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• March 1 – April 3, 2018 (UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Center)
• Student exhibition: Indigenous community radio is a powerful tool. In this exhibition, UBC museum anthropology students worked with Nuxalk Radio in their mission: “Lhulhamktulhs ala ts'ktaliwalh alh ti s kulhulmcilh t'ayc n wa sulutilh ats (Broadcasting the Laws of the Lands and Waters.)” Nuxalk Radio expresses the many voices of the Nuxalk Nation. Through the airwaves and online, radio connects the Nuxalk people to each other and to other Indigenous communities. It inspires Nuxalk language learning and promotes the return to ancestral governance. It fosters community well-being, now and in the future for those not yet born, and asserts Indigenous rights.

• March 31 - September 16, 1984
• Student exhibition: A playful six-part exhibit with each part devised from phrases of the national anthem.

• Through May 13, 2001 (Lobby)
• As part of their “Topics in World Ceramics” course at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, students in MOA curator Dr. Carol Mayer’s class have created and installed original ceramic pieces themed to words they chose to describe themselves. In this unusual display, the words “Extreme,” “Sensitive,” “Articulate,” “Determined,” and “Creative” describe not only the students’ sense of self, but also the works they have created.

Use for: Nkamaplix, Skamaplix, Syilx

• July 1982

• August 17, 1990 - June 30, 1991
• This exhibition will consist of some 50 framed prints of David Neel’s portraits of B.C. Native Chiefs and Elders. Included with the portraits are statements made by the sitters and selected by the artist.

• July 4 - November 2, 1986 (Theatre Gallery)
• This exhibition presented a selection of twelve portrait photographs of Indian elders accompanied by quotes and short biographies.

• 1964

• March 3 - September 30, 2009 (Lobby)
• This magnificent panel by Coast Salish artist John Marston was accompanied by excerpts from “Killer Whale and Crocodile,” a documentary about John’s journey to Papua New Guinea, where he met and was inspired by Sepik carver Teddy Balangu to carve this work. Curatorial liaison Carol Mayer, Curator, Africa/Pacific.

• July 24 - September 29, 2013
• July 24 – August 31, 2013 (Satellite Gallery)
• The Pacific Islands occupy a place in the Western imagination as a paradise filled with idyllic beaches and lush, tropical landscapes inhabited by dusky maidens. With historical precedents in the accounts of European explorers, these perceptions were later re-invented and popularized by Hollywood films in the 1920s through the ’50s. Contemporary artists from the Pacific Islands frequently play with and invert such perceptions, and their work provides an alternate, more complex vision of the region. Paradise Lost?: Contemporary Works from the Pacific features works by artists from Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Working in video, installation, sculpture, painting, and photography, the artists show the Pacific Islands from an insider’s perspective. Their artworks explore environmental concerns, cultural heritage issues, questions relating to the experience of migration and diaspora, and the intersection of Indigenous belief systems and Western religions. The artists featured are George Nuku, Te Rongo Kirkwood, Greg Semu, Pax Jakupa Jr., Michael Timbin, Tom Deko, Cathy Kata, Shigeyuki Kihara, Ralph Regenvanu, Rosanna Raymond, Moses Jobo, Eric Natuoivi, and David Ambong. Curated by Dr. Carol Mayer (Curator, Africa/Pacific), and organized to coincide with the Pacific Arts Association Symposium at MOA, the exhibition will feature works displayed throughout MOA’s public spaces and at our downtown Satellite Gallery.

Use for: Renewal Project, Partnership of the Peoples

• Museum renovations that took place between 2006 and 2010, funded in large part by a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant named Partnership of Peoples that was awarded to the Museum of Anthropology in 2007. Renovations included a new research wing, new offices, laboratories, a culturally sensitive research room, recording studio, and a new exhibition hall (The Audain Gallery). Other enhancements included MOA's new Multiversity Galleries, the creation of the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN), expansion of the Museum Shop, a new cafe, and courtyard and outdoor events area.

• June 21, 2003 - May 9, 2004
• This major exhibition focused on the Museum’s founding collection. It was shown at MOA for a year, and then travelled for two more years to venues across Canada. Comprising more than 100 objects from Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia, the exhibit was enhanced by historical and contemporary photographs, and documentation amassed first by the collector and one hundred years later by MOA curator Dr. Carol Mayer.