Nanaimo Art Gallery presents: Seraphine, Seraphine Screening and Artist Talk

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Saturday, September 21st, 2019
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Seraphine, Seraphine Screening and Artist Talk

Saturday, September 21, 2 pm

Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 101 Gordon St., Nanaimo, Dodd Narrows Room A Free | Everyone welcome

Registration required | online or call 250.754.1750

Join artist Krista Belle Stewart for a screening of her video work Seraphine, Seraphine (2014), in which Stewart interweaves a 1967 CBC docu-drama about the first Aboriginal public health nurse in B.C. with excerpts from a personal testimony from the 2013 Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Both parts of this video feature the same person: the artist’s mother, Seraphine Stewart. Contrasting the narrative constructed by our national broadcaster nearly 50 years ago with Seraphine’s recent testimony as a residential school survivor, Krista Belle Stewart activates the dual role of the artist as both voice and witness. After the screening, Stewart will discuss Seraphine, Seraphine, and other projects.

Image: Krista Belle Stewart, Seraphine, Seraphine, Two-channel video installation, 2014