Voices of Refugees Installation launched by Immigration and Citizenship’s Minister Jason Kenney, June 2009. The Voices of Refugees Multimedia Installation was officially launched by Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Jason Kenney on June 16 2009. SEE www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/photos/2009/ Minister Kenney Launches “Voices of Refugees” OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 16, 2009) – In recognition of World Refugee…
Category: Installation
Guerilla Mag Ottawa, Metis Media Fest 2008
Metis Media Fest 2008 reviewed in Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine piece “Old Cultures, New Tech”. Tony Martins features the 2008 Metis Media Fest in the September Issue #17 of Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine in a piece entitled “Old Cultures, New Tech”. The article ran as follows: Besides taking him around the world, Graham Thompson’s inter-cultural video and…
Library Archives Canada, Refugee Voices
Voices of Refugees Installation – Central Asia, Central America and Africa at Library and Archives of Canada 2010. The Voices of Refugees Installation was exhibited during Ottawa’s World Refugee Week Celbrations at Library and Archives of Canada in June 2010. The 5-day event featured 65 works of art, 25 artists, 23 videos, 19 activists and…
13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro
Metis Media Installation videos presented at 13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro 2008. Graham Thompson presented videos from the Metis Media Installation at the 13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro in October 2008. Videos from the Métis Media Installation were presented with an artist’s talk at the International TV Festival Bar Montenegro in October 2008….
Parliament of Canada, Refugee Voices
Federal Minister Jason Kenney launches the Voices of Refugees Installation at the Parliament of Canada in 2009. The Voices of Refugees Installation was exhibited at the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa Ontario June 16, 2009. The multimedia event featured 8 portraits of refugees from Central America, Central Asia and Africa, with segments of their life…
Guerilla Magazine Ottawa, Talking Portraits
Talking Portraits reviewed by Tony Martins of Guerilla Magazine Ottawa, 2008. The Talking Portraits Series was review by the Guerilla Magazine of Ottawa Canada in an article entitled Portraiture by Intuition by Tony Martins in issue #8 in June 2008. Portraiture by Intuition by Tony Martins Do we create images of who we are on…
SAW Video Ottawa, Metis Media Fest 2007
Metis Media Fest 2007, 24 Aboriginal Artists, 50 videos, 25 digital images and 10 audio tracks presented at SAW Video Media Arts Ottawa. Metis Media Fest 2007 was exhibited at the SAW Video Media Arts Centre in Ottawa Canada on August 30, 2007. The multimedia Installation featured 50 videos, 25 digital images and 10 audio…
British High Commission, Ottawa Ontario
Trudeau Talking Portraits, Sago Palms and Jeweled Body Parts exhibited at British High Commission’s 2007 Art in the Garden party. The Trudeau Talking Portraits along with the Sago Palms and Jeweled Body Parts series were exhibited at the British High Commission in Ottawa Canada in the summer of 2007. The Art in the Garden group…
Ottawa Carleton School Board, Human Rights
Aboriginal Human Rights Art Seminar 2007 in collaboration with the United Nations and Amnesty International at Ottawa Carleton District School Board. During March 2007, Graham Thompson in collaboration with the United Nations and Amnesty International, conducted an Aboriginal Human Rights Art Seminar at the Ottawa Carleton District School Board of Ottawa Canada By illustrating the…
Steam Whistle Gallery Toronto, Talking Portraits
Talking Portraits Installation exhibited at Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto Canada in 2006. Sherry Tompalski’s and Graham Thompson’s Talking Portraits Installation was exhibited at The Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto Canada in 2006. Sherry Tompalski’s Talking Portait Installation Debuted in Toronto at the Steam Whistle Gallery. Curated by Simon Hermant, the show opened October 26th at 6pm…