This blog is an interactive space for the documentation of anthropology 395, an intensive summer museum collection based field school at the University of Victoria. The course is centred around a recently acquired collection of aboriginal children's art by the Maltwood Art Gallery and Museum. Students' work to develop an exhibition of this artwork that will be shown at the Legacy Gallery in 2011 in downtown Victoria.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Digging into the Archives
The beginning of the second week of classes and more matches have been made! The documenting and photographing of the works of art are wrapping up and students have begun to dig into the archival information. Newspaper clippings, letters, and other writings, along with the massive collection of photographs from Aller's archives hold a wealth of information that we hope will help to contextualize the children's paintings. Beyond that, what they have to say about Aller himself and his teaching methods and philosophies will be invaluable in the exhibition of the children's paintings.
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