Curated by Jesse Birch.
Art Action Earwig was at the Nanaimo Art Gallery April 29 – June 25, 2023, with Give Birth Love Tooth, a multimedia exhibition that expands on autobiographical explorations of teeth as story-bearers. The exhibition featured a 4-channel video installation of story-tellers’ conversations with Art Action Earwig, integrated with animations. The exhibition also featured large print photos, sculptural installations, a video projection with surround sound, interactive displays and an artbook that combines shared stories of family, history, and lands.
Digital Exhibition Booklet includes Lisa Cook Ravensbergen’s writing “The Wisdom of Our Relations” in conversation with the Love Tooth, and collaborators/contributors biographies.
Missed the exhibition or the opening? Read the article “Nanaimo Art Gallery’s new exhibit inspires tooth chatter” written by Mandy Moraes (Nanaimo News Bulletin. May 1, 2023). You will gain some delightful insights!
Video Excerpt of the Exhibition Opening:
Videography by Conor Provenzano
Edited by Wryly Andherson and Minah Lee


A series of performances and events complemented the exhibition, including:
[Archive] Remembering Families, Futures and Hearts at Bowen Road Cemetery, May 14.
[Archive] Learn To Make Rice Balls And Seed Bombs, June 2.
[Archive] Tooth Full of Wisdom, a performance on Saysutshun, June 11.

We had the joy of learning to make soap with Heidi Bergstrom at our sponsored Studio H residency in Metchosin BC. We used what we learned to make soap teeth for our Give Birth Love Tooth solo exhibition at Nanaimo Art Gallery. Wryly made molds for soap using Minah’s extracted Wisdom Teeth/ Love Teeth.
We acknowledge the support of Canada Council For the Arts.