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1989 - 2013 (Creation)
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1.06 m of textual records and other material
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Series documents Cunningham’s responsibilities as exhibits designer, and consists of records related to the planning and implementation of various exhibits since the late 1980s. In addition to his role as designer, Cunningham has also been involved in producing exhibit proposals; assisting with travelling exhibits; and developing exhibition policies and guidelines. Records include artists’ statements and artwork; banners; calligraphy; case lists; contact prints/proofs; contracts; correspondence; exhibition catalogues; exhibition panels; exhibition proposals; exhibition text; guidelines; invitations; labels; loan agreements; measurements; memoranda; minutes; negatives; object lists; photographs; photocopy of artworks; plans; policies; reports; schedules; and sketches.
The records are divided into the following sub-series:
A Guidelines 1992-1994
B Long-term installations [ca. 1992]-2000
C Proposals 1988-1996
D Schedules 1991-1993
E We Sing to the Universe: Poems and Drawings by Ron Hamilton [1994]-1994
F Fragments: The E. Sonner Donation of African Sculpture 1990-1991
G A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada 1990-1991
H Ancient Cloth / Ancient Code? 1990-1992
I Savage Graces: After Images by Gerald McMaster 1990-1993
J A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada 1989-1997
K Inside Passage: 1792 1993
L Multiplicity: A New Cultural Strategy 1989-[ca. 1993]
M Cannery Days: A Chapter in the Lives of the Heilsuk 1993-1994
N High Slack: An Installation by Judith Williams 1992-1994
O Reclaiming History: Ledger Drawings by Assiniboine Artist Hongeeeysa 1993-1995
P Trapline Lifeline 1990-1992
Q Our Chiefs and Elders: Photographs by David Neel, Kwagiutl 1989-1990
R Festival Hong Kong: Possessions from the Past: Objects from a Lifetime of Change and Contrasts: Hong Kong’s New Territories in the 20th Century 1991-1992
S Nunavutmiutankik Elisasiniq: A Tribute to the People of Nunavut 1998-1999
T Travelling exhibits 1990-1991
U Gathering Strength: New Generations in Northwest Coast Art [199-?]-2004
V Continuing Traditions: Coast Salish Basketry 2000-2001
W Musqueam Weavers 1999-2000
X Haida Metalwork [1999?]-1999
Y Kaxlaya Gvilas [200-]-2002
Z Proud to be Musqueam 1991-1993
AA Repatriation 2000-2002
BB To Wash Away the Tears 2002-2003
CC Artifacts 1995-[ca. 1996]
DD The Abstract Edge: Recent Works by Robert Davidson 2001-2005
EE Mehodihi: Well-Known Traditions of Tahltan People [200-]-2003
FF Connoisseur’s Collection: Chinese Ceramics from the Victor Shaw Donation 2000-2002
GG Written in the Earth 1993-2002
HH Recalling the Past: Early Chinese Art from the
Victor Shaw Collection 1997-1998
II Maui: Turning Back the Sky: Exhibition of Contemporary
Hawaiian Art 1996-1997
JJ El Corazon Del Mundo: At the Heart of the World
La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia 2002
KK The Art of Norval Morrisseau 1999-2000
LL Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art 2014
MM Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists 2013
NN The Smart One video
OO Luminescence: the Silver of Peru 2012
PP Inuit Prints and Drawings: Selections from the Permanent Collection 1988-1989
QQ Carl Beam 2011
RR Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens 2010-2011
SS Jack Shadbolt and the Coastal Indian Image 1986
TT Speaking to Memory 2013
UU One Mind, One Heart 2013
VV Hiroshima 2011-2012
WW Mungo Martin: A Slender Thread 2004
XX "Pasifika: Island Journeys” - The Frank Burnett Collection of Pacific Arts 2003-2004
YY Exhibit unknown
ZZ: Recent acquisitions 2005
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Access to some files may be restricted under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Please consult archivist.
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Sub-series C: Proposals relates to exhibits which were never realized
General note
The 3 video cassettes from the Gathering Strength exhibition (Sub-series U) were originally made and used by Marjorie Halpin. According to David Cunningham, they were used for the “Artist to Artist” module of the exhibition. The Susan Point drawings from the Written in the Earth exhibition (Sub-series GG) formed accession #2002-53.
Physical description
Includes architectural drawings and sketches, photographs, negatives, transparencies, laserdiscs, and ca. 3 GB of digital records.