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Muneefist Destiny, Alfred Quiroz. Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist.
The vibrancy and urgency of Mexican American visual art and the Chicano Civil Rights Movement take centre stage at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA)’s latest exhibition Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Soñadores + creadores del cambio, running until January 1, 2023.
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Vancouver’s MOA Exhibition Xicanx Spotlights Mexican American Art and Activism
Flower: Southern magnolia/Location: Ukedo, Namine town, from Atsunobu Katagiri’s Sacrifice series, 2013 –2014.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC announces the powerful group exhibition A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, on display from February 11 to September 5, 2021. The moving exploration of post-disaster recovery and regeneration examines the power of nature and the processes of reconstruction. Continue reading:
MOA Presents a Moving Exploration of Post-Disaster Recovery and Regeneration in A Future for Memory
Flower Series #1, by Ying-Yueh Chuang (2011). Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist.
British Columbia is well known for the quality of its local ceramics. Most people, however, tend to view ‘pottery’ as decorative or practical items for serving food or displaying flowers.
A new upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC aims to unsettle this perception by exploring the ability of ceramics to make powerful statements about pressing social issues, like economic inequalities and systemic discrimination.
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Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Showcases the Subversive Potential of Ceramics
String puppets. By unknown makers (Sinhalese). MOA Collection: Eh149, Eh147, Eh164, Eh144, Eh142. Photo by Alina Ilyasova, courtesy of Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
Although puppets seem like simple creations, they have a rich and complex history across a variety of cultural traditions.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is presenting a new exhibition that offers a fascinating and comprehensive look at the world of puppetry, including the art and its theatrical experience.
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Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Launches Global Puppetry Exhibition
This image is a fragment from a devil tunic worn for Christmas plays in Michoacan, Mexico. Made by Felipe Horta, Tocuaro, Mexico. Photo by Alina Ilyasova. Courtesy of Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
When many people think of Latin American art, joyously vibrant colours often come to mind. However, beneath this celebratory aesthetic lies an undercurrent of resistance woven into the fabric of these creations.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is launching a new exhibition that explores the tensions and possibilities in the spaces between Latin American art and politics. It is bound to educate visitors about the power of art to express, resist, and transform.
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Vancouver’s MOA Launches a New Exhibition on Latin American Artistic Resistance
Credit: Collection of the National Museum of Finland, VK-1. Photographer: Markku Haverinen; weaver’s name unrecorded, location unrecorded
collected prior to 1828
When I walk into the space of the Museum of Anthropology’s newest exhibition, I feel the sacred nature of what has been assembled within it.
The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving is an unforgettable and moving gathering of Salish blankets and weavings, many that have come from far off museums in Europe and the United States.
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Vancouver’s MOA Showcases Rare Early Salish Weavings Gathered from Around the World
Photo by Valeria Almaraz on Unsplash
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) is well worth the trip out to Point Grey near UBC for its extensive collection of First Nations artifacts and aristry along with the stunning setting perched above the Pacific Ocean. Next week, they will also be hosting a party to celebrate the dead!
Similar to some of Vancouver’s other top attractions who have begun to offer extremely successful night-time events (e.g. FUSE, After Hours at the Aquarium, etc…), MOA now doesn’t shut down after dark. On the first Thursday of every month, the museum hosts monthly cabaret parties with an unexpected mix of comedy, music, dance and experimental theatre by some of the most interesting artists from Vancouver and beyond.
Next week, MOA invites you to an immersive evening of music, interactive theatre, live painting, and altar-making for this year’s Day of the Dead (Día De Los Muertos) on Thursday, November 2 from 6pm-11pm.
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Celebrate Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the Museum of Anthropology
