Round table
May 3 | 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Super Boat People collective: commemoration and images of diaspora and exile
Free Activity | Space is limited, No reservation required
To mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian refugees, Super Boat People is collaborating with the McCord Stewart Museum on an afternoon of activities on the themes of the commemoration and visual representation of the exile of refugees from Southeast Asia to Quebec and of diasporas.
Program
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: A conversation with Claire Beaugrand-Champagne and an introduction to her photographic fonds
Discover the work of the documentary photographer Claire Beaugrand-Champagne, renowned for her international photo essays and her documentation of refugees from Southeast Asia.
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Round table on the commemoration of diasporic exile
A fascinating exchange on the commemoration of diasporic exile. Organizers from diverse communities will share their experiences and thoughts on the act of remembering associated with recent important anniversaries.
Information
About
Super Boat People
Super Boat People is a collective created by and for Quebec’s Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese communities. Its mission is to reclaim personal and collective histories, to foster cultural and community (re)connection, to ensure fair representation, to support artists, and to defend the rights and interests of immigrants and refugees. In pursuing its goal, Super Boat People organizes a range of projects, including oral history and mediation workshops, a small multidisciplinary arts festival, events aimed at disseminating and supporting the arts, social campaigns, a community garden devoted to Asian vegetables and herbs, and food literacy.
Claire Beaugrand-Champagne
Born in Quebec in 1948, Claire Beaugrand-Champagne has been exploring documentary photography for over fifty years. The results of the reportages of this socially engaged artist and photographer – which have taken her all over the world – can be found in important private collections and in a number of major museums, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Library and Archives Canada, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the McCord Stewart Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada.
From December 5, 2013, to April 13, 2014, the McCord Museum held Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. Touching Reality. Photographs from 1970 to 2013, an exhibition dedicated to works by this celebrated Montreal photographer.
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