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Yokohama-e is a genre of Japanese painting that developed in the early 1860s in Yokohama as a result of cultural and political intersection with Western nations after centuries of self-imposed seclusion. These are paintings carried out in the…
Exhibition: For The Records
This is my sister and me on our annual trip to the museum as kids. We would always stay at the Delta hotel and then spend a full day at the RBCM. I was just so excited to learn!
Little did I know, I would end up sharing that excitement for…
Exhibition: RBCM through the Ages
I am Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw
I am looking for independence
I am learning to love myself
I am listening to my dad blast The Cars in the morning as he gets ready for work.
I am remembering when I went to school- when I saw myself in the…
Exhibition: I Am Here
Jeff and Cheryl met in 1983 while they were both living in Victoria, British Columbia. They married in 1985. Almost forty years later, they’re still happily married with three kids and two grandkids. “We both share a passion for our children and our…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
Sophie is a writing and philosophy student currently studying on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. She grew up in Nanaimo, a small harbour city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with her mother, step-father, sister and…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
I am Hesquiaht
I am looking for Kora
I am learning my culture
I am listening to my language
I am remembering going to the beach
I used to step in puddles
I am waiting for the rain
I am running from the wind
I am chasing the sun
I am hoping…
Exhibition: I Am Here
I am Musqueam
I am looking for the next chess game
I am learning about my culture
I am listening for words from home
I am remembering Ayasha
I used to have kittens, warm and furry
I am wanting to know my people and my culture
I am running on…
Exhibition: I Am Here
At twenty-two years old, Ashlee is in her last year of her undergrad at the University of Victoria, ready for the next steps of her career in professional writing and journalism.
It’s a future a younger Ashlee would have never imagined. Curled up…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
Growing up in Victoria, British Columbia and spending time in Lisbon, Portugal, Sarah Suleman always felt very lucky to be raised around forests and oceans. “There's something about trees. Where you can see that there's been growth for a lot of…
Exhibition: Climate Hope