riverpeoplenationstatepeople
June 30 to November 3, 2017
Kamloops Museum and Archives, Kamloops, BC
Dana Claxton
Curated by Tania Willard
Dana Claxton’s Baby Boyz Gotta Indian Pony, 2008, from The Mustang Suite, was on loan to the Kamloops Museum and Archives (KMA) for inclusion in the exhibit riverpeoplenationstatepeople, June 30 to November 3, 2017. Curated by Secwépemc guest curator Tania Willard, riverpeoplenationstatepeople is a set of displays, revisions, questions and responses for attaching Kamloops' cultural history to an ongoing process of self-evaluation. Starting with stories of the first people of this region told through the voices of Secwépemc Museum & Heritage Park and Stk'emlupsemc te Secwépemc Nation and Secwépemc guest curator Tania Willard, a record of Secwépemc experience and cultural production has been placed at the centre of the KMA's permanent exhibition of regional history.
Dana Claxton Baby Boyz Gotta Indian Pony, 2008 from The Mustang Suite. c-print 152.4 x 121.9 cm
Collection of the Kamloops Art Gallery, purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grants program, the Jann LM Bailey Foundation Fund held by the Kamloops Foundation, and a private donation by Rick Erickson.
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist