Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties

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1. 01. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
   Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph)
2. 02. Katherine Hepburn receiving totem pole carved by Ellen Neel from Harry Duker, Totem Land Society
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
3. 03. Children with "Son of Raven, Son of Deer" book written by George Clutesi, The Vancouver Sun, July 14, 1967
   George Clutesi (Ephemera)
4. 04. Indian Art, Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1948
   Ted Neel and Ellen Neel (Ephemera)
5. 05. Ballerina Maria Tallchief with Ellen Neel and Totem Pole
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
6. 06. Before Public Reception, Vancouver Province, Monday, January 27, 1958
   Ellen Neel (Ephemera)
7. 07. Kwakiute Indian Carving Totem Pole, Ellen Neel carving demonstration
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
8. 08. David Orcutt Performance
   Michael de Courcy and David Orcutt (Photograph)

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1. 09. Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
2. 10. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
3. 11. Ellen Neel Carving, "Kwakiutl Indian Carving Totempole"
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
4. 12. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
   Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
5. 13. Robert Davidson carving totem pole at "Man in His World"
   Robert Davidson (Photograph)
6. 14. Creator of Totem Pole, Native Voice, September 1954
   Arthur Moody (Ephemera)
7. 15. Neel Family As Totem Pole
   Ellen Neel, David Neel, and David Neel (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