New installation opening in August 2023
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
Steveston, B.C.

Re-presencing Indigenous women’s connections to fish, water, and family around the Salish Sea

The Exhibition

Over the past two years, an advisory circle of six Indigenous women have gathered on Galiano Island to represence connections to fish, water, and family around the Salish Sea. This work is being shared in an exhibition co-curated by Rosemary Georgeson, Kate Hennessy, Jessica Hallenbeck, and the advisory circle at the Yellowhouse Art Centre (2022) on Galiano Island, BC, and at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum (2023-25) in Steveston, B.C. The exhibitions feature a series of films about these gatherings, and works in photography, video, and sound by Kali Spitzer, Richard Wilson, and Rosemary Georgeson.

Advisory Circle of Coast Salish Women

Christie Lee Charles | Eva Wilson | Fay Blaney | Karen Charlie | Rosemary Georgeson

with Kimi Haxton | the one that holds us

Three gatherings brought together the Advisory Circle of Coast Salish women to share, to reconnect, to represence. This work was witnessed by an extended group of people including family, friends, and people living and working on Galiano Island.

Background

The exhibition is the continuation of a lifetime of research by Coast Salish / Sahtu Dene artist Rosemary Georgeson and emerges from her decade-long collaboration with Dr. Jessica Hallenbeck. This work has led to the recovery of the identities of Rosemary Georgeson’s ancestral grandmothers and reconnection with their descendants. This exhibition has been developed in collaboration with Dr. Kate Hennessy at Simon Fraser University and with the Yellowhouse Art Center.

Listen to an interview with CBC radio about the exhibition:
host Kathryn Marlow talks to Rosemary Georgeson, Jessica Hallenbeck, and Kate Hennessy.

Exhibition Team

Supporters and Funders

Special Thank Yous and Acknowledgements

Penelakut Elder Augie Sylvester : many Hych'kas for sharing stories and knowledge with us