travelled to the Museum at Campbell River and the
U’mista Cultural Centre. We also hosted Alan Michelson’s video installation TwoRow II from the National Gallery. At the downtown Satellite Gallery,
Karen Duffek co-curated with Marcia Crosby the exhibition Projections: The
Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis, which attracted keen interest, while in
the Multiversity Galleries, Pam Brown, with members of the Heiltsuk Nation,
curated ’Mn.úkvs w’úw’áx̌di – One Mind, One Heart, a community response
to the Northern Gateway Project. Working with students, Jennifer Kramer
presented Together Again: Nuxalk Faces of the Sky, a case installation
which travelled to the Seattle Art Museum, while temporarily parked in
MOA’s Great Hall was annie ross’s cedarbark-covered car, Forest One.
Other First Nations initiatives included the First Peoples Festival,
organized with the Vancouver School Board; the launch of the BC AudioDigitization and Preservation Program by the Irving K. Barber Learning
Centre, the First Nations Technology Council and MOA, (developed to support the digitization of at-risk audio material in First Nations communities);
and ongoing work on a new First Nations website, Voices of the Canoe,
developed by Jill Baird and Damara Jacobs-Morris.
A Canadian Conservation Institute workshop on wet-site basketry was
held with participants from the Musqueam Indian Band, the Sto:lo Nation
and the Neskanlith Indian Band; the Native Youth Program entered its 34th
year with an impressive program of activities with elders, artists and
activists; and for the 10th year, we co-hosted with the Dancers of Damelahamid, to sold-out audiences, the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival.
Every department within MOA was involved in the planning and presentation of First Nations-related activities, often in close collaboration with
communities and members. This, however, was only part of the year’s rich
and diverse programs and activities. Other exhibitions included the stunning Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA, guest-curated by Paula
Swart and Margo Palmer. We also developed the equally alluring Pleased to
Top left: Children in MOA’s Great Hall. Photo: MOA Public Programs.
Bottom right: MOA Director Anthony Shelton. Photo: Varun Saran.
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Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, curated by Carol Mayer
and Susan Jefferies. This was the last exhibition of Ms. Hanssen Pigott’s
work before her sudden death in July 2013, and we are honoured to have
had the opportunity to work with her. With the support of the Patronato
Plata del Peru and Pan American Silver Corp., MOA developed Luminescence: The Silver of Peru, which travelled to the University of Toronto Art
Centre and included over 80 nationally designated treasures, many of
which had not previously been seen outside of Peru. Finally, MOA, together
with the Safar/Voyage Volunteer Committee and guest curator Fereshteh
Daftari, made major strides in preparing and planning for Safar/Voyage:
Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists, one of our most
ambitious projects to date, which opened on April 20, 2013.
In June, 2012, the Museum received a major grant of $495,000 from
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support Asian research and curation
at MOA. One of the few Mellon Foundation grants given to an institution
outside of the United States, the funding has enabled us to re-establish the
Asian curatorial post previously occupied by Elizabeth L. Johnson, and to
fund two, two-year curatorial fellowships. This year, we also began negotiations for support for a major, new programming initiative on Taiwanese
tradition and modernity through the Taiwanese government’s Spotlight
Taiwan program. We also thank the Michael O’Brian Family Foundation,
which has made $800,000 of a $1M gift pledged in 2010 available to support new acquisitions from all parts of the world.
MOA’s collections now number 40,000 works, half from Asia and
Oceania, and half from North America (including the Pacific Northwest),
South America, Europe and Africa. As one of Canada’s premiere museums
focused on world arts and cultures, MOA takes seriously its responsibility to use the full range of its collections and expertise to undertake
research and programming that highlight Canada’s complex diversity and
global entanglements. I believe MOA’s exciting synthesis of exhibitions and
research is working well: not only as indicated through visitor numbers,
which rose by 12% during the last half of 2012-2013, but through the
diversification of our audiences, increased private support, greater intellectual excitement around our exhibitions, and the dovetailing of our path
with that of UBC’s, which continues to place greater emphasis on First
Nations initiatives, internationalization and intercultural understanding.
Connecting Communities
...providing opportunities for learning and exchange
Artist in Residence:
This year, MOA hosted Haida/Kwakwaka’wakw artist
Meghann O’Brien as an artist in residence. A weaver,
she was introduced to Ravenstail weaving in 2009, and
apprenticed under Sherri Dick and William White. She
now lives in Prince Rupert, and is learning the ancient
technique of spinning mountain-goat wool by hand
for Chilkat weaving. During her residency, which was
supported in part by MOA and a Canada Council grant,
Meghann wove a Chilkat-Ravenstail robe entitled,
“Property Woman’s Sky Blanket.” Later that year,
Meghan participated in the International Festival of
Extraordinary Textiles in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Caring for Collections for Communities and Families
This year a personal collection of ceremonial regalia and
other articles belonging to the late Aboriginal activist,
Mabel Stanley (1901-79), was donated to the Museum
by her descendants. The 24-piece collection included a
cedar-bark head ring with eagle down, a carved frontlet
with ermine headdress, a bird rattle carved by Ellen
Neel, button blankets, a dance apron, and a speaker’s
staff, among other items. The Stanley Family Collective
presented the donation to MOA in a private ceremony
on April 30, stating their wish to ensure public access
to the regalia, and to help keep the memory of Mabel
Stanley alive. A Kwakwaka’wakw chief’s daughter
from Cape Mudge, Mrs. Stanley attended Coqualeetza
residential school in Sardis, became mother to nine children, and worked throughout her life to promote understanding between Aboriginal and non-Native peoples.
2012 Native Youth Program
This year, the Native Youth Program (NYP) focused on the
theme of “Indigenous identity in an urban setting.” With
funding from ACCESS and TD Bank Group, NYP students
participated in a number of visual arts/multi-media
projects with guest speakers including Musqueam Elder
Larry Grant, Aboriginal fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro,
slam poet Zaccheus Jackson, filmmaker Kamala Todd,
multi-media artist Peter Morin, graffiti artist Corey Bulpitt,
Museum educator Damara Jacobs-Morris, and artist and
political activist Ian Reid.
Students in the Urban Native Youth Association’s Overly
Creative Minds Program worked with NYP students on
a book of poetry and photography entitled A Place Called
Home. Aboriginal fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro delivered a workshop on fashion design in which they developed
outfits that included a hoodie, skirt, purse and shoes that
were presented in a fashion show for the program.
The UBC Faculty of Education invited the Native Youth
Program to participate in a Social Science and Humanities
Research Council sponsored study entitled “Citizens of
Tomorrow: Investigating the Impact of Community Media
Arts Practice on Marginalized Urban Youth.” As part of the
SSHRC research study, Francine Cunningham, RRN/NYP
Research Assistant, worked with the NYP students on a
filming and photography project for one week. She also
edited and uploaded a NYP VLOG (video-log) entry to the
Native Youth Program website.
Contacts made during this summer’s NYP will be used in
developing the exhibition, Claiming Space: Voices of Urban
Aboriginal Youth that will take place at MOA in 2014.
Alana Taylor, Mabel Stanley’s granddaughter. Photo: Karen Duffek.
Caring for Cultural Objects
...serving our communities
In 2012-2013, MOA accepted almost 2,000 new objects
into its collections. The largest donation was the Erika
and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian Art,
featuring approximately 1,000 objects from Peru. Other
objects included a field collection of over 350 pieces of
Portuguese folk art collected by MOA’s director Anthony
Shelton; a painted spruce-root hat by Haida artists Isabel Rorick and Robert Davidson, given by an anonymous
donor; and a monumental series of 20 drawings by BC
artist Jack Shadbolt, entitled Coast Indian Suite, donated
by the late Bertha Margaret Mathisen. Both the Shadbolt
and the Rorick/Davidson works have been certified by
the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
for their outstanding significance and national importance. Coast Indian Suite is being fully reframed by MOA
conservation and will be permanently installed in MOA’s
Michael Ames Theatre in fall 2013.
Through the generous support of the Museums
Assistance Program at Canadian Heritage, MOA was
able to complete the first phase of an earthquake
mitigation project in the museum’s 3D storage room.
