Co-curated by Chris Miner and Laura Murray
Exhibit runs for the month of June on the streets and at the Elm Cafe
Exhibit Reception 1pm – 3pm Sunday, June 10th
“While collecting oral histories from residents and former residents of the Swamp Ward neighbourhood of Kingston, the Swamp Ward and Inner Harbour History Project (SWIHHP) has had the privilege of seeing many moving and beautiful family portraits.
Through a grant from the City of Kingston Heritage Fund, and the expertise of photographer Chris Miner, we will display high quality reproductions of some of the oldest of these photographs, taken between 1900 and the 1950s. The work will be displayed on the streets of the neighbourhood at the locations the photographs were taken, to bring “among us” those who used to live and work here.
A complementary part of the exhibit will be hosted in the Elm Café and Charles and Montreal, the former Laverne’s Laundry. We hope the exhibit will give current residents an opportunity to reflect on continuities and discontinuities in the life of this place on earth, and to remember those who came before us.”
Chris Miner is a photographer and artist equally adept at portraiture, socially-engaged art, and documentation of archival materials. He was the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at Providence Care Hospital and the 2015 Artist-in-Residence at Royal Military College. For more information, see https://www.miner-wilkinson.
Laura Murray is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Queen’s University. She is a local activist and musician, and started the Swamp Ward and Inner Harbour History Project (swampwardhistory.com) in 2015.
Facing the Street was made possible by a generous grant from the City of Kingston Heritage Fund. Thanks also to partners The Friends of Kingston Inner Harbour, The Elm Café, and the Skeleton Park Arts Fest.
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