Wearing Politics, Fashioning Commemoration: Factory-Printed Cloths in Ghana

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  • February 22, 2004, remained open through 2004 (Corridor Case – opposite the Rotunda)
  • In 1995, UBC graduate student Michelle Willard spent four months in West Africa as a volunteer with Canada World Youth. During a return trip in 2001, Willard, with the support and advice of Ghanaian people both there and in Vancouver, developed a collection of printed cloths that the Ghanaians consider to be highly significant. Her exhibit, opening during Black History Month, shows how these cloths are worn in Ghana to proclaim political loyalties and commemorate important events.

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Subseries consists of notes pertaining to the exhibit “Wearing Politics, Fashioning Commemoration: Factory Printed Cloths of Ghana”. This was a student exhibit by Michelle Willard. The exhibit was coordinated by Elizabeth Johnson. This exhibit was installed at MOA in February 2004.

Elizabeth Lominska Johnson