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Artist in Residence Talk with GRIFFIN X ECU Fellowship Studio Award Winner Claudia Goulet-Blais.

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Image: Claudia Goulet-Blais, Hidden Daughter series from mère-fille: an archive of care, 2025, Image courtesy of the Artist

Join us on Sunday, November 30 for an Artist in Residence talk with the GRIFFIN X ECU Fellowship Studio Award Winner Claudia Goulet-Blais.

Claudia Goulet-Blais research focuses on maternal relationships, exploring the complexities of care and the shifting roles within family dynamics. Working collaboratively with their mother, they examine the nuances of intimacy, distance, and gesture—specifically, the embrace, which has become a recurring motif. The work draws inspiration from 19th-century hidden mother photography, exploring the tensions of physical and emotional proximity and distance, reflecting on mortality and loss, and examining the historical undervaluing of women’s care work.


Goulet Blais's proposed project for the duration of the residency is a photography-publication that builds on her MFA research work, specifically expanding upon her thesis project mère-fille: an archive of care. She will also mentor students from the Gordon Smith Gallery Artists for Kids Program, culminating in a student exhibition at Griffin in January 2026.

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We thank Acera Insurance, Bravo Art Projects and Services, North Vancouver Recreation & Culture, The Hamber Foundation and the Michael and Inna O’Brian Family Foundation for their generous sponsorship of our 10th anniversary program.

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