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IT’S ABOUT TIME: Dancing Black in Canada 1900–1970

About the Exhibition
Exhibition
People
Partners, Funders, and Supporters
Explore the Archives
Explore Archival Materials
Explore by theme
View Archive Gallery
Explore the Artistic Responses
Vancouver, 2022
Edmonton, 2020
Conversations
Exhibition History
Resources
Bibliography
Media Coverage
Other Work in the Field
  Ashley “Colours” Perez     Digital drawing and collage on paper by  Adriana Contreras , 2020     Commissioned graphic response to four hours of oral history interviews conducted by Seika Boye with Ashley Perez about her dancing life.

Ashley “Colours” Perez

Digital drawing and collage on paper by Adriana Contreras, 2020

Commissioned graphic response to four hours of oral history interviews conducted by Seika Boye with Ashley Perez about her dancing life.

  Michèle Moss      Digital photograph on paper by  Mike Tan , 2020     Commissioned photographs of Michèle Moss, whose name appears in a dance recital program from the Negro Community Centre 1968, in the archival exhibition  It’s About Time: Dancing

Michèle Moss

Digital photograph on paper by Mike Tan, 2020

Commissioned photographs of Michèle Moss, whose name appears in a dance recital program from the Negro Community Centre 1968, in the archival exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.

Photographed with dancing costume from childhood at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Building, Calgary, AB. Michele is a co-founder of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.

  Preston Pavlis     when the jig is up, when the act is finished, when the curtain descends , 2020   Oil, fabric and pressed flowers on canvas. Courtesy of the artist  Commissioned response to archival exhibition,  It’s About Time: Dancing Black in

Preston Pavlis

when the jig is up,
when the act is finished,
when the curtain descends
, 2020

Oil, fabric and pressed flowers on canvas. Courtesy of the artist Commissioned response to archival exhibition, It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.

  Braxton Garneau     À Terre , 2020   Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned response to archival exhibition,  It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 .

Braxton Garneau

À Terre, 2020

Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned response to archival exhibition, It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.

  Cheryl Foggo    Even This Story is Secret,  2020

Cheryl Foggo

Even This Story is Secret, 2020

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  Ashley “Colours” Perez     Digital drawing and collage on paper by  Adriana Contreras , 2020     Commissioned graphic response to four hours of oral history interviews conducted by Seika Boye with Ashley Perez about her dancing life.
  Michèle Moss      Digital photograph on paper by  Mike Tan , 2020     Commissioned photographs of Michèle Moss, whose name appears in a dance recital program from the Negro Community Centre 1968, in the archival exhibition  It’s About Time: Dancing
  Preston Pavlis     when the jig is up, when the act is finished, when the curtain descends , 2020   Oil, fabric and pressed flowers on canvas. Courtesy of the artist  Commissioned response to archival exhibition,  It’s About Time: Dancing Black in
  Braxton Garneau     À Terre , 2020   Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned response to archival exhibition,  It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 .
  Cheryl Foggo    Even This Story is Secret,  2020
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Archival exhibition commissioned by Dance Collection Danse in 2017. Copyright Seika Boye.