Moving Images (IAT344)
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
This portfolio consists of examples of syllabi and lectures, reflections on challenges in teaching and course design and our collaborative production model. I also feature examples of student work and documentation of exhibitions featuring student video productions.
qaʔ yəxʷ - water honours us:womxn and waterways
Course offering: Fall 2019
Exhibition at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
April 10 - Oct. 6 2019
From the Bill Reid Gallery:
Water is an essential ingredient for human life - it connects us geographically, culturally, and socially while fueling our bodies and spirits. Guest curators ReMatriate Collective reveal the unique connection between womxn and water in the matriarchal societies of the Northwest Coast, with special attention to the roles of child-bearers, healers, and doulas. Artists Richelle Bear Hat (Blackfoot/Cree), Krystle Coughlin (Selkirk), Lindsay Katsitsakataste Delaronde (Mohawk), Alison Marks (Tlingit), Dionne Paul (Nuxalk/Sechelt), Kali Spitzer (Kaska Dena), Marika Echachis Swan (Nuu-chah-nulth), Carrielynn Victor (Sto:lo), Veronica Rose Waechter (Gitxsan) and Water Keeper, Audrey Siegl (Musqueam) will explore water as a crucial element of creation, its historical uses for survival, and contemporary over-consumption as a threat to sensitive coastal ecosystems.
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2 films were produced to support this exhibition, led by MITACS postdoctoral fellow Dr. Aynur Kadir, under the supervision of Kate Hennessy.
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Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art
September 13 to December 10, 2017, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver BC
The exhibition 'Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art' ran from September 13 to December 10, 2017 at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver BC. It featured 6 short documentaries created by students in Kate's Moving Images class (IAT 344) that profile each of the exhibiting artists. Aynur Kadir was the course's Teaching Assistant, and former MCL research assistant Justine Crawford also created two of the films. The exhibition is curated by Sharon Fortney and Beth Carter, and we are very grateful to have had the opportunity to engage these incredible artists and to help tell the story of the intangible qualities of their work.
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