1999–2000 Annual Report - Canadian Museum of Civilization

This Other Eden: Canadian Folk Art Outdoors — once
snubbed as something too lowbrow to be called art,
Canadian folk art has come into its own in recent decades.
This exhibition — which opened at the Canadian Museum
of Civilization in May 1999 and is currently on tour across
Canada — showcased more than 150 works from the
Canadian Museum of Civilization’s extensive folk art
collections. Complementing the indoor exhibition, the
Museum’s outdoor plaza featured a folk art garden,
complete with family activities and monumental plaster
sheep. A major promotional campaign, launched at both the
regional and national levels, was organized by Public
Affairs. This sustained campaign helped to heighten the
visibility of the exhibition and the CMC in media ranging
from magazines and newspapers to flyers and restaurant
placemats. The exhibition’s promotional image — a large
folk art sheep — was a media favourite and will continue to
be featured as the exhibition embarks in its three-year
national tour.
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Exhibitions and Programmes
Timeless Treasures: The Story of Dolls in Canada —
this exquisite exhibition features more than 450
Canadian dolls from the Canadian Museum of
Civilization and private collections. Showcasing rare
First Peoples dolls, handmade antiques, and modern
mass-productions, the exhibition also presented 46
unique creations made by modern doll artists.
Barbara Ann Scott doll
Emergence from the Shadow: First Peoples’
Photographic Perspectives — presented in the First
Peoples Hall, this exhibition juxtaposes archival
photographs taken of First Peoples by turn-of-thecentury
archaeologists (Charles Marius Barbeau,
Francis Knowles, Harlan Smith and F. W. Waugh) with
the photographic work of six contemporary aboriginal
artists: Barry Ace, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Rosalie
Favell, Greg Hill, Shelley Niro and Greg Staats.