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[Pamphlets and programs]
File · 1986-2012
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains programs, pamphlets, and promotional materials from a number of Dragu performances and shows including: Marginalia: Getting Out of the House; Slits (group show); Cleaning and Loving (It); Richmond Art Gallery: 25 Years; Studio XX (women-centered technology society); Walking Woman - Passport (Richmond Art Gallery show); Douglas College arts event calendar; M:ST 4; 7a*11d (arts collective performing arts festival); The New Work Show (1986); Biking Woman: (No) Refuge From Metaphor (show); RecipcroCity (show); Western Front 1989 calendar; and Walking Woman (show posters). File also includes newspaper clipping about 2012 GG awards.

Performance and Video Art
Series · ca. 1950-2017, predominate 1974-2000
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

Series consists of materials pertaining to Dragu’s performance art and video art, including her work as a dancer, choreographer, and actor. Records in this series include correspondence, photographs, performance programs, articles and reviews, press releases, ephemera, and other supporting documents related to the Dragu’s many exhibitions and performances. This series also consists of copies of Dragu’s video art and performance recordings. Video recordings of performances are available; a full media inventory is available on site.

Acting
File · 1981-1985
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains a range of materials including articles and photographs related to “Surfacing” (film), “Picnic In The Drift” (performance, 1981), and “Moral/passion”.

Walking Woman
File · 2002
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains correspondence release forms, advertisements, financial documents, V-tape paperwork, reviews, and other records pertaining to “Walking Woman” (video/performance) and “The Art of Autobiography” (video).

I Want To Be Alone
File · 1988
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains a range of materials related to the video “I Vant To Be Alone,” including: reviews, newspaper clippings, TV listing, and Festival of Festivals participant recognition.

Sex/War Public.
File · 2006
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains materials related to “The Dirty Show” (later called “Sex in the Time of War”) including: a curatorial statement, correspondence, and application paperwork.

X's & O's [Green Folder]
File · 1984-1987
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains photographs, photographic negatives, and photocopied images from the performance of “X’s and O’s” at the Canada Pavillion at Expo ‘86, as well as program guides from “X’s and O’s” (Richmond Arts Centre, 1999) and Western Front (1985). There are also event posters, photo prints, an article about “X’s and O’s”, and photographs of the show in Calgary.

Unfit for Paradise
File · ca. 1950-1971
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains a number of personal records pertaining to the creator such as childhood vaccination records; birth weight/health information; high school report cards; high school transcript (class of 1971, transcripts requested 1991); and “Same Day Video Edit” — print outs on old computer paper.

Press/Publicity
Series · 1975-2012
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

Series consists of materials related to the promotion or evaluation of Dragu's work. This includes event posters, pamphlets, program guides, press releases, and newspaper clippings.

Bryce Canyon
File · 1985-2000
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains original newspaper clippings for show reviews and book reviews. Publications include: The Toronto Star, Richmond News, St. Catharines-Niagra Pulse, (Pulse Niagra), The Georgia Straight, BC Book World, Vancouver Sun, Metropolis, West End Review, Globe and Mail, Kinesis, NOW, The Review, and other unspecified publications.

Square Foot Real
File · 1992-2001
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File consists of play bills and other documents related to “Square Foot Real” (1992). Other contents include photographs (including photos of Dragu and Jim Munro), newspaper reviews, event posters, press releases, photographic negatives. Some materials in this file are related to the book "Revelations" and advertisements for “From Burlesque to Performance”

Secret Kitchen
File · 1991-1997
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains articles about “Secret Kitchen” in publications such as Kinesis (1991), Kinesis (1995), and the Richmond News (1997). (This performance was also called “My Secret Kitchen” and “Welcome to the Secret Kitchen”.) Other materials in this file include: ‘Women in View Festival’ (January 1995) program guide; materials from Margaret Dragu's artist-in-residence at Artspace Market Hall in Peterborough; articles about “Momz’ Radio” (radio show) and Mothers Talk Back (book Dragu co-edited); Vancouver Performance Poets (1991 publication associated with the Fringe Festival); and photocopied photos from newspapers depicting parenthood.

Memories of Paradise
File
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains publications and press released related to “Memories of Paradise” (film, 1985) which was produced by Breakthrough Films and TV Ontario. There are notes written on lined, green cards as well as a Toronto Star article (1988) about a film collaboration Dragu was part of. Also included is a poster for Dragu's “I Vant To Be Alone” (film).

BARDO
File · 1994
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains photographs and other records related to “Bardo Gap” (performance, 1994) at The Western Front.

Eine Kleine Nacht Radio
File
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains performance photographs of “X’s and O’s”. There are also photographs and newspaper clipping from German newspaper (German language) sent from address in Germany.

Lady Justice
Subseries
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

Subseries consists of files related to Lady Justice, a persona adopted by Dragu as the basis for multiple artistic works.

Lady J (Mock U)
File · 2009
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains release and contract forms. Also contains materials related to the Rose Community Event — Dec 6, 2009 remembrance ceremony.