This phase involved installing doors onto the storage
cabinetry and designing and producing customized
earthquake bars that will hold the objects in position
during a seismic event. This effort greatly improved
the safety of over 20,000 objects stored in this space.
In November the conservation lab hosted a Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) workshop on wet-site
basketry. Participants in the workshop included representatives from the Sto:lo Nation, Musqueam Indian
Band, Neskanlith Indian Band, as well as representatives from MOA, the UBC Laboratory of Archaeology, the
Royal BC Museum, the Sooke Region Museum, as well
as local archaeologists and conservators. The two-day
workshop covered a variety of issues including in-situ
recovery, transportation and cleaning. Research was
also presented on the current options for waterlogged
basketry stabilization and preservation.
Other ongoing operational activities included the
registration and processing of approximately 1000 of
the 2,000 new acquisitions; hosting 265 researchers and
community members on 37 visits; rotating over 100 light
sensitive objects in the Multiversity Galleries; organizing
and installing 8 travelling and in-house exhibitions; processing 29 loans in and out of MOA, representing approximately 470 objects; undertaking conservation treatments;
teaching collections management and conservation lectures and labs for the ANTH 431 Museum Studies class;
and keeping the MOA CAT databases updated. Collections
also hosted 4 senior-level interns this past year, one in
collections management and three in conservation.
MOA operational and design staff also worked
on a number of important upgrades to the Museum
building. Through Canadian Heritage Cultural Spaces
Program funding, MOA and UBC Secure Access were
able to make important upgrades to the Museum’s
security system. MOA also refitted half its lights with
a new generation of LED bulbs. 1,360 new bulbs were
purchased with half of the cost reimbursed by a Power
Smart grant from BC Hydro. The new bulbs will not only
have a longer life, but will generate enough electricity
savings each year to power 15 homes.
Staff from the Rennie Collection install Mona Hatoum’s piece Hot Spot
2006 featured in Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian
and Turkish Artists. Photo: MOA Collections
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Pushing Boundaries
...creating innovative and imaginative exhibits and programs
This year, MOA, its staff and volunteers organized
four exhibitions at MOA, one exhibition at the Satellite
Gallery, two artist installations, and two special case
displays in the Multiversity Galleries; travelled two exhibition; organized over 46 public talks, performances,
and special events; offered 24 curatorial tours; and
gave 1,489 Volunteer Associate tours to the public, an
average of 3 tours a day.
This year, MOA staff and Volunteer Associates
developed and offered for the first time daily tours of
a temporary exhibition—Kesú: the Art and Life of Doug
Cranmer—throughout the summer.
The year started with
Kesú: The Art and Life of Doug
Cranmer in the Audain Gallery.
The exhibit travelled to the
Museum in Campbell River
in fall 2012 and a portion of
the exhibition to the U’mista
Cultural Centre in spring 2013.
The exhibition was given a
“Museums in Motion Award
of Merit” in October, 2012 by
the British Columbia Museums
Association. The exhibition
Visions of Enlightenment:
Buddhist Art at MOA was the
first exhibition of Buddhist
art at MOA, and organized in
conjunction with the Canadian
Society for Asian Art, with
the assistance of the Bank of
Montreal and the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation. In the fall, MOA opened Luminescence: the Silver
of Peru. The first exhibition curated at MOA by Museum
Director Anthony Shelton, it was organized in conjunction with the Patronato Plata del Peru and funded by
the Pan American Silver Corp. The exhibition featured
a catalogue produced in English and Spanish, and was
accompanied by talks on a wide range of topics related
to Peruvian social, artistic and economic history. The
exhibition travelled to the University of Toronto Art
Centre in the spring.
Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen
Pigott opened in the winter in the O’Brian Gallery. For this
exhibition, world-renowned potter Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
worked with MOA’s collections, creating new relationships between MOA objects and her own work. An exhibition catalogue was available by donation in the gallery.
In the summer of 2012, MOA presented Projections:The
Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis at the Satellite
Gallery. This was the first solo exhibition of his work at a
public art gallery since his death over 40 years ago. This
exhibition marked an important collaboration between
independent curator Marcia Crosby and MOA curator
Karen Duffek, with family members of Chief Speck in Alert
Bay and other communities. Over 1,000 people visited the
exhibition, a record for the Satellite Gallery.
MOA also continued to offer a wide array of public
programs. For the exhibition Visions of Enlightenment, Jill Baird, MOA’s Curator of Education and Public
Programs worked with the Canadian Society for Asian
Arts to bring noted speakers including world renowned
Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman. For Luminescence:
the Silver of Peru, Dr. Baird worked with members of
UBC’s and SFU’s Latin American Studies Programs to
develop programming, while Shop Manager Deborah
Tibbel welcomed two Peruvian weavers to MOA for a
four day residency that included demonstrations of
weaving techniques. Other programming included the
extremely successful Coastal First Nations Dance Festival co-produced with the Dancers of Damelahamid.
Nusi (Ian Reid). Photo courtesy of Ian Reid.
Inspiring Inquiry
...about the diversity of world cultures, arts, and ways of knowing
Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives
The Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives
(AHHLA) continued to support the research needs of
the Museum, the broader University, as well as scholars
and students from far and wide. New groups at UBC who
accessed our resources this year included the Coordinated Arts Program, who received Library instruction in
association with the Xwi7xwa Library, and enthusiastic
undergraduate Theatre students accessed archival
materials on performance for their coursework. Recent
Library acquisitions include topics such as global art and
cultural heritage, museology, and specific topics in material culture research.
Highlights for recent acquisitions in the Archives
include the Beverley Brown fonds which includes 478
photographs, many taken at the St. Michael’s Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, during the late 1930’s through
1945. Forty-five lantern slides which belonged to the
Reverend Smith Stanley Osterhout, showing scenes from
the central and northern Northwest Coast of British
Columbia (and dating from 1893 to 1911), are another
significant donation received this year.
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ing and managing digital media and this year added
several thousand new images to the Collections Online
site. Staff also developed a workflow to manage and
preserve the growing collections of digital audio and
video captured by Museum staff. These media collections document events, research and educational materials produced by MOA. The Oral History and Language
Lab Coordinator also developed or supported media in
exhibitions at MOA and for the Baskets for Barter exhibition at the Surrey Museum.
The AHHLA staff initiated or participated in a number
of exciting projects this year. The Archives worked with
the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN), the UBC Laboratory of Archaeology and the Musqueam Indian Band to
develop a new archival module for the RRN that will initially include access protocols for over 600 photographs
taken in the Musqueam community. Staff also worked
with the RRN developers to add videos to the RRN kiosks
in the Multiversity Galleries.
The department continued to facilitate oral history recordings for UBC departments and external agencies and
communities. This year also saw the launch of the British
Columbia Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation
Program. MOA, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at
UBC, and the First Nations Technology Council have initiated this program to support the digitization of at-risk
audio cassette recordings in First Nations communities.
The Oral History Language Lab at MOA will provide training in audio digitization for successful applicants. This
training program was piloted with the Heiltsuk Cultural &
Education Centre this year.
The department also took the lead in supporting a
report by Ithaka S + R of New York that was funded by
the Canadian Heritage Information Network. This report
looks at MOA as a case study for digital sustainability in
Canadian museums. This case study will be published in
the fall of 2013.
Reciprocal Research Network
The Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) continued
to serve as an important research tool for those
conducting research on Northwest Coast First Nations
Art. The RRN now has 1,500 members and there were
over 25,000 visitors to the site this year. A system for
searching archival materials was developed and tested
with material from both MOA and LOA. The addition of
this material brings the total number of objects to over
430,000. The ability for RRN partner institutions to
easily deploy RRN-powered kiosks and mobile applications into their gallery spaces was also added and
tested at MOA. In the coming year, these kiosks will be
deployed at Stó:lō and Musqueam, as well as any other
interested partners.
The Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA)
LOA shares space with the Museum and stores some
535,000 archaeological artifacts in LOA’s Collections
Storage. As a partner in the Reciprocal Research Network,
LOA’s database supports access to cultural heritage for
communities through virtual research facilities. This year,
LOA added more photographs and information about collections held in trust for BC First Nations to the database.
In addition, specialists and students conducted analysis
of archaeological materials in LOA’s suite of laboratories.
