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Title: Indian paints his history, Vancouver Province, March 21, 1964
Artist: Chief Henry Speck
Writer: Nikki Moir
Date: March 21, 1964
Location: Pacific Newspaper Group Library
Publisher: Vancouver Province, Vancouver
More Information: Half page story with image of Henry Speck’s “The Sea Monster” and picture of Mrs. Audry Hawthorn (spelled incorrectly in the story as Hawtherne). Collection of the Pacific News Group Library.
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Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera) - 03. The Indian as Artist, Part 1
Wilson Duff and Chief Henry Speck (Audio) - 04. Sea Monster Mask Dance - Ga-gish
Chief Henry Speck (Painting) - 05. Tillicum Club: Talented Young Artist, Vancouver Province, July 17, 1947
Judith Morgan (Ephemera) - 06. Carr Brushes Go East, Vancouver Province, January 4, 1967
George Clutesi (Ephemera) - 07. Judith Copithorne's sketchbook
Judith Copithorne (Drawing) - 08. Father Forgive Them
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Chief Henry Speck (Drawing) - 14. Indian Art, Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1948
Ted Neel and Ellen Neel (Ephemera) - 15. BC Indian Students, Vancouver Sun, April 5, 1968
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Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson