Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties

Related Items

1. 01. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
   Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
2. 02. Indians to Get New Home Grants, Vancouver Sun, May 16, 1967
    (Ephemera)
3. 03. Small Magic Ring
   Roy Kiyooka (Painting)
4. 04. Eaton's Salutes Our Native Indian Culture, Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1967
    (Ephemera)
5. 05. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
6. 06. The Queens totem pole loaded on to the "Pacific Unity" at Victoria on its voyage to England
    (Photograph)
7. 07. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
   Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph)
8. 08. Robert Davidson carving totem pole at "Man in His World"
   Robert Davidson (Photograph)

More Related Items

1. 09. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the frontal board of Haida Mortuary pole
   Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
2. 10. Mungo Martin Lying in State
   Mungo Martin (Photograph)
3. 11. Festival 1961 of the Contemporary Arts Feb. 6th to 11th
    (Ephemera)
4. 12. Indian Cultural Society Holds Vancouver Fete, Native Voice, April 1963
    (Ephemera)
5. 13. Kwakiute Indian Carving Totem Pole, Ellen Neel carving demonstration
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
6. 14. The Bear
   Judith Morgan (Painting)
7. 15. Salish canoe races in North Vancouver
    (Photograph)

• Project Sites

  Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.

  1. 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
     Curated by Marcia Crosby
     Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future
  2. 02Al Neil
     Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis
  3. 03Expanded Literary Practices
     Curated by Charo Neville
     and Michael Turner Designed by The Future
  4. 04The Intermedia Catalogue
     Created by Michael de Courcy
     Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz
  5. 05Transmission Difficulties
     Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister

• Essays

  Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.

  1. 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
     By Marcia Crosby
  2. 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
     By Zoë Druick
  3. 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
     Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft
  4. 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
     By Nancy Shaw
  5. 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
     By Scott Watson

• Video Interviews

  Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.

  1. 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
  2. 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
  3. 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
  4. 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson