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: Portraiture & New Media
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…
Oxford University England Afghan Voices Video
Voices from Afghanistan video posted on Forced Migration BLOG of University of Oxford, January 2008. The Voices from Afghanistan video, part of the Voices of Refugees Installation, was posted in the Forced Migration BLOG of Online Refugee Studies Centre of the University of Oxford England’s Department of International Development (QEH) in January 2008. University of…
National Gallery of Canada, Global Voices 2012
Global Voices 2012 at National Gallery of Canada, 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree and Mohawk Nations. The Global Voices 2012 event at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Canada featured 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree 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….
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Metis Day
Canadian Museum of Civilization features videos Pauline’s Neighbourhood, The Jingle Dress Dance and Water is Associated with the North 2009. Metis Day at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, now known as the Canadian Museum of History, featured the following videos “Pauline’s Neighbourhood,” “The Jingle Dress Dance” and “Water is Associated with the North” by Graham…
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…
Canadian Centre for International Justice
Voices of Refugees Posters exhibited at 2008 formal launch of Canadian Centre of International Justice, Speakers included Maher Arar, Lloyd Axworthy, and Ellen Gabriel. Posters from the Voices of Refugees Installation were exhibited at the June 2008 formal launch of the Canadian Centre of International Justice in Ottawa Canada. Speakers included Maher Arar, Lloyd Axworthy,…