LOA’s skilled technical personnel used the isotope ratio
mass spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, and
other instruments to assist First Nations and other groups
by providing information about ancient people’s lifeways,
diets and movements. The extensive collections of artifacts and comparative collections were used by Canadian
and international researchers to add to understanding of
ancient hunting, fishing, and plant-use practices.
Children at St. Michael’s Indian Residential School. Beverley Brown
fonds. Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives, MOA.
The History of 16th and 17th century Andean Silver Mining,
November 13, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Talks by Kenneth Mills (History, University of Toronto) and Neil Safier
(History, UBC).
Alpaca de los Andes Artisans Lucia Andrade De Laureano
and Clelia Margarita Ricra Ricaldi
Artist Demonstrations at the MOA Shop, November 19, 11:00 am 7:00 pm, November 20, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Public talks and Demonstrations Textile Research Room, November
21 - 23, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Exhibition Opening, November 2, 7:00 pm
An evening celebrating the opening of this exhibition.
Symposium, November 3, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Talks by ceramic artist Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, curator Carol E. Mayer,
and co-curator Susan Jefferies.
Exhibitions
Public Programs
Kesú: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
March 17–September 3, 2012, The Audain Gallery
October 19, 2012 – February 17, 2013, Museum at Campbell River,
Campbell River, BC
This exhibition documented the life and works of Namgis artist Doug
Cranmer (1927–2006). An early player in the global commercial
art market, and one of the first Native artists in BC to own his own
gallery, Doug Cranmer was also a teacher who inspired generations
of young Native artists in his home village of Alert Bay and beyond.
The exhibit featured Doug’s two- and three- dimensional work in
wood and paint, from totem poles, a canoe, masks, bentwood boxes,
bowls, and prints, to his important series of abstract paintings on
mahogany plywood. Works and words by his students were also
included in the exhibit. Curator: Dr. Jennifer Kramer.
Exhibition-related Public Programs
Forest One
March 20–May 27, 2012, Great Hall
annie ross’ Forest One – a full-size, 1956 Nash Metropolitan automobile that the artist has wrapped, twined, and plaited with cedar-bark
and other reclaimed materials – was displayed in the Great Hall.
Curator: Karen Duffek.
Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA
May 10–Sept 30, 2012, The O’Brian Gallery
Works in this exhibit focused on basic Buddhist concepts and images,
and reflected on the purpose of Buddhist art: why it is made, who made
it, for whom, and how it is used. Included were sculptures, paintings,
scrolls, ceramics, manuscripts, and textiles, drawn from MOA’s Asian
collection, as well as private lenders in BC, and the collection of the Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria. Guest curator: Paula Swart; Curatorial Advisor: Margo Palmer; MOA liaison curator: Dr. Carol E. Mayer.
Together Again: Nuxalk Faces of the Sky
April 5 –September 30,2013 Multiversity Galleries
This small exhibit was developed by students as part of ANTH431. It
featured two Nuxalk sun masks and their corona and documented
how the components were separated in the past and then reunited
through this exhibit. This exhibit then travelled to the Seattle Art
Museum for display. Curator: Dr. Jennifer Kramer.
PROJECTIONS: The Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis
July 14–September 15, 2012, Satellite Gallery
Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis (1908–1971), the Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief, dance-screen painter, and song leader was known for
his “modern” re-contextualizations of Native painting. Projections
re-visited Henry Speck’s enduring body of work, expanding on some
of the artist’s original paintings through their large-scale projection
and a multi-media “backstory,” reflecting on the place of Chief Speck
and his work within often conflicting conditions of modernity. Curators: Marcia Crosby and Karen Duffek.
Luminescence: the Silver of Peru
October 5–December 16, 2012, The Audain Gallery
This exhibition traced the long history of silverwork in Peru and
the fascination with the metal’s divine and luminescent qualities. It
displayed a range of works, from pre-Columbian to those made by
contemporary artists, including national treasures seldom seen
outside of Peru. Curator: Dr. Anthony Shelton.
Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
November 3, 2012–March 24, 2013, The O’Brian Gallery
In this exhibition, noted Australian ceramic artist Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
selected objects from the Museum’s permanent, world-wide collection and re-assembled them, with her own works, in surprising new
relationships. The “introductions” were made based on colour, form, and
pattern, often featuring objects that would never be displayed together.
Curator: Dr. Carol E. Mayer with Susan Jefferies, former curator of
Modern and Contemporary Ceramics at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto.
TwoRow II – A four-channel video installation with sound,
by Alan Michelson (2005)
January 8–March 3, 2013
This exhibition featured the display of Alan Michelson’s panoramic
video installation of the two banks of the Grand River, which divides
the Six Nations Reserve from non-Native townships in Ontario.
TwoRow II was generously loaned by the National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa. Curator: Karen Duffek.
’Mn.úkvs w’úw’áx̌di – One Mind, One Heart
December 18, 2012– April 21, 2013 Multiversity Galleries
This installation documented the Heiltsuk Nation’s response to the
proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. It featured a mask created for the
installation by Nusi (Ian Reid), as well as drawings by Heiltsuk children,
videos, and photos of the Heiltsuk welcoming the Joint Review Panel to
Bella Bella to show the people’s opposition to the proposed pipeline and
oil-tanker traffic in their traditional territories. Curator: Pam Brown.
Top (from left to right): Richard Mamani, Hugo Champi, Madre spondylus,
2002, Patronato Plata del Peru Collection, Peru. Tibetan monk from Dzongkar
Choede construct a sand mandala in the Great Hall. Photo: MOA Public
Programs. Bottom right: Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha (detail),
Pakistan-Afghanistan, ancient Gandhara, Kushan dynasty, late 2nd - early
3rd century. Photo: Courtesy of Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C
Tour with Makiko Hara and Glenn Lewis, March 17, 1:00 pm
A talk and tour by Centre A curator Makiko Hara and artist Glenn Lewis.
Film Screening, March 24, 1:00 pm
Screening of The Potters of San Marcos offered in conjunction with the
6th Triennial Canadian Clay Ceramics Symposium at the Shadbolt Centre.
Kesú: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
’Mn.úkvs w’úw’áx̌di – One Mind, One Heart
Artist Talks: Richard Sumner, April 15, 1:00 pm; Meghann O’Brien
April 22, 1:00 pm; Marianne Nicolson May 6, 1:00 pm
To honour the legacy of Doug Cranmer, three artists he inspired
spoke about his impact on their practice.
Artist Talk and Dance Performance, February 24, 1:00 pm
Heiltsuk artist Nusi (Ian Reid) gave a talk about his role as an activist artist
followed by a performance by the Vancouver Urban Heiltsuk Dance Group.
Global Dialogue: Remixing Art and Indigeneity, Again,
May 12, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Artists, curators, and scholars met for an afternoon of discussion
inspired by Doug Cranmer’s artistic history and legacy. Participants
included Paul Chaat Smith, Tania Willard, Kathleen Ritter, Corrine
Hunt, Eugenia Kissen and Solen Roth.
Other Public Programs
Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA
Vancouver Draw Down, June 9, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
MOA participated in this city-wide arts initiative by offering the public
opportunities to draw within MOA’s galleries.
Exhibit Opening, May 10, 7:00 pm
Over 300 people attended the opening of this exhibition.
Lecture by Margo Palmer, May 13, 1:00 pm
A lecture by Margo Palmer, Director of the Canadian Society for
Asian Arts and curatorial advisor for Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA.
Lecture by Dr. B.J. Terweil, May 18, 4:00 pm
A talk by well-known Buddhist scholar. Co-sponsored by UBC Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program and the Canadian Society
for Asian Arts.
Lecture by Robert Thurman, May 27, 2:00 pm, Frederic Wood
Theatre, UBC
Approximately 200 people attended this talk by Robert Thurman,
renowned scholar, author, and former Tibetan Buddhist monk. Sponsored in part by the Canadian Society for Asian Arts.
Curator Talk by Paula Swart, June 17, 1:00 pm
A talk by Paula Swart, guest curator of Visions of Enlightenment:
Buddhist Art at MOA.
Icons of Impermanence Conference Keynote Speech, July 6, 7:00 pm
Presented at MOA by the UBC Buddhism and Contemporary Society
Program and the Canadian Society for Asian Arts.
