<div dir="ltr"><b>Curatorial Contract Opportunity for an Emerging Japanese Canadian Curator or Artist </b>
<p>The University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries in Victoria, B.C. is
seeking an emerging Japanese Canadian curator or artist to work on an
exhibition featuring the paintings of Dr. Henry Shimizu. Dr. Shimizu and
his family were uprooted from Prince Rupert, B.C. and incarcerated in
New Denver in the Kootenay region during World War II. They saw their
property sold without their permission, and were forced into exile at
the end of the war. Henry was 14 years old at the beginning of the
uprooting. He went on to become one of Canada’s leading plastic
surgeons. Decades later, he reflected on his New Denver experience
through a series of 27 paintings that will be featured in the exhibit.</p>
<p>This opportunity will provide valuable professional experience for an
emerging curator who will work with Dr. Shimizu to present these
paintings at the Legacy Art Gallery in downtown Victoria in an
exhibition based on the theme “Out of Exile” in May 2022. The candidate
will also have the opportunity to work with Bryce Kanbara, 2021
recipient of the Governor’s General Award for Visual and Media Arts, who
will act as a mentor for the project, as well as with Legacy Art
Gallery’s professional staff.</p>
<p>The project will require the curator to work over zoom to connect
with Bryce Kanbara and Henry Shimizu. The curator will conduct research
and interviewing while considering new ideas and context for presenting
the art. They will write the exhibition and promotional text and plan the layout of the exhibition. If the situation allows (pending
easing of pandemic restrictions), we may be able to bring the curator to
Victoria to assist in the installation of the exhibition and take part
in an opening.</p><p>Please see the attached posting for more details.<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mary Jo Hughes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>630 Yates Street <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>(250) 721-8807<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I acknowledge with respect the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with
the land continue to this day.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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