This month, join ceramicist Cheryl Stapleton for a fun, hands-on workshop celebrating the season of spring. Paint spring-themed ceramic charms and contribute to a collaborative clay forest sculpture. Unleash your creativity while learning about ceramic art. Perfect for families and individuals, this drop-in workshop offers a joyful and artistic way to welcome the beauty of spring!

Limited supplies; first come, first served.

Bio

Cheryl Stapleton is an artist, educator, pottery studio technician and manager based in Vancouver. She holds a BFA (1999) from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. She has managed the Roundhouse Pottery Studio since 1999 and the studio at West Point Grey from 2002 – 2021. She has taught ceramics classes to both children and adults since 1996 at Kwantlen University, the Surrey Arts Centre, the Vancouver School Board, the Vancouver Museum of Anthropology, and West Point Grey Community Centre.

About Culture Club at MOA

Join MOA on the last Sunday of each month for Culture Club! Drop in and enjoy engaging art-making activities designed for families. Get creative and connect with MOA’s diverse collections and exhibitions. See the full schedule.

Culture Club at MOA is made possible by the generous support of UBC Campus + Community Planning

The sale includes a wide selection of books discarded from MOA’s library collection, as well as books donated by our community of researchers and volunteers. Surplus MOA publications in brand new condition will also be sold at a discount. Topics include art and material culture from the Northwest Coast and around the world, anthropology, museology, and more. There are lots of treasures to be found!

Most books are priced under $10, with some specialty books priced higher. Many books will be available for free or by donation as well. Surplus MOA publications in brand new condition will be sold at a deep discount.

Volume discounts and set priced bags (fit as many books as you can in a MOA  bag!) will also be available.

Cash and credit cards will be accepted, but cash is encouraged and discounts will be available for cash purchases.

Schedule

Friday, May 16 | 12 – 3pm
Saturday, May 17 | 11am – 3pm
Wednesday, May 21 | 12 – 3pm
Thursday, May 22 | 12 – 3pm
Friday, May 23 | 12 – 3pm
Saturday, May 24 | 12 – 3pm

In this workshop, Vivian will share her knowledge about cedar bark harvesting and uses. Following her presentation, she will teach participants how to make a twined cedar bark bracelet. This hands-on workshop is great for learners of all ages.

This workshop is part of UBC Biodiversity Days, a month-long celebration every May that honours the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22), organized by UBC Botanical Garden in collaboration with SEEDS Sustainability Program.

Limited capacity. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Please note: this event does not include a museum tour.

If cost is a barrier to attending this event, please reach out to the MOA Education team at education@moa.ubc.ca.

This event is now SOLD OUT. We do not keep wait lists, but you can check the Facebook event page to see if someone is unable to attend and is selling their tickets.

Enjoy free museum admission (starting at 6 pm) for the opening night of VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology.

Join MOA for a solo exhibition of internationally-lauded contemporary Indigenous artist Rebecca Belmore. VALUE offers an examination of four important works from the Anishinaabe artist’s four-decade career, which embody Belmore’s persistent critique of the ongoing condition of colonialism. The four works will be displayed in spaces throughout the Museum.

Rebecca Belmore will be in attendance for the opening celebrations.

Free museum admission | 6 pm onwards
Program | 7 – 8 pm

This month, explore the artistry of Coast Salish weaving with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh wool weaver and knowledge keeper Spelex̱ílh–Anjeanette Dawson. In this interactive workshop, participants will connect with local Indigenous history and teachings by weaving a quarter bag using contemporary wool and cardboard looms.

Please note: to ensure participants have an appropriate amount of time to complete their project, drop-ins will be welcome until 1 pm only.

Pre-registration for this event is now full. Visitors can still drop in, but supplies are limited and access is first come, first served.

Spelex̱ílh–Anjeanette Dawson, is a proud member of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw. She is an educator, workshop facilitator and advocate dedicated to supporting Indigenous education and working towards Truth and Reconciliation. Anjeanette’s workshops are designed to empower educators, students, and communities by fostering meaningful learning experiences rooted in Indigenous perspectives. To find more about her work, please visit her website.

About Culture Club at MOA

Join MOA on the last Sunday of each month for Culture Club! Drop in and enjoy engaging art-making activities designed for families. Get creative and connect with MOA’s diverse collections and exhibitions. See the full schedule.

Culture Club at MOA is made possible by the generous support of UBC Campus + Community Planning

Peter will share his research on traditional mineral paints and historic commercial products used as paint by his ancestors, such as Reckitt’s laundry bluing. Join in conversation with this Nuxalk carver as he researches the past to create for the present and future. This event is presented in conjunction with MOA’s new feature exhibition, Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun.

Alklasis–Peter Snow is a MOA artist-residence from April 5 – 13. This event and residency is funded by the Levi Strauss Foundation.