Buddha: The Great Departure, September 11, 7:30 pm, Pacific
Cinemathèque
Canadian premiere of Tezuka Osamu’s film. Organized in collaboration with the Contemporary Society for Asian Arts and the UBC
Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program.
Together Again: Nuxalk Faces of the Sky
Nuxalk Film Festival and Exhibition Closing Celebration September
11, 11:00 - 4:00 pm
Screening of Nuxalk films including Cry Rock by Slts’Lani (Banchi
Hanuse), a panel discussion with filmmakers, artists, and academics,
and Nuxalk dance performances.
PROJECTIONS: The Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis
Curator Talk with Marcia Crosby and Karen Duffek, September 15,
2:00 pm, Satellite Gallery
Talk and tour offered at the closing of this exhibition.
Luminescence: the Silver of Perú
Exhibition Opening, October 4, 7:00 pm
Over 450 people attended the opening which featured a live performance by Pacifika and samples of Peruvian food.
Lecture by Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, October 4, 2:00 pm
A lecture on the social and environmental history of natural resource
extraction in Latin America.
Pan American Silver Corp. Lecture by José Torres Della Pina,
October 5, 2:00 pm
A director of the Patronato Plata del Peru gave a talk entitled “1,000
Years in the Development of Techniques in Peruvian Silversmithing.”
Lecture by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi. October 9, 5:00 pm
A talk on luminescence in Peruvian art and ceremony.
Curator Talk, October 14, 1:00 pm
An exhibit tour with MOA Director and exhibition curator Dr. Anthony
Shelton.
Refracting Luminescence, October 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Jon Beasley-Murray (Director of Latin American Studies Program,
UBC), and Alejandra Bronfman (History, UBC) co-hosted this session.
Current Affairs in Peru: Commodities, Conflict and Democracy,
October 30, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Discussion with Maxwell Cameron (Political Science UBC), Fabiola
Bazo (Adjunct Professor, SFU) and Ronald Wright (historian,
novelist, essayist).
The Political Economy of Mining, November 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Discussion with Alec Dawson (History, SFU), Mauricio Drelichman
(Economics, UBC) and Marcello Veiga (Mining Engineering, UBC).
Artist Talk by Walter Keeler, April 7, 1:00 pm
Talk by British ceramic artist Walter Keeler.
Dance Performance by the Gwa’wina Dancers, April 18, 7:00 pm
A performance by the Gwa’wina Dancers from Alert Bay.
Hō’ike Performance, July 20, 3:00 pm
Performance of traditional Hawaiian dance by students in Candace
Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla’s course Living Our Indigenous Languages Through Performative Arts.
Creation of Sand Mandala, October 24, 25, 27 & 28, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tibetan monks from Dzongkar Choede Monastary created a sand
mandala in MOA’s Great Hall.
Book Launch, January 20, 2:00 pm
Launch of Insinuendo: Murder in the Museum by former MOA’s conservator Miriam Clavir.
Artist Talk, February 28, 3:30 pm
Talk by Lee Maracle, award-winning Sto:lo author, poet and teacher.
Artist Talk, March 5, 7:00 pm
Talk by Haida artist Jaalen Edenshaw.
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, March 9 & 10, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
(free with attendance)
March 8 & 9, 7:30-9:30 pm (ticketed)
Over 1,600 people attended this annual festival organized in partnership with the Dancers of Damelahamid. The evening performances
were sold out with audiences of 400 each.
Artic Art Museum Society Lecture, March 26, 7:00 pm
Lecture by Frank Tester author of Not Frozen in Time: Picturing a
Living Artic.
Creating Opportunities
...to promote intercultural understanding
Research and Publishing
MOA staff continued to undertake, as well as support
research, in the areas of exhibition development, collection documentation, heritage, museology, visual, material
and digital culture, oral history and language retention,
and museum education.
This year MOA staff published two books, produced
two exhibition monographs, and various articles. They
presented papers at symposia and conferences, gave
public presentations and provided personalized tours
for visiting scholars, international delegations, community groups, artists, students, donors and researchers.
Staff also served as reviewers and editors for various
journals, and as external thesis examiners
Staff served the university community by representing MOA on committees in the department of
Anthropology and Sociology, the First Nations Advisory
Committee, UBC Faculty of Arts, the Peter Wall Institute
for Advanced Studies, Indigenous Academic Caucus,
First Nations Aboriginal Youth Strategy Committee,
African Studies Steering Committee, UBC Polar and
Alpine Committee, the UBC Canadian Northern Studies
Trust. MOA Curators also contributed their expertise
to projects associated with the Freda Diesing School
of Northwest Coast Art, the BC Creative Achievement
Awards for Aboriginal Art, YVR Art Foundation, the
North West Ceramics Foundation, the West Vancouver
Museum, the Commonwealth Association of Museums,
Simon Fraser University, Canadian Museums Association, Pacific Islands Museums Association, Pacific Arts
Association, the Pacific Peoples Partnership, and the
University of Hawaii.
Publications
Duffek, Karen
Projections: The Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis. Exhibition publication, co-written with Marcia Crosby. UBC Museum of Anthropology
and Satellite Gallery, 2012.
Duffek, Karen
“An Intersection: Bill Reid, Henry Speck, and the Mapping of Modern
Northwest Coast Art.” Symposium: Mapping Modernisms: Transcultural Exchanges in 20th-Century Global Art, organized by Multiple
Modernities research group headed by Dr. Ruth Phillips. Ottawa:
National Gallery of Canada, May 10, 2012.
“Against the Grain.” In Paint: The Painted Works of Lyle Wilson, ed.
Barbara Duncan. Maple Ridge Art Gallery, 2012.
“Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in the Art Gallery.” MOA Global Dialogue, Remixing Art and Indigeneity, Again. Vancouver, May 12, 2012.
Mayer, Carol E.
Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Exhibition Catalogue. Museum Note 41. Vancouver, BC: UBC Museum of
Anthropology.
“Curators in Dialogue: Karen Duffek and Marcia Crosby on Projections: The Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi’stalis.” Satellite Gallery,
Vancouver, September 15, 2012.
No Longer Captives of the Past: The story of a Reconciliation on
Erromango (launch version). Co-authored with Anna Naupa & Vanessa Warris, Erromango cultural Association. 2013.
Review: Museums, Colonialism and Identity: a history of Naga collections in Britain. A. West,London, 2011. Museum Management and
Curatorship, vol.27, issue 4, October 2012, pp. 431-433.
Porto, Nuno
“Etnografia de Arquivos.” In Seminários sobre Censura. Cristina
Costa, ed. São Paulo: Balão Editorial, 2012, pp. 15-35.
Rowley, Susan
Müller-Wille, Ludger, and Bernd Gieseking: Inuit and Whalers on Baffin
Island through German Eyes. Wilhelm Weike’s Arctic Journal and Letters. Anthropos, 2013 108:344.
Shelton, Anthony
“Introduction.” In Luminescence: The Silver of Peru. Anthony Shelton,
ed. Lima: Patronato Plata del Peru, 2012, pp. 7-10.
“The Divine Exchange. Silver in Colonial and Republican Peru.” In Luminescence: The Silver of Peru. Anthony Shelton, ed. Lima: Patronato
Plata del Peru, 2012, pp. 53-70.
“Luminescence. Silver and World-Views in the Andes. 1400-2000.” In
Luminescence: The Silver of Peru. Anthony Shelton, ed. Lima: Patronato Plata del Peru, 2012, pp. 73-102.
Luminescence: The Silver of Peru. Anthony Shelton, ed. Lima: Patronato Plata del Peru, 2012.
Talks & Conference Presentations
“Border Zones and Grey Zones.” British Columbia Museums Association, Kamloops, October 19, 2012.
Johnston, Nikita
“Making a Case for Conservation: Raising the Profile of the Conservation Department at the UBC Museum of Anthropology.” Meeting of the
Pacific Conservation Group, Victoria, BC, November 23, 2012.
Kramer, Jennifer
“Mobius Museology: Curating and Critiquing the Multiversity Galleries at the UBC Museum of Anthropology.” Distinguished Scholar in
Museum Anthropology lecture series, Smithsonian National Museum
of Natural History, Washington, DC, July 16, 2012.
