As our summer exhibition is wrapped up we would like to send out a big thank you to the Bowen community, especially to our guest of honor Rita Greenlaw, as well as Laura Quilici, Bob Doucet, The fabulous Chillbillies, Earl Jenkins, Larry Schmidt, Nadyne and Lani Hindle, Maggie Davidson, Dianne Buchanan, Pat Elliott, Kami Kanetsuka, Leslie Churchland, Jack Little, David Cameron, Branch and Robin McMillan from Branch & Butter and our wonderful summer students Yvonne Chow and Eliza McCullum for giving their time and helping with so much enthusiasm to make this exhibition about celebrations on Bowen Island a big success.
We are now preparing our Remembrance exhibition A Legacy Beyond One Day: Bowen Island Remembers, an exhibition about memory, remembrance and commemoration.
The exhibition follows the questions of how we remember, the ritual, habits and specific events we engage in to remember conflict and how we share it.
Do we commemorate as a family, as an individual or in a larger communal setting? What is the motivation to remember and if not, why? What are the symbols that mean something and what is their history? The exhibition runs from Nov. 3-15, we will be open Saturday the 11th from 11-3pm. We are very excited to present the following video from our collection:
3rd – 8th : 50 years of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, 1993
9th – 10th : George Helenius celebrates his 65th Birthday in the Legion
11 -15th : Cenotaph Inauguration celebration, held by Spencer’s Remnants
For our December exhibition, Painting The Town Red: A Merry Beary December Bash we are looking for a couple of more volunteers to join our weekly bear workshop party. We are making costumes and create environments for the last big and beloved party of the year. If you would like to join the preparation or if your bear would like to attend the party (we are excited to welcome them as loans), give us a call: (604) 947 2655. Deadline is December 1. The exhibition runs from Dec. 6- 28th.
The winter opening hours for the Bowen Island Museum and Archives are: Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri. and Sunday 12-4pm.
