Ashley “Colours” Perez
Digital drawing and collage on paper by Adriana Contreras, 2020
Commissioned graphic response to four hours of oral history interviews conducted by Seika Boye with Ashley Perez about her dancing life.
Michèle Moss
Digital photograph on paper by Mike Tan, 2020
Commissioned photographs of Michèle Moss, whose name appears in a dance recital program from the Negro Community Centre 1968, in the archival exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.
Photographed with dancing costume from childhood at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Building, Calgary, AB. Michele is a co-founder of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.
Preston Pavlis
when the jig is up,
when the act is finished,
when the curtain descends, 2020
Oil, fabric and pressed flowers on canvas. Courtesy of the artist Commissioned response to archival exhibition, It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.
Braxton Garneau
À Terre, 2020
Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned response to archival exhibition, It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970.
Cheryl Foggo
Even This Story is Secret, 2020