“Beyond Repatriation: Forging Collaboration among Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Museums and Communities” (Panel participant).
American Anthropology Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
November 14, 2012.
LaBelle, Shannon
“Ain’t on the Globe and Mail bestseller list.” (Presentation). British
Columbia Library Association Conference, Richmond, BC, May 11, 2012
“Panel: SLAIS MLIS graduates for Library 501: Foundations of the
Information Society and Information Organizations” (Panelist). UBC
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, Vancouver, BC,
November 21, 2012.
Lam, Mimi, Gerry Lawson, Khelsilem Rivers, Krisztina Laszlo
“Indigitization Tool Kit for First Nations Community Digitization
Projects. ” Aboriginal (Un)History Month presentation and webcast,
UBC Library, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Vancouver, BC, June
25, 2012.
Baird, Jill
With Damara Jacobs Morris. “Voices of the Canoe.” Historical Thinking
Network Conference, Museum of Vancouver, BC, April 11-13, 2012.
Lawson, Gerry
“Working Together Towards Common Goals: New Directions and
Developments in Information Services for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.”
(Presentation). British Columbia Library Association Conference,
Richmond, BC, May 11, 2012.
“Wading in to New Territories Safar/Voyage.” Viz Cult Conference,
Galiano Island, BC, April 20-21, 2012.
“Panel: Leaders in Preservation” (Invited Panelist). IMAA Conference:
Source. National Media Arts Summit, Banff, June 17, 2012.
With Gloria Larocque and Corinthia Kelly. “It’s Cancelled: Now What?
How About Coming for Dinner?” ICOM Community Museums Conference, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, October 24-26, 2012.
Mayer, Carol
“Regional activities: PIMA and the Pacific” Presentation for ICOM
Canada at Canadian Museums Association conference, Ottawa. April
23-27, 2012.
Baird, Jill, Karen Duffek, Carol E. Mayer, Nuno Porto
“Art Exhibits: Contemporary Perspectives from MOA.” British Columbia Museums Association 56th Annual Conference, Kamloops, BC,
October 17-19, 2012.
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Teaching
MOA faculty and staff offered a broad range of courses
this year. Dr. Carol E. Mayer and Dr. Nuno Porto cotaught ANTH431/518, Museum Practice and Curatorship/Museum Methods; Heidi Swierenga, MOA’s
Conservator, taught ANTH452, Conservation of Inorganic Materials; Dr. Anthony Shelton taught ANTH541b/
CCST502, Advanced Seminar in Critical Museum Anthropology; and Dr. Jill Baird co-taught in the UBC Museum/
Gallery Teachers’ Summer Institute, a week-long
intensive course focusing on teaching and learning in
“Museums and Contemporary Art: Toward Dialogue” Paper given as
part of panel presentation. BC Museums Association Conference
“Rendezvous” Kamloops, BC, October 17-20, 2012.
Brown, Pam
“Celebrating 30 years of Urban Aboriginal Partnerships” City Museums: Collisions I Connections. CAMOC, Vancouver, BC, October 2012.
“More About Objects” The John Williams Collection” Presentation
at the Pacific Arts Association (Europe) annual meeting, Munich,
Germany, June 28-30, 2012.
Bruegeman, Nancy
“How to Play with a Full House: Appropriate Divestment from
Museum Collections.” Canadian Museums Association 65th National
Conference, Gatineau, QC, April 23-26, 2012.
“Bob Kingsmill: A Life Lived” International Ceramics Symposium,
Shadboldt Centre, Burnaby, BC. March 23, 2013.
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“The slate is wiped clean: Missionary murders and reconciliation on
the island of Erromango” UBC Archaeology Day, March 16, 2013.
the museum. Bill McLennan also continued to lecture and
mentor students at the Freda Diesing School in Terrace.
Cross-appointed faculty and professional staff
supervised directed studies and served on MA and PhD
candidate committees as chairs or members. They
also gave lectures in the Departments of Anthropology,
Theatre, Geography, History, Art History Visual Arts
and Theory, Law, and the School of Library, Archival and
Information Studies. Other teaching-related activities
included the Native Youth Program, Musqueam 101 (a
joint weekly seminar initiative between UBC and the
Musqueam Indian Band), Humanities 101 (a Faculty of
Arts community program for people living in the Downtown Eastside), short-term internships and practicums,
supervision of research assistants, and numerous
lectures at UBC and offsite.
Porto, Nuno
With Andrea Roca. “Museum Mediations: Knowledges, Experiences,
Memories, Technologies, the State and Civil Society.” American
Anthropological Association 111th Conference, San Francisco, CA,
November 14-18, 2012.
Shelton, Anthony
“Spirits, Folk Art and Fascism in Portugal.” Faculty/Graduate Student
Seminar, School of Art + Art History. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 16, 2012.
“Re-Humanizing Babel. Museums and the Re-enchantment of the
Arts and Sciences.” In ‘Re-humanizing the University: New Perspectives on the Liberal Arts’ Harn Eminent Lecture Series. University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 17, 2012.
“Transcending Shifts and Frictions in the Museum ‘Apparatus” (Panel
Discussant). American Anthropological Association Conference, San
Francisco, CA, November 15, 2012.
“Manifesto for a Critical Museology.” Museum Studies MA Lecture.
University of Leiden, Leiden, November 20, 2012.
“Art and the Anthropological Imagination.” Museum Studies MA Lecture. University of Leiden, Leiden, November 21, 2012.
“Rewriting Museum Studies: Rethinking Museums.” National Taiwan
Museum, Taipei, December 18, 2012.
“Museums and the Anthropological Imagination.” National Museum of
Prehistory, Taipei, December 19, 2012.
“Representing the Andes.” History Department Colloquium, UBC,
Vancouver, BC, January 31, 2013.
“Creativity, Innovation & Identity: Museums as Process.” Museum Studies MA Lecture. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 26, 2013.
“Reflections on Critical Museology.” Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul,
March 30, 2013.
Stevenson, Ann
“Indigenous Knowledges and Museum Information Structures: the
UBC Museum of Anthropology Renewal Project Experience”. Indigenous Knowledges Conference. International Federation of Libraries
Association, Vancouver, BC, April 14, 2012.
Swierenga, Heidi
“Waterlogged Basketry CCI Workshop Report.” Meeting of the Pacific
Conservation Group, Victoria, BC, November 23, 2012.
Swierenga, Heidi, Carl Schlichting, Mauray Toutloff
“Housing Solutions: Research Supports Developed at the UBC
Museum of Anthropology.” Poster presents at the annual 27th annual
meeting for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Newhaven, CT, June 11-16, 2012.
Waters, Moya
“The Joy of Discovery: Sharing Research with the Public” (Presentation). Western Museums Association, Annual Conference, Palm
Springs, CA, October 21-24, 2012 .
Awards
British Columbia Museums Association “Museums in Motion Award of
Merit” for Kesú: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer, October, 2012
Canadian Museums Association Award of Distinguished Service to Bill
McLennan, MOA Curator, Northwest Coast, March 2013.
