Drop in and enjoy meaningful artmaking and intergenerational learning. Facilitated by local Vancouver printmaker and comic artist Tajliya Jamal, this workshop explores the connections between our individual and collective pasts, presents, and futures. Contribute your own designed story block to a larger, shared narrative through a mix of comic-inspired drawing and storytelling. Participants can drop in at any time to respond to the stories of others or start their own unique thread.

Limited supplies; first come, first served.

Bio

Tajliya Jamal is a printmaker and comics artist based in Vancouver, BC. With an emphasis on storytelling and pattern, their work often uses iconography from their Cantonese and Muslim-Indian background in tandem with images and texts that queery bodies. Taj graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2019, and has since had their illustrations and comics featured in festivals and publications, led workshops for youth and adults, painted large murals, and produced screen prints for artists both collaboratively and on demand. Follow them on Instagram.

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

For this special evening, visiting artist Lisa Reihana joins MOA’s Curator of Indigenous Engagement, Damara Jacobs-Petersen for a discussion on Reihana’s artistic practice and the making of the feature exhibition, in Pursuit of Venus [infected]. Integrating hand-painted landscapes with live-action figures and a densely layered soundtrack, this monumental installation invites viewers to observe a series of restaged historical events, real and imagined, of the first contact between British and Pacific peoples.

Lisa Reihana is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture, costume and body adornment, text and photography. Since the 1990s she has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art and contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa New Zealand. Reihana represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale in 2017 with the large-scale video installation in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (2015-17).

in Pursuit of Venus [infected] is currently on view at MOA and closes on January 5, 2025.

Join xʷmәθkʷәy̓әm artist Rita Kompst for a hands-on cedar weaving workshop in advance of National Truth and Reconciliation Day. In this workshop, participants will practice traditional cedar bark weaving techniques while reflecting on their personal role in advancing reconciliation.

Tickets on sale September 3 at noon.

Bio

Rita Kompst was born and raised in Musqueam. Her late Father, Joe Becker, a former Musqueam Chief, was mainly a carver and a fisherman. Rita started cedar weaving once her father passed as per her cultural teachings. She experienced several personal losses over the next 7 years and continued weaving on her healing journey. Her mentor Todd Devries, a Haida Weaver, encouraged her to begin teaching cedar weaving several years ago. Now she teaches cedar weaving full-time. Rita and her daughter Zoe started teaching cedar weaving, wool weaving and natural dyeing full-time together in early 2023. Follow Rita Kompst on Instagram.

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

This event is now SOLD OUT. 

For the 2024 Vancouver Institute Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture, Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on Indigenous and scientific wisdom to offer lessons on how we can heal our relationships with the natural world.

In her lecture, titled “Restoration and Reciprocity: Healing Relationships with the Natural World,” Dr. Kimmerer discusses how ecological restoration can be understood as an act of reciprocity, in return for the gifts of the earth. In this thought-provoking discussion and Q&A, Dr. Kimmerer explores the ecological and ethical imperatives of healing the damage we have inflicted on our land and waters. She traces the evolution of restoration philosophy and practice, and considers how the integration of Indigenous knowledge can expand our understanding of restoration from the biophysical to the biocultural. Reciprocal restoration includes not only healing the land, but our relationship to the land. In healing the land, we heal ourselves.

Book signing to follow presentation.

If you have already secured tickets to the event and can no longer attend, please return your tickets by emailing chan.tickets@ubc.ca. If you do not have tickets to the event, we encourage you to join the standby line at the venue on the day of the event.

“A profound perspective of history, restoration, reciprocity, responsibility and hope.” ~Forbes

This event is presented by the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in partnership with the Chan Centre at UBC, Critical Indigenous Studies at UBC,  and the Vancouver Institute.

Bio

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.

To kick off the evening, Kin Balam’s eclectic performance will blend Indigenous Mesoamerican instrumentation, Flamenco guitar, and socially-conscious hip-hop. Tanaz Roudgar will end the night with transcendent, experimental poetry. Enjoy a soulful musical experience as these two unique artists fill MOA’s Great Hall with spirit-nourishing music and poetry.

Please note: This event was previously promoted with a performance by Anjalica Solomon. Unfortunately, Anjalica will no longer be performing due to illness.

Presented in partnership with UBC Campus and Community Planning’s Harvest Feastival, a family-style feast followed by an evening of specially-curated programming at UBC’s world-class Arts and Culture District.

Bios

From the Indigenous lands of Kuxkatan, Nekepio, El Salvador, Kin Balam brings forth a new musical proposition to the modern landscape of music through original compositions and a virtuosic Flamenco/classical guitar, Afro Latin & Indigenous rhythms and sounds, as well as a social political message through Hip Hop. ‘Kin Balam’ in Lenca Poton and Maya Indigenous languages translates as ‘the path of the jaguar,’ signifying the return to Indigenous culture, roots, healing, and the journey and process to one’s personal truths. Follow Kin Balam on Instagram.

