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Searching for a Black Pacific: An Alternative ArchiveMain MenuIntroductionWhat is pampletry? What is the "Black Pacific?"What is pamphlet literature?A Brief Description/Discussion of Grey LiteratureWhat is an "alternative archive?"Building an Alternative Archive: Digitization Theories in ProcessA discussion of methodologies in the digitization of primary sources, their providences, and the people that produced themDigitization: Retaining ContextWhy Scalar & the Internet Archive?A note on platformsA Brief History of Black Art Production in VancouverAn essay timeline of black art production in Vancouver over the 20th century.The ArchiveExcerpts from the personal collection of david george morganThe Archive: List of ContentsAn exhaustive list of digitized sources for "Searching for a Black Pacific." All pamphlets are the fonds of david george morgan, pictured behind, save those published by the grunt gallery.Group One: MagazinesFrom the fonds of david george morganGroup Two: B.B.U.N.O.Pamphlets for art collective "Building Bridges Untitled Number One" founded by david george morganGroup Four: Theatre & Touring ArtistsFrom the fonds of david george morgan. Pamphlets for the advertisement of theatre groups, tours, and workshops hosted by various groups in the Vancouver area.Group Five: PortraitureSelf-protraits and more from the fonds of david george morganGroup Six: Miscellaneous, 1990-2014Ungrouped documents from the fonds of david george morganAlternative Archives in COVID-19Reflections on the digitization process in a time of communal crisisCitations, citations!The hyperlink vis à vis traditional citation formatsBibliographyDedicationPhoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2
Group Three: Art/Activist Spaces
12020-05-16T17:54:07-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2362025Pamphlets from exhibitions at the Helen Pitt Gallery, the grunt gallery, and othersgallery2020-05-18T11:51:00-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2Art/Activist Spaces:Helen Pitt Gallery, the grunt gallery, and others Click text linked below to view full pamphlet
The Helen Pitt Gallery (now titled UNIT/PITT) Melinda Mollineaux, [T(here)], 1996.
These artist-run spaces coming out of the late 1970s and 1980s provided further networking for artists working in isolation, solidifying solidarity and access to community, space, and resources. Many artists who had been previously active (visual artist Melinda Mollineaux, playwright and performer Lorena Gale, to name two) in the area remained and began to build momentum around exhibitions that showcased discussion of marginalized identities through art.
Other spaces without pamphlets in this collection which were active during the same period: Western Front and Open Space
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12020-05-16T21:27:17-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2[T(here)] Exhibition Pamphlet1Pamphlet for Melinda Mollineaux's 1996 exhibition "[T(here)]" at the Helen Pitt Gallery in Vancouver, BC. Property of david george morgan, lent to Phoebe Colby for digitization in January 2020.plain2020-05-16T21:27:17-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2
12020-05-16T21:19:54-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2Self Portrait, Valerie Romain1Pamphlet from Vancouver's grunt gallery for Valerie Romain's 1991 exhibition, Self Portrait. Gifted to Phoebe Colby from the grunt gallery in November, 2018.plain2020-05-16T21:19:56-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2
12020-04-19T23:18:12-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2Telling Relations: Sexuality and the Family1Exhibition booklet for Telling Relations: Sexuality and the Family, at the grunt gallery in Vancouver, BC. Printed by the grunt gallery in 1993, gifted to Phoebe Colby in November 2018.plain2020-04-19T23:18:13-07:00Phoebe Joan Colby7141c87752b98f6614641b13a21157922b505af2