Making the Difference
...encouraging active participation and honouring contributions
MOA received exceptional financial support from individuals, public agencies, corporations, and foundations this
year totalling $1,832,884. MOA also received donations
of objects and in-kind support valued at approximately
Partner ($500+)
Dr. C. Chan Gunn
Mrs. Colette Storrow
Mr. David Watson
Associate ($240+)
Mr. Audre Jackson
Mr. Steven H. Lee
Mr. Charles Milner-Williams
Mrs. R. Marie Stevenson
General MOA Donations ($20+)
Mr. Arthur Bond
Mr. Ian Broad
Mr. Michael D. Brodie
Ms. Marilyn Chechik
Ms. Marylin Clark
Mr. Brian D. Debeck
Dr. Margery Fee
Mr. Steve Ferdinands
Ms. M A. Ferries
Mr. Donald E. Forsyth
Anonymous
Dr. Ronald A. Javitch
Ms. Judith Kalla
Mr. Robert Kellogg
Dr. Susan Kemeny
Mrs. Verna Lynas
Ms. Shawne MacIntyre
Ms. Reva Malkin
Mrs. Susan M. Newlove
Mr. Daniel O’Connor
Mr. Brendan O’Donnell
Mr. Fergal O’Donovan
Mrs. Carol Potter Peckham
Friend ($100+)
Mr. Richard Bradshaw
Mr. George Cook
Ms. Dorothy Davies
Anonymous
Dr. Karen Gelmon
Ms. Jacqueline Gijssen
Dr. Evelyn Harden
Mr. Stephen Kennedy
Mr. Brian Kilpatrick
Anonymous
Mr. John Kuiper
Mr. Gordon Knight
Mrs. Leona Lattimer
Mr. James Mason
Dr. Barbara C McGillivray
Ms. Elizabeth Montgomery
Mr. William Roche
Donations to the Collection
Ms. Judy Acres: Hawaiian tapa cloth
Mrs. Patricia Ajello: Bill Reid (Haida) painted drum, drumstick
Anonymous: Haida hat by Isabel Rorick and painted by Robert Davidson
Anonymous: 6 baskets by Mary Watts (Nisga’a) and 6 Mexican textiles
Mr. Lorne Balshine: 180 piece Asmat (New Guinea) collection, pair
of leggings by Ann Smith (Tlingit–Tutchone) and 3 sets of Inuit
seal skin clothing
Ms. Joan Bennett: 9 woven bags from Papua New Guinea
Mr. Robert Cazelais and Ms. Nicole Lachapelle: collection of 45 objects
from Africa, Indonesia, Pacific Islands and Peru
Mr. David Cunningham: textile by May Smith (Canadian)
Mr. Helmut and Mrs. Inge Daniels: Dene moccasins and 2 pairs of
gauntlets
Mr. Gary and Mrs. Janet Dillabaugh: Inuit collection of 106 drawings, 2
prints, 3 kayaks, 1 hanging, sculpture, parka and ulu
Mr. Kevin Doyle: Plains moccasins and a northern interior hide jacket
Mr. David Evans and Mr. Daniel Ma: 7 ceramic Zuni figures
Mr. James W. Felter: 8 ceramics by Walter Dexter (Canadian)
Mr. Larry Garfinkel: ring by Morgan Green (Tsimshian) and a print by
Paul Windsor (Haisla–Heiltsuk)
Mr. Mawuena Glymin: Ghanaian textile
Ms. Victoria E. Grabb: paddle by John Marston (Salish)
His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada:
Qur’an leaf, Ming dish, 4 piece set of Chinese cloisonné
Mrs. Kathie Jagger: Nuu-chah-nulth basket
Jin Wah Sing Musical Association: 57 piece set of Cantonese opera
costumes and props
Mr. Patrick Kordyback: 2 notecards by Ellen Neel (Kwagu’l)
$2,010,000. We are very grateful for the continuing
support of so many organizations and individuals, whose
energy, enthusiasm, generosity, and advice continue to
amaze and inspire the work of the Museum.
Dr. Marleigh Sheaff
Mr. Robert Short
Mrs. Christine B. Wisenthal
Ms. June Williams
Miss Eva Williamson
Dr. Sandra Witherspoon
Miss Frances Woodward
Ms. Kathryn Woodward
Mrs. Edith M. York
Media Sponsors
The Georgia Straight
Programming and
Exhibition Support
Bank of Montreal
BC Arts Council Operating Grant
BC Arts Council Co-op Program
The Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian Heritage Museums
Assistance Program
Canadian Heritage Young
Canada Works
Canadian Society for Asian Arts
Northwest Coast Ceramics
Foundation
Pan American Silver Corp.
Patronato Plata del Peru
The Mellon Foundation
Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada
Foundation
Native Youth Program
TD Bank Group
ACCESS
MOA Partnership of
Peoples Project
Estate of Judy Christine Cranmer
Audrey Hawthorn Research
Support Fund
Mrs. Carol Givton
MOA Reflecting Pool Project
Dr. Yosef Wosk, OBC
MOA Acquisitions Fund
Dr. Beverley Tamboline
Dr. Brenda Focht
John H. A. Grant Memorial Award
Dr. Kathleen Jaeger
Collections and Conservation Care
Mrs. Elspeth McConnell
Mrs. Val Gamage
Mr. Rudi Kovanic: Burmese puppet and a Mendi spirit bowl
Dr. Nicky Levell and Dr. Anthony Shelton: 51 piece collection of
Portuguese folk art
Mr. Jonathan A. Levin: 15 piece collection of Mexican ceramics
Ms. Joanne Loberg: 7 pieces of Greenlandic Inuit clothing
Mrs. Jean Lubin: Malawian textile
Mrs. Bertha Margaret Mathisen: Coast Indian Suite set of 20 drawings
by Jack Shadbolt (Canadian)
Dr. Carol E. Mayer: print by Andrew Tovovur (Ni-Vanuatu)
Mr. Kevin Murawsky: drawing by Tony Anguhadluq (Inuit)
Ms. Mary Newman: Ktunaxa baby carrier and gauntlets
Mrs. Helen O’Brian: Nanai fish-skin robe and fur collar
Mrs. Cornelia Oberlander: 2 pots and 5 pre-Columbian Peruvian
ceramics
Mrs. Erika H. Sawyer: the Alan R. Sawyer collection of approx. 1,000
pieces of pre-Columbian art
Mrs. Celeste Shannte: Ukranian vest and apron
Mr. David Sheffield: Nuu-chah-nulth paddle
Mrs. Joan Stephens: painting by Henry Speck (Lawitsis)
Mr. Robert H.Stevens: Northwest Coast whistle and 2 spoons
Dr. Zbigniew Adam Szybinski: collection of 23 Peruvian objects
Ms. Brenda Urquhart: Plains doll
Mr. Phil Van Horne: basket and mats from Squamish
Westwillow Antiques: 2 ceramic bowls by Louise (and Adolf?) Schwenk
(Canadian)
Acquisitions made possible by the Estate of Gwendolyne
Lottie Alcock, Dr. Brenda Focht and the MOA Shop
19th century Salish chief’s blanket
Erromango Cultural Association
Partnership Initiative
Carol Mayer
Mr. David Williams
Michael Ames Scholarship in
Museum Studies
Ms. Elizabeth Cheetham
Ms. Karen Duffek
Anonymous
Mr. Anar Jit
Ms. Anila Srivastava
Dr. Brian Thom
Mrs. Geraldine Young
Safar/Voyage Exhibition
Project Benefactors
The Audain Foundation
The Charles & Julie Bentall Family
Foundation
Alex & Monika Besharat
Brazfin Investments Ltd.
Concord Pacific Foundation
Count & Countess Enrico & Aline
Dobrzensky
Anonymous
Moh & Yulanda Faris
Jon & Lisa Greyell
Ali & Emanuela Hedayat
Hassan & Nezhat Khosrowshahi
Lily & Robert H. Lee
Peggy & John McLernon
The Gwyn Morgan & Patricia Trottier Foundation
Reza & Marjan Navabi
Vahid & Mahshid Noshirvani
The Nowruz Commission
Dr. & Mrs. Nowtash
Michael O’Brian Family Foundation
Prophet Investments Ltd.
R & J Stern Family Foundation
Willem & Rosalie Stronck
Safar/Voyage Corporate Support
Canvas Magazine
CBC
Chubb Insurance Company of
Canada
Consulat général de France à
Vancouver
Deloitte
HUB International Insurance
Brokers
Lamar Transit Advertising
SDV Logistiques (Canada) Inc.
