Industry
Narratives
Community
Partners:
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society, Richmond, BC
http://parkscan.harbour.com/ggc/
Project
Directors:
Viviane Gosselin, Education and Program Coordinator
Email: viviane.gosselin@pc.gc.ca
Dr. Carol Gibson-Wood, Department of History in Art, University
of Victoria
Email: cgibson@finearts.uvic.ca
Student Researchers:
CURA Student Assistantships: Eva Campbell, graduate student, History
in Art; Claudia Lorenz, History in Art; Denis Dubord and Kathy
McKay, graduate students, History
The Gulf
of Georgia Cannery Society "Industry Narratives" project is a
multidisciplinary initiative involving socio-historical research
and the production of contemporary art using the Gulf of Georgia
Cannery Society's salmon can label collection as the primary resource
of study. These utilitarian labels, with their direct association
to industry, commercial art and popular culture, serve to uniquely
encapsulate key periods of BC's history.
The
research began in the fall of 2001, and a call for artist submissions
circulated in October 2001. The lecture series, presenting papers
by the student researchers, was held at the Cannery at the end
of February.
The research
results have been made accessible to the public through a number
of means. An exhibition entitled "Trademarks
and Salmon Art: A brand new perspective" was held at
the Gulf of Georgia Cannery during the summer of 2002. The exhibition
featured not only the labels and their associated stories, but
also contemporary works of art inspired by the research. An exhibition
catalogue with the same title was published in October by the
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society to serve as permanent documentation
of the project research and the exhibition.
Copies of “Trademarks and Salmon Art” can be found at the following institutions:
Museum of Northern BC
Surrey Public Library
City of Richmond Archives
Georges Vanier Elementary School
Nelson Museum
BC Museum Association: Round Up magazine
Brookside Elementary School, Surrey
West Vancouver Memorial Library
City of Vancouver Archives
Fraser River Discovery Centre
Alberni Valley Museum
Powell River Historical Museum
Delta Media Library
Comox Archives and Museum Society
White Rock Elementary
Cowichan Valley Museum, Duncan
Campbell River Museum
Hallmark Society, Victoria
Richmond Public Library
Esquimalt Municipal Archives
Japanese Canadian National Museum
Simon Fraser University
Northern BC Archives (UNBC)
Vancouver Public Library
Kwantlen University College
Peace Library System, Grand Prairie, AB
Delta Museum and Archives
