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Come join us on Thursday, August 9 from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the UBC Conference Centre as we present a Wine & Cheese gathering to celebrate
the opening of the NACB 2001 Silent Art Auction and Exhibition. A visual cornucopia of bisexual and
transgender-inspired art and poetry, artworks will be available for viewing and direct purchasing,
or you may test your bidding skills by trying to become the highest bidder on selected artworks in
our Silent Art Auction. Proceeds from the Silent Art Auction are divided between the artists and
the community, so come and support the individual creative voices in our community while helping
the community grow at the same time! Bidding in the Silent Art Auction closes on Saturday,
August 11 at 6:30 p.m., so plan your bidding strategies carefully!
If you would like to contribute works to the Auction or Exhibition, please contact
farrago@intergate.ca for more information.
Featured artist: Dolan Badger
Dolan Badger is a two-spirited First Nations Cree from a reserve in northern Alberta, Canada known as Sturgeon
Lake. In the past he has worked under the First Nations Education Program in the Kelowna (BC) School District and
has acted as Co-Curator/Director of an artist-run centre in the Okanagan called the Alternator Gallery. He has also been
active as a Youth Worker for Aboriginal Safe House in Vancouver and as an HIV/AIDS Educator for Healing Our Spirit
B.C. First Nations Aids Society. He has studied at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design (Vancouver), the
University of Alberta (Edmonton), and is currently completing his BFA at the Okanagan University College in
Kelwowna, BC.
As a two-spirited man, Badger's artwork represents a personal journey in self-awareness and acceptance of his
own sexuality and "Indian-ness". In Cree, two-spirited people are known as aayahkwew: it does not mean "man", or "woman",
and it does not mean "not a man", nor "not a woman"; it is actually a seperate gender. His artwork represents an
exploration of this concept and how it has affected his life and his ongoing relationship with the society around him. |
