New installation open now
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum & National Historic Site
Steveston, B.C.
Re-presencing Indigenous women’s connections to fish, water, and family around the Salish Sea
The Exhibition
Between 2020-2022, an advisory circle of six Indigenous women gathered on Galiano Island to represence connections to fish, water, and family around the Salish Sea. This work is being shared in an exhibition co-curated by Rosemary Georgeson, Kate Hennessy, Jessica Hallenbeck, and the advisory circle at the Yellowhouse Art Centre (2022) on Galiano Island, BC, and at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum (2023-25) in Steveston, B.C. The exhibitions feature a series of films about these gatherings, and works in photography, video, and sound by Kali Spitzer, Richard Wilson, and Rosemary Georgeson.
Advisory Circle of Coast Salish Women
Christie Lee Charles | Eva Wilson | Fay Blaney | Karen Charlie | Rosemary Georgeson
with Kimi Haxton | the one that holds us
Three gatherings brought together the Advisory Circle of Coast Salish women to share, to reconnect, to represence. This work was witnessed by an extended group of people including family, friends, and people living and working on Galiano Island.
Background
The exhibition is the continuation of a lifetime of research by Coast Salish / Sahtu Dene artist Rosemary Georgeson and emerges from her decade-long collaboration with Dr. Jessica Hallenbeck. This work has led to the recovery of the identities of Rosemary Georgeson’s ancestral grandmothers and reconnection with their descendants. This exhibition has been developed in collaboration with Dr. Kate Hennessy at Simon Fraser University, the Yellowhouse Art Center, and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum.
Exhibition Team
Rosemary Georgeson | Kate Hennessy | Jessica Hallenbeck | Jeannine Georgeson | Richard Wilson | Reese Muntean | Roksan Parfitt | Janet Georgeson | Nilesh Patel | Humberto Corte
Supporters and Funders
Yellowhouse Art Centre | Access to Media Education Society | BC Arts Council | Canada Council for the Arts | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | First Peoples Cultural Council | Simon Fraser University Community Engaged Research Initiative | Simon Fraser University Aboriginal Reconciliation Council | Decolonizing Water | Heritage BC | Gulf Islands Trust
Special Thank Yous and Acknowledgements
Penelakut Elder Augie Sylvester : many Hych'kas for sharing stories and knowledge with us
Janice Wilson | Deblekha Guin | Laurene Stephanyk | Nova Weipert | Camille Georgeson-Usher | Diane Cragg | Stephen Stewart | Eden Toth | Donna Usher | Gulf Islands Film and Television School | Babes in the Woods | Chunche Topanga | Dan White
