🧥🌊 I Use My Haida Eyes - opening night at MOA

Museum outing - free opening night, Haida songs, history robes, and a conversation after.

Short summary
Some exhibitions feel like "go look at art."
This one feels like: go witness a whole way of remembering.
MOA is opening I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay-Hazel Wilson, a major exhibition built around 51 "history robes" by the late Haida artist Jut-ke-Nay-Hazel Wilson.
These aren't just beautiful objects on a wall. They're painted and appliquéd histories - family memory, Haida history, colonial history, land, inheritance, and the stories that survive because someone refuses to let them disappear.
Opening night includes free museum admission starting at 6 PM, opening remarks, Haida songs, and light refreshments. No RSVP is required through MOA, but please RSVP here so we can find each other.
This is probably the most thoughtful cultural outing of the month.

Why this one feels worth leaving the house for
• it's free opening night at MOA
• the exhibition brings together almost the full history-robe series
• it's art, history, memory, and Indigenous cultural work in one room
• the formal program is only one hour, so we'll still have room to actually talk after
The question I'm carrying in
What happens when art is not just "expression," but a way of keeping history from being rewritten or forgotten?

How the evening goes
We'll meet at MOA around 6 PM, get settled, look through the exhibition a bit, then attend the opening program from 7–8 PM.
Afterward, whoever wants can stay and compare notes: what felt powerful, what we didn't understand yet, what image stayed with us, and what it means for an artist to make history visible through objects.

When and where
📅 Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕕 Meet at 6:00 PM
📍 Museum of Anthropology at UBC - 6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver
Cap 12 + waitlist
Small enough that we can actually find each other and talk afterward.

Small note
MOA says admission is free from 6 PM onward and the program runs 7–8 PM. No RSVP is required through MOA. The exhibition runs May 14–Oct 12, 2026 and presents 51 "history robes" by Jut-ke-Nay-Hazel Wilson. (Museum of Anthropology at UBC)