Bio

Alklasis–Peter Snow is a Nuxalk carver, knowledge holder and initiated kusyut (winter ceremonial) dancer from the lineage of Snuxyaltwa of Talyu, in South Bentinck. Peter is inspired by the carvings of his ancestors: great-great grandfather Snuxyaltwa (Louie Snow), and great uncle Suuncwmay (Dick Snow), who have treasures on display in the Nuxalk Strong exhibition. It is clear that Peter is connected both spiritually through Syut (supernatural energy) and through blood lines to the ceremonial treasures he carves.

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled. We hope to hold it at a later date.

Drop in and enjoy meaningful artmaking and intergenerational learning. Step into a world of imagination and creativity! Families are invited to craft their own unique puppets and bring them to life in a mini puppet theater. Explore the magic of storytelling as you perform your own puppet shows and play with a selection of puppets from the museum’s teaching collection. Perfect for all ages, this hands-on workshop combines art, play, and creative exploration in a fun and engaging way.

Limited supplies; first come, first served.

About Culture Club at MOA

Join MOA on the last Sunday of each month for Culture Club! Drop in and enjoy engaging art-making activities designed for families. Get creative and connect with MOA’s diverse collections and exhibitions. See the full schedule.

Culture Club at MOA is made possible by the generous support of UBC Campus + Community Planning

Slow Fashion Season 2025 is a set of public and student-oriented activities based at UBC aimed at changing behaviours around textile waste and fashion consumption, by mounting inspiring events that showcase sustainable and regenerative fashion and textile initiatives.

This first edition of Slow Fashion Season includes a student Slow Fashion design challenge, workshops on campus, a knowledge exchange on sustainable clothing, an exhibition of winning clothing designs by professional designers and artists, selections from the student sustainable fashion design challenge, and a poster exhibition about sustainable fashion and textile research initiatives. The event culminates with a Slow Fashion Show in MOA’s Great Hall.

Arrive early for the best seats. Museum admission is 50% off on Thursday nights from 5 pm onwards.

Documentary Screening

Enjoy a free documentary screening of The Nettle Dress by Dylan Howitt (2023, 68 min) prior to the fashion show as part of Slow Fashion Season at UBC. Learn more on the Green College event page.
Thursday, March 27 at 5 pm
The Coach House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Slow Fashion Week is presented with the UBC Arts & Culture District, SEEDS Sustainability Program, AMS Sustainability Office, Hatch Art Gallery, the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at UBC and MOA.

Join the exhibition co-curators and First Nations community members for an in-depth dialogue, responding to the powerful archival photos featured in MOA’s current feature exhibition, To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965. The contributors challenge and re-shape our collective understanding of the public, yet little-known, history of Indigenous people in this period. The roundtable conversation will be followed by an opportunity to see the exhibition with the co-curators and speakers, before it closes on March 30, 2025.

Roundtable participants:
Marcia Crosby (Ts’msyen/Haida) – Facilitator, exhibition co-curator
Karen Duffek – Facilitator, exhibition co-curator
Jordan Wilson (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm)
Troy Hunter (Ktunaxa)
Sm Łoodm ‘Nüüsm—Mique’l Dangeli (Tsimshian)
Ika’wega—Lou-ann Neel (Mamalillikulla and Kwagu’ł)
Haa’yuups (Huupachesat-ḥ)

To Be Seen, To Be Heard explores how, during the potlatch prohibition and other forms of erasure, First Nations people represented themselves as Indigenous in urban public spaces. Rich archival material reveals the diverse ways that they worked to have their rights to their lands, their laws, their future recognized.

The Dancers of Damelahamid, in partnership with MOA and the Anvil Centre, present the 18^th annual Coastal Dance Festival. The Festival is a celebration of the stories, songs and dances of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast with national and international guest artists. The Festival brings Indigenous artists together to share and support one another in a celebration of lived artistic practices. National and international artists have connected the festival with a global community of Indigenous dance.

The Coastal Dance Festival’s Signature performances will take place at MOA, amongst the powerful setting of poles in the museum’s Great Hall. During both evenings, Dancers of Damelahamid will perform a site-specific excerpt, adapted from Raven Mother that features Raven sculptures, masks, regalia and dance.

Please note: Tickets will be on sale at the door starting a 6 pm on the night of each show. Doors to the Great Hall will open at 7 pm. Seating is risers and first-come, first-served. Photography or videography of the event is not permitted.

Tuesday March 4  | 7:30 pm

Performance program includes dances by:

• Xwelmexw Shxwexwo:s (Stó:lō, Musqueam, Sts:ailes, Snuneymuxw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh)
• Wagana Aboriginal Dancers (Australia)
• Dancers of Damelahamid

Wednesday March 5  | 7:30 pm

Performance program includes dances by:

• Spakwus Slolem (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh)
• Laura Grizzlypaws (St’át’imc)
• Dancers of Damelahamid

The Coastal Dance Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the qəyqəyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), q̓ʷainƛ̓ən (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) peoples.