UBS Bank (Canada)
Wesbild Holdings
Safar/Voyage Gala Supporters
Apex Tents
Ayoub’s dried fruit and nuts
Consulate General of the United
States, Vancouver
DIVA at the Met
La Stella Winery
Meridian Valet
Porchlight Press
Tala Florist
Tom Lee Music
Upright Decor Rentals and Event
Design
Le Vieux Pin Winery
Acquisitions made possible by the MOA Shop
3 beaded mats and 3 paintings on hide by Sin-Nam-Hit-Quh and ThithHak-Key (Osoyoos)
Print by Sonny Assu (Ligwilda’xw)
Eagle mask by Latham Mack (Nuxalk)
11 paintings by the Jeune family (Haitian)
Woven hanging by Kawtysee Kakee and Towkee Etooangat (Inuit)
Painting by Henry Speck (Lawitsis)
Print by Alick Tipoti (Torres Strait Islander)
Ceremonial staff from Peru
Acquisitions made possible by MOA Exhibition Funds
Field collection of over 300 pieces of Portuguese folk art
Donations to Library & Archives
Ms. Helen Anderson
Autry National Center
Mr. Lorne Balshine
Ms. Beverley Brown
Mr. Robert Cazelais
Mr. Matt Chatelain
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Ms. Karen Duffek
Ms. Carol Givton
Dr. Veselin Jungic
Ms. Deirdre Lott
Dr. Carol Mayer
Mr. Charles Moore
Mr. Turrall A. Moore
Mr. Peter Morin
Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
National Gallery of Canada
Library & Archives
National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan
Dr. Sue Rowley
Dr. Anthony Shelton
Mr. Robert H. Stevens
Ms. Ann Stevenson
Mr. Harold Swierenga
Surrey Public Library
Mr. Glenn Valde
Mr. Lyle Wilson
Encouraging Active Engagement
...in ways that honour contributions to our shared society
Total Students Served
Developing and offering strong educational programs is
critical to MOA’s teaching and outreach mandate. This year,
676 groups of elementary, secondary, post-secondary and
ESL students—representing 14,411 people—attended an
educational program or participated in a guided or selfguided tour at MOA.
In addition MOA continued to develop new services for
teachers and students. On April 23 and 24, 2012, MOA
and the Vancouver Board of Education co-hosted a First
Peoples Festival at MOA. The Festival was developed to
honor the Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement
that was signed in June 2009 by the Vancouver Board
of Education, the BC Ministry of Education, Musqueam
Indian Band, Métis Nation BC, and the Urban Aboriginal
community. This agreement marks the school district’s
commitment to enhancing Aboriginal students’ academic
success in Vancouver schools from K-12. The Festival
featured student workshops, activities and performances
delivered by a range of Aboriginal artists and educators.
Over 400 students and teachers attended this successful
event which MOA hopes will become an ongoing part of its
programming for schools.
Elementary and Secondary Programs
Archaeology of the Lower Fraser River
910
Potlatch1,828
Pole Walk
3,524
Cedar: The tree of Life
2,530
Architecture: Museum as Muse
70
Transforming Image
344
VSB First Peoples Festival
400
Total9,618
On October 19, 2012 MOA offered a Professional
Development Day for teachers featuring talks, tours, special guest speakers, an introduction to MOA’s teaching collection, and information on our online teacher resources.
MOA also continued to host the Coastal First Nations Dance
Festival School Program which this year was held on
March 6 and 7, 2013. Over 500 students attended the two
day event which featured performances by the festival’s
organizers, The Dancers of Damelahamid, an inter-generational, Aboriginal dance company. They performed Dancing
Our Stories through which they share their Gitksan and
Cree ancestries. This year students were also treated to
a special performance by Nukarik, a throat-singing duo of
Inuit sisters.
MOA Curator of Education and Public Program Dr.
Jill Baird, and museum educator Damara Jacobs-Morris
completed interviews for the Voices of the Canoe website
and worked with Josh Hite to edit a series of short films
which are now integrated into the website. Educator Meredith Seymour was contracted to create lesson plans that
complement the content of the website. The website will be
launched on October 8, 2013.
Special Programs
Coast First Nations Dance Festival
443
Safar/Voyage School Programming
150
Total593
Self-Guided Tours
Elementary391
Secondary560
Post-secondary1,183
Adult ESL
435
Total Self-Guided 2,509
Guided Tours
Elementary598
Secondary795
Post-secondary1,839
Adult ESL
1,559
Total Guided
1,691
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Building a Legacy
Operating Statement
Volunteer Associates and External Advisory Board Members play a vital role in supporting exhibitions, programs, and
research, as well as connecting us globally to new audiences and opportunities for growth and sustainability. We are grateful
for their energy, enthusiasm, and unwavering commitment to MOA’s vision for the future. This year, Volunteer Associates
served an astounding 10,041 hours. Members of the Canadian Society of Asian Arts worked closely with MOA staff to develop
and support the exhibition Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA. This year, the Safar/Voyage Exhibition Volunteer
Committee, chaired by Mrs. Nezhat Khosrowshahi, provided invaluable advice and support towards the development of a
major exhibition of works by contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish artists that opened in April 2013.
April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013
External Advisory Board
2010-2013
Dr. James Clifford
Mr. Christos Dikeakos
Dr. Nancy Gallini
Dr. Linc Kesler
Ms. Jacqueline Koerner
Ms. Diana Marsh
Mr. Shamez Mohamed
Mr. Michael O’Brian
Dr. Robert K. Paterson
Mr. David Watson
Dr. Yosef Wosk, OBC
Mr. Michael Nicoll
Yahgulanaas
Organizations
represented by:
His Excellency Philippe Zeller,
Ambassador of France
Consul General Ms. Evelyne
Decorps,
Ms. Arlee Gale, MOA
Volunteer Associates
Ms. Catherine Patel, MOA
Volunteer Associates
Ms. Leona Sparrow,
Musqueam Indian Band
Mr. Willem Stronck, Canadian
Society for Asian Arts
Safar/Voyage Exhibition
Volunteer Committee
Mrs. Nezhat Khosrowshahi,
Chair
Mrs. Rosalie Stronck,
Vice Chair
Mrs. Maymanat Bakhtiar
Mr. Hank Bull
Mrs. Fiona Entwistle
Mrs. Yulanda Faris
Mrs. Shawne MacIntyre
Mr. Parviz Tanavoli
Mrs. Lisa Turner
Volunteer Associates
& Shop Volunteers
2012 - 2013
Mr. Steven Weisman
(President)
Ms. Helen Anderson
Ms. Joyce Anderson
Ms. Wanda Mae Anderson
Ms. Teri Arcand
Ms. Barbara Baker
Mrs. Kimberly Baker
Mrs. Marilyn Bild
Ms. Kathy Birmingham
Ms. Jennifer Boyce
Mrs. Nancy Brodie
Mr. Clyde Brown
Ms. Marjorie Brown-Watts
Mrs. Sheila Carnahan
Ms. Jennifer Chiu
Ms. Charlene Chow
Mr. Brian Clarke
Ms. Jill Collingwood
Mrs. Josephine Coole
Ms. Kathy Copps
Mr. Paul Dixon
Ms. Isabel Dos Santos
Ms. Nancy Downes
Mr. David Driedger
Mrs. Marise Dutton
Mrs. Alison Emslie
Mrs. Judith Eyrl
Mrs. Ann Ferries
Mrs. Susan Fisher
Mrs. Mary Forster
Ms. Freddy Foster
Ms. Arlee Gale
Mrs. Val Gamage
Mrs. Carol Givton
Ms. Sarah Goodman
Mrs. Carol Gordon
Mrs. Kay Grandage
Ms. Julie Grundvig
Mrs. Barbara Harrower
Mr. George Hayhoe
Ms. Gabriele Helmig
Mrs. Ann House
Mrs. Mary Huffman
Mr. Simon Kahya
Mr. John Kermacks
Mr. John Kirkness
Mr. Martin Kyle
Mrs. Jean Lewandowski
Mr. Luke Lewandowski
Ms. Lily Li
Ms. Wenshu Li
Mrs. Jean Lubin
Mrs. Louise Lupini
Mrs. Allison Marshall-Rath
Ms. Shirley McCall
Mrs. Jill McKnight
