Category Archives: MOA Field Trip

“Hey! Come check out the title of this painting!” “What is it?” “’Fucking Creeps They’re Environmental Terrorists’!” “Wow! I’m going to take a picture of it.” Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s exhibition “Unceded Territories” is meant to cause reaction and dialogue. In … Continue reading →

Here I stand, displayed and naked, placed on a pedestal for your enjoyment, with a date and a name at my feet, but you do not know me. The eyes that look at me have no concern for my flesh, … Continue reading →

MOA Experience- Brooke  My experience at the MOA was quite fascinating. With business education being my subject area, there are many ways that I am able to incorporate aboriginal culture within my classroom. These baskets are one of the many … Continue reading →

I chose to use an image from the Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories exhibit. The exhibition had pieces from over thirty years of his work. All of the paintings were bright, powerful and vivid. I chose to use one of … Continue reading →

There are many interesting art work in the Museum of Anthropology. As a future math teacher, I think that these exhibits can be used in math class as a device to motivate our students and to let them see that … Continue reading →

In a dusty glass cabinet there stood posed was a tigress empress of immense beauty. The tigress empress’s silent screams were plain on her horrible yet beautiful face. Mouth wide, eyes bright with fire and a row of sharp, experienced … Continue reading →

I am at the center of the stage as a performer with a very distinct bright yet soothing sound in my singing voice.  Before the show starts, the actors worship their god. The makeup we wear is applied in a … Continue reading →

Open sky. Light. Robin’s egg blue. Unlike London in March. Nor Abbotsford in July. Brown, uniform earth. Rare in BC. Topsoil here is usually thin. This is a special plain. Is it fertile? Naturally bald? Or cleared, like the depicted mountains? … Continue reading →