The 4, 14, 25, 33, 41, 43, 44, 49, 84, 99 B-Line, 480 buses arrive at UBC Exchange Bay 2—a 15 minute walk to MOA. Get off at the last stop and walk northwest. See detailed directions.
The 68 UBC Exchange/Lower Mall shuttle bus departs from UBC Exchange 1. Get off at SB West Mall at NW Marine Dr.
Full transit information at the Translink website.
From Downtown: Take 4th Avenue, Broadway (9th Avenue), 10th Avenue, or 16th Avenue west all the way to UBC.
From YVR Airport: Exit the Arthur Laing Bridge onto Southwest Marine Drive, and follow this road to UBC.
Once in UBC, watch for signs guiding you to MOA. Paid parking can be purchased by cash or credit card.
An Evo and Car2Go parking lot is located a 7-minute walk south of MOA.
From downtown, cross the Burrard Street Bridge and exit to the right onto Cornwall. Follow to Point Grey Road until NW Marine Drive all the way to UBC. Note this ride involves a significant hill, and Mobi bike shares do not have stations at UBC.
MOA’s Great Hall is being prepared for important seismic upgrades in November and December 2018. During this time, visitors will see the iconic space in transition as poles located in the Great Hall are lowered and moved. The poles will be placed into temporary storage where visitors can watch them undergo conservation.
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Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art
Preserving What We Value
Daily public tours are held several times a day.
All public tours are free with museum admission. See tour schedule.
Dive deep into the art of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists From Aboriginal Australia with a unique night of musical experimentation and art appreciation at MOA.
• General $42 | UBC Students/Staff/Faculty/MOA Members/Indigenous Peoples $35 Exhibition Performance Program
Bring your friends and dancing shoes to MOA’s Haida House for a new music series featuring a fantastic and eclectic lineup of Vancouver bands and musicians.
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In this second of three posts, learn more about the artists featured in the exhibition Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia as she reflects on her work: how she learned to paint, what subjects she has painted, and why.
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Arkeria Rose Armstrong is a Gamilaraay painter connecting traditional Aboriginal art with her own contemporary style. Jewellery featuring her work is now available at the MOA Shop.
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Discover MOA’s extensive contemporary art collection displayed in the Multiversity Galleries, starting with Tania Willard’s woodblock print that depicts the gendered labour symptomatic of Canada’s colonial history.
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The best logs for large canoes have a fine grain, no twist, and few knots, and the tree that produced Bill Reid’s inshore canoe was no exception.
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MOA is committed to promoting awareness and understanding of culturally diverse ways of knowing the world through challenging and innovative programs and partnerships with Indigenous, local and global communities.
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Museum of Anthropology at the
University of British Columbia
6393 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
Email • info@moa.ubc.ca
Phone • 604.822.5087
Join MOA for a special evening of literature, poetry and hip hop by Indigenous artists. Dive into a night with Eden Robinson, Christie Charles and Snotty Nose Rez Kids.
Catch this eclectic lineup of powerhouse First Nation artists here to wow with their written and spoken words.
Eden Robinson (Haisla, Heiltsuk) launches Trickster Drift, the much anticipated second novel of her captivating Trickster trilogy, with a Q&A and book signing. Be among the first to get an inside glimpse of the follow-up to her Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated Son of Trickster.
The night is hosted by Christie Charles (Musqueam), Vancouver’s first Indigenous and current poet laureate. Christie will lay down her singular mix of urban Indigenous poetry, hip hop and storytelling. She’s joined on stage by the Polaris Prize-nominated hip hop duo, Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Haisla), for an earth-shaking set of fiery rhymes that tell the stories of their culture and land—in their own words. Plus, DJ Kookum provides the beats for the evening.
These are artist-activists for our times. This is a night for inspiration and instigation.
Doors & Bar: 6 pm
Program:
6:30 pm – Reading and Q&A with Eden Robinson
7:30 pm – Book signing with Eden Robinson
8 pm – Performances by Christie Charles, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, DJ Kookum
MOA • Free with museum admission Performance Programs
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