Arts-Based Education in BC Residential Schools
Description
This exhibit, the first phase of "the story is more than itself," consists of correspondence, literary works, illustrations, newspaper articles, and magazine reviews from between 1939 and 1941. Taken together, these materials provide a brief glimpse into the work and life-stories of three individuals—Alice Ravenhill, Anthony Walsh, and Noel Stewart—who coordinated their efforts to promote the artistic abilities of Indigenous children enrolled in Indian Residential and Day Schools in British Columbia.
Credits
Original Materials located in the Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
Sections
Commentary
A critical introduction to the exhibit that provides historical and editorial context.
Publications
Publications produced by Aboriginal students at Inkameep Indian Day School and St. George's Indian Residential School under the tutelage of Anthony Walsh and Noel Stewart, respectively. All of these publications were produced and disseminated with the help of Alice Ravenhill and the British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts Welfare Society (BCIACWS).
Media Impact
News articles and magazine reviews detailing the social reception and impact of the various promotional activities and publications created by Walsh's and Stewart's students and published and disseminated by Alice Ravenhill and the BCIACWS.
Correspondence
Letters sent between Alice Ravenhill and several of her many contacts throughout BC, including Noel Stewart, Anthony Walsh, A.E. Pickford, Major Webster-Bullock, Miss Aitken, Major McKay, among others. This body of correspondence provides an important glimpse behind the scenes into the social rhetoric and philosophies of the day, specifically among non-Aboriginals in relation to Aboriginals.