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Utopia Unveiled: Intentional Communities in the Kootenays
The counterculture movement brought a wave of creativity to the Kootenays in areas such as theatre, ceramics, filmmaking, weaving, poetry, fine art, and music. Utopia Unveiled explores how this community helped shaped Nelson.
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The Witness Blanket
The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery (NMAG) is honoured to exhibit a replicated portion of The Witness Blanket in the summer of 2024, on tour from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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PULP
Throughout the last 2,000 years, paper has played a crucial role in collecting and sharing information and ideas and has allowed us a window into the past.
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Judy Wapp: VisuAlchemy
As an activist, visual artist, and radio personality for nearly 75 years, Judy Wapp has lived an incredible life.
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Elevation
This four-seasons backyard playground produced world-class athletes, built a tourism economy, and hosts adventurers from around the world. This winter, the Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery presents Elevation – an ambitious exhibition exploring the vast expanse of the mountains in the Kootenays.
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Give or Take a Few Million Years
“In retrospect, I feel like my work as a geologist was, in fact, my art education.” Give or Take a Few Million Years reflects Wallace’s experience with the ridgelines and landscapes of her past life through drawings, paintings, and textiles that build a dreamlike, otherworldly exhibition worth delving into.
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Making Waves
Kootenay Lake has long been a hub of activity, from the earliest sturgeon-nosed canoes to modern day sporting activities such as paddle boarding and kite surfing.
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Brain Scans / Neurotransmitting
The exhibition features Ruth Cuthand’s intricately beaded reproductions of MRI scans, as well as a film component from Theo. Both facets of the exhibition illuminate the difficulty of facing mental health challenges, and how families unite in support.
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Otanimm/Onnimm (Daughter/Father)
A short animation based on the relationship of an artist and his daughter, and their deep connection to one another.
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Sharing the Collection Part I: Picturing Ourselves
Picturing Ourselves includes a dozen portraits from the collection, representing self, family, and community from each artist’s perspective.
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