WHAT’S INSIGHT
By Chris O’Connor Learning Program Developer
IN C O N V E R S AT I O N WITH
Designer Rodney Hazard
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ope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum is currently on display in the Pocket Gallery of the Royal BC Museum. Later, it will be shown throughout British Columbia as a travelling exhibition. The exhibition is the story of Afro-diasporic “British Columbia” history, past, present and future. In the last edition of What’s InSight, I sat down with the curator and writer of the exhibition, Joshua Robertson, and president of the BC Black History Awareness Society, Silvia Mangue Alene. For this edition, I sit down with the designer of the exhibition, Rodney Hazard. Part of what makes the exhibition so powerful is the innovative and thoughtful design choices, which provide a colourful and vibrant container for a richly textured and vital story. (continues next page)
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