Self Advocacy Foundation, to create what would become From the Inside/OUT! Then, in the spring of 1997, artist Persimmon Blackbridge was invited to collaborate with the storytellers, and a committee from the B.C. The core of the installation was drawn from stories that were gathered during an oral history project initiated in 1996. Together, their experiences contribute to an important, but little known, chapter of BC.’s social history – one that is in danger of being lost as people age and pass on. Some spent one or two years living in an institution. became the first province in Canada to close all its large institutions for people with intellectual disabilities.įrom the Inside/OUT! was a multimedia art exhibit that weaved together stories from 28 people who lived in Woodlands, Tranquille, Glendale Lodge and the Endicott Centre. It ended on Octowhen Woodlands’ last two residents moved to their new homes in the community. began more than 100 years ago with the creation of Woodlands institution in New Westminster. The institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities in B.C.
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