The Portraits of Resilience Exhibition was launched on the 21st February at Canada's Northern House, with guest speaker Simon Awa (Deputy Minister of the Department of Environment for the Government of Nunavut), and performances by Inuit throat singers and drum dancers. Portraits is also on display at two other locations - at ArtStarts (Vancouver), a gallery dedicated to young peoples' art, and at Norwegian Folk Museum as part of the Climate and People of the North Exhibition, from 6 Feb. to 14 March 2010.
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About Portraits of Resilience
The Portraits of Resilience photography project is part of the Many Strong Voices Programme (www.manystrongvoices.org). It illustrates the human dimension of climate change through the words and photographs of children in four Arctic communities: Shishmaref, Alaska; Uummannaq, Greenland; Nesseby, Norway; and Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada.
Portraits of Resilience opened in Copenhagen in December 2009 at the National Museum of Denmark and is now on tour and currently exhibiting in Oslo at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
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| Portraits of Resilience at the Climate and People of the North Exhibition, Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo (photo credit: Leif Parell) |
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Kids enjoying the Portraits exhibition on its opening day at ArtStarts (photo credit: ArtStarts)
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Reading and visualising the experiences of kids of the same age from Shishmaref, Alaska (photo credit: ArtStarts)
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Taking a break with Portraits panels from Pangnirtung, Nunavut in thebackground (photo credit: ArtStarts)
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About ArtStarts
Founded in 1996, ArtStarts is a unique not-for-profit organization that brings professional artists into BC schools for performances, workshops, residencies and exhibitions. In 2006, ArtStarts opened the first public gallery in Canada dedicated to young people’s art.
Its innovative programs and activities enliven the education of half a million young people each year, while providing practical resources for artists and teachers and leadership in advocacy for arts in education.
ArtStarts gallery is located at 808 Richards (at Robson) in Vancouver , Canada. For more information, visit www.artstarts.com
