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Dead and Buried: The Cemetery at Woodlands
An exhibition by Michael de Courcy

 

"From its closure as an active burial site in 1958 to its reincarnation as a memorial garden in 2006, the cemetery at Woodlands has gone through a number of changes resulting in a radical shift in function. Public record and oral history have created rich and complex stories about what happened to the cemetery over time.  As an artist, my purpose in creating the exhibition Dead and Buried: The Cemetery at Woodlands, was firstly to examine, interpret and record these stories. But I was also driven by what I perceived as a great injustice served upon those who were buried at the Woodlands cemetery when their last vestiges of notoriety, their grave markers were unceremoniously removed and disposed of."

DEAD AND BURIED

Michael de Courcy

Contact:
Michael de Courcy
mdec@decourcy.ca
(604) 525-0677
www.michaeldecourcy.com

DEAD AND BURIED: What became of the Cemetery at Woodlands 
An exhibition by Michael de Courcy
March 5 to April 4
Opening reception thursday March 5, 4:30-7:30

Amelia Douglas Gallery
Forth Floor North, Douglas College
700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster
(one block from the New Westminster skytrain station)

Gallery hours:
Monday to Friday 10am- 7:30pm
Saturday 11am-4pm Closed Sunday
information: call 604-527-5723
www.douglas.bc.ca