Mrs. Cynthia McLean
Dr. Roya Mokhtari
Mrs. Anne Morse
Mrs. June Mosher
Mrs. Dorothy Mude
Ms. Sue Murphy
Mr. Daryl Mytron
Ms. Christel Nierobisch
Ms. Gina Ortiz
Ms. Elizabeth Owre
Mrs. Cathy Patel
Mrs. Terry Perry
Ms. Rosemary Pitzer
Mrs. Maureen Richardson
Mrs. Shirley Salomon
Ms. Liz Schuetz
Ms. Patricia Seipp
Mrs. Jane Shumka
Ms. Cheryl Stapleton
Mrs. Colette Storrow
Mrs. Nancy Stubbs
Dr. Beverley Tamboline
Mr. Glenn Valde
Mrs. Lillian Varnals
Mrs. Mary Vickers
Ms. D. Laurie Watson
Ms. Endie Williams
Ms. Lee Woolf
MOA Permanent Staff
Director’s Office
Anthony Shelton
Director
Tara Pike Assistant to the
Director
Nuno Porto Associate
Director, Research,
Moya Waters Associate
Director
Administration
Department
Anna Pappalardo
Assistant Director,
Financial Resources –
Department Head
Susan Fordham
Museum Shop Clerk
Mawuena Glymin IT Systems
Coordinator & Integration
Analyst
Melanie Lawrence
Accounts Receivable
Jill Lindsay
Floor Supervisor
Salma Mawani
Manager Administration/
Shop Manager, Wholesale
Maria Miu
Accounts Payable
Deborah Tibbel
Shop Manager, Retail
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn
Library and Archives
Ann Stevenson
Information Manager –
Department Head
Shannon LaBelle
Research Manager
Krisztina Laszlo
Archivist
Gerald Lawson Oral History &
Language Lab Coordinator
Collections Care and
Management Department
Heidi Swierenga Conservator –
Department Head
Candace Beisel Collections Research
Technician
Krista Bergstrom Collections Research
Facilitator (LOA as of
August 13, 2012)
Nancy Bruegeman
Collections Manager
Susan Buchanan Collections & Loans
Coordinator
Teija Dedi Acting Collections
Research Facilitator
(as of July 30, 2012)
Mauray Toutloff Conservator
Curatorial Department
Carol Mayer Curator, Africa/
Pacific – Department Head
Pam Brown Curator, Pacific
Northwest
Karen Duffek Curator,
Contemporary Visual Arts
& Pacific Northwest
Jennifer Kramer Curator,
Pacific Northwest (sabbatical as of January 1, 2013 to
June 30, 2013)
Bill McLennanCurator, Pacific
Northwest
Susan Rowley Curator of
Public Archaeology
Public and Community
Service Department
David Cunningham Designer
– Department Head (as of
July 1, 2012)
Jill Baird Curator Education &
Public Programs
Skooker Broome Manager
Design/Production
Joshua Doherty
Building Technician
(as of August 20, 2012)
Taylor Lavallee
Acting Public Services
Manager (as of September
1, 2012)
Amanda Morris
Bookings Coordinator
(as of April 2, 2012)
Gwilyn Timmers Public Services Manager (LOA as of
September 10, 2012)
Jennifer Webb Manager,
Communications (LOA as
of May 16, 2012)
Reciprocal Research
Network
Nicholas Jakobsen
RRN Programmer
Ryan Wallace
RRN Programmer
Development & Alumni
Engagement, Faculty of Arts
Leslie Fields
Associate Director
Laura Vaughan
Development Officer
Contract Staff
Kyla Bailey Photographer
Neill Chung
Exhibition Technician
Adam Gandy Exhibition
Technician
Shabnam Honarbakhsh
Conservator
Damara Jacobs-Morris
Museum Educator
Alex Pichler
Exhibition Technician
Meredith Seymour
Museum Educator
Museum Interns/
Co-op Placement
Emma Fennell
Taylor LaVallee
Renee Jesperson
Alanna Kho
Museum Assistants
Jones Ashley
Alexandra Cote
Bryce Doersam
Rhys Edwards
Nigel Grenier
Matthew Harris
Russell Hirsch
Marianne Hoffard
Bianca Jauca
Saraya Jina
Helena Kudzia
Nicola Lee
Sharon Lim
Matt Louie
Brooke McFarlane
Megan McGeough
Molly Mew
Stephanie Mrakovich
Sean Nelson
Deidre Olsen
Helen Orkar
Paulina de la Paz
Alex Pimm
Liberte Reilly
Geoffrey Schellenberg
Polina Skvortsova
Fahad Tarani
Eirian Vining
Rhiannon Vining
Ka Bo Yuen
Native Youth Program
Danielle Mashon,
NYP Coordinator
Francine Cunningham,
NYP Assistant
Angelita Alexson
Justene Harper
Danielle Harper
Williard Ned
Robert Point
Senaqwila Wyss
Work Study
Jillian Aalhus
Sandy Chu
Tara Dusanj
Camille Esquivel
Anais Forest-Cooter
Alyssa Gallant
Heather Gring
Mary Jinglewski
Ting Kelly
Shui Kwan
Curtis LeBlanc
Nadia Mallay
Kathleen Marshall
Laura Mason
Judith Mercado
Victoria Ostrzenski
Marisa Parker
Meghan Price
Robyn Putnam-McLean
Jasmine Sacharuk
Megan Smiley
Samson Tam
Matthew Willis
Research/Exhibition
Assistants
Neill Chung
Adam Gandy
Alex Pichler
John Grant
Conservation Award
Elizabeth Boyce
Philippa Dove
Nikita Johnston
Research Fellows
Dr. Miriam Clavir
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson
Operating Funds
General Purpose, Fee for Service and Endowment Funds
Revenue
UBC Operating Funding
Earned Revenue
Public Sector
Foundations & Agencies
Private Sector Support
Endowment Income
Transfer from Restricted Funds
Total Revenue
1,904,843.60
2,249,217.39
130,436.98
3,000.00
265,137.01
73,695.84
159,501.16
4,685,831.98
Expenses
Salaries and Benefits
Earned Revenue Expenses
Research and Programming Expenses
Operating Expenses
Special Initiatives
Total Expenses
2,446,279.23
785,773.68
879,230.58
409,737.03
420,599.72
4,941,620.23
Surplus/Deficit(255,788.25)
Operating Carryforward 2012
Surplus/Deficit 2012 Operating Carryforward 2013
864,205.97
(255,788.25)
608,417.72
Restricted Funds
Specific Purpose, Research and Trust
Partnership of Peoples Renewal Project
Carryforward 2012
Renewal Project Capital Campaign Donations
Donation Transfer to Renewal Project Central Account
Carryforward 2013
26,392
151,727
(175,267)
2,852
Canada Foundation for Innovation Operating Funding
Carryforward 2012
CFI Annual Operating Funding
CFI Operating Expenses
Carryforward 2013
50,521
441,659
(530,552)
(38,372)
Other Specific Purpose Funds
Carryforward 2012
Native Youth Program Funding
Faculty Research Funding
Specific Purpose Donations
Native Youth Program Expenses
Faculty Research Expenses
Other Expenses
Transfer to Operating
Carryforward 2013
496,803
59,731
5,000
305,389
(18,385)
(1,707)
(49,222)
(188,718)
608,891
For this statement, income is included on a cash basis for earned
revenue only. All other income is included on an allocated funding basis.
All expenses, including capital purchases, are included on a cash basis.
Grants
Canadian Heritage, Cultural Spaces Program
Security Systems Upgrade Canadian Heritage, Museums Assistance Program,
Seismic Upgrade to 3-D Storage Canada Foundation for Innovation Operating Support Young Canada Works Canada Council, Project Grant for Organizations in the
Visual Arts, Safar/Voyage Exhibition Production Support Canada Council, Project Grant for Organizations in the
Visual Arts, George Nuku Art Installation Support BC Arts Council, Operating Support BC Arts Coucil, Co-op Student Support Mellon Foundation, Asian Curator and Fellow
Program Support Northwest Coast Ceramics Foundation Total $177,000
$25,000
$441,659
$4,337
$12,000
$8,100
$62,500
$8,500
$495,000
$3,000
$1,237,096
Museum visitors 130,140 | Educational program attendance 16,764 | Membership 1,005 | Members 1,600 | Visitors to MOA website 252,056 | Website page views 1,101,133 | Permanent Staff 37 | Volunteer Associates 84
Volunteer hours served 10,041 | Student, contract staff 78 | Ethnological objects 40,000 | Laboratory of Archaeological objects 535,000
Bottom left: MOA Volunteer Associates Martin Kyle, Sue Murphy and Sheila Carnahan in Haida Gwaii. Photo: Paul Dixon.
Bottom right: Jack Shadbolt, Coast Indian Suite (detail), 1976. Charcoal and acrylic panel, MOA #2980/1-20. Photo Kyla Bailey
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UBC Museum of Anthropology Annual Report 2011-12