Tanaz Roudgar is an actor, writer, and filmmaker with professional training from Vancouver Film School, SFU and other amazing mentors. Her creations manifest as movement art, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting. She is based in Vancouver BC, stolen lands of Coast Salish peoples. Her work is centered around somatic awareness, activism, and play. She is committed to bringing her diverse experience as a queer BIPOC immigrant to the process, dismantling systems of oppression like a warrior goddess.. Follow Tanaz Roudgar on Instagram.

This month, experiment with printmaking techniques to explore our connection to the land. Play with colourful nature themed-stamps, carve your own linocut print, or create a cyanotype image using gathered materials in the summer sun. Create visual stories about your favourite family memories in nature, or artfully reflect on your impact on the land.

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

On your next visit to MOA, take a tour with one of the members of this year’s Native Youth Program (NYP) at MOA. Visitors will have a unique opportunity to learn about the MOA collection from a new and Indigenous perspective and gain insight into belongings from interpreters with a personal connection to the objects.

In addition to the scheduled weekly tours, NYP interpreters will be stationed throughout the museum where they will introduce MOA’s temporary exhibitions To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965 and in Pursuit of Venus [infected], as well as the new displays and objects in the Great Hall. Visitors are also encouraged to participate in the drop-in art-making in the Learning Lab.

Currently in its 44th year, the Native Youth Program is a summer program for urban Indigenous youth, ages 15 to 18 enrolled in secondary school. Each year, this summer job opportunity is a full training and work experience that offers up to eight Indigenous high school students a chance to explore their identity through art and culture and to learn about MOA, UBC, and its programs.

Tour Schedule

Tours will be offered July 4 through August 13, Tuesday through Friday.
Tours are 45 minutes long. Registration is not required.

Tuesday: 11 am + 1 pm
Wednesday: 11 am + 1 pm
Thursday: 11 am + 1 pm
Friday: 3 pm

Follow MOA NYP on Instagram.

Explore the values and identities embedded in this rich artistic tradition. Celebrating histories of resilience and the futurity of Palestinian culture and community, participants will visit historical examples of tatreez, practice embroidering traditional Palestinian motifs, and learn about Hassan’s artistic practice.

Individuals of any skill/experience level are welcome.

Tickets
$15 General – sold out
$15 Self-identifying Palestinians – few spots remaining

Please note this workshop does not include museum admission and will be held in MOA’s Community Lounge, accessible by the Museum’s administrative entrance.

Artist Bio

Rawan Hassan روان حسن is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist and community organizer based in so-called Vancouver. Her work reflects the cultures, experiences and perspectives she grew up and continues to evolve with. Experimenting with traditional methods and invoking themes of Arab-Palestinian Futurism, Rawan’s practice includes tatreez, linework, and poetry.

Photo credit: Fruitless Stumps / Sweetened Palms by Rawan Hassan. 50 cm X 70 cm. Hand cross-stitched. Cotton Aida cloth and cotton thread.

Drop in and enjoy meaningful artmaking and intergenerational learning. This month, participants will artfully explore the relationship between past and future selves. Taking inspiration from the 1976 time capsule uncovered during MOA’s seismic upgrades, participants will create their own intergenerational time capsules and letters to the future. Participants can also create future ancestor journals to preserve precious memories and family values for the future.

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

To commemorate MOA’s highly anticipated reopening, we’ve planned an extended weekend filled with performances, staff tours and hands-on workshops. Plus admission is half-priced for all visitors. Come and be among the first to see the newly rebuilt Great Hall and revitalized displays of Northwest Coast art. Food trucks will be onsite all day.

We are thrilled to be welcoming our visitors from around the world through our doors once again!

Program

Friday, June 14 | 10 am – 5 pm | Half-priced admission
100th anniversary of architect Arthur Erickson’s birthday

Great Hall Renewal Project: From Origins to Today | 2 pm

Saturday, June 15| 10 am – 5 pm | Half-priced admission

Tsatsu Stalqayu Coastal Wolf Pack | 11 am
Dancers of Damelahamid | 1 pm + 2:30 pm
Staff tours
Hands-on activities
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library + Archives open house
MOA App spotlight

Sunday, June 16 | 10 am – 5 pm | Half-priced admission

Gamelan Gita Asmara | 11 am
Dancers of Damelahamid | 1 pm + 2:30 pm
Staff tours
Hands-on activities
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library + Archives open house
MOA App spotlight

MOA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia towards our Reopening Celebrations.