

Brie Watson
Brie Watson is a queer, settler, heritage worker and artist from Kwakiutl territory in Port Hardy, BC. Brie is passionate about rural heritage and focuses on community-centred practices. Brie holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Critical and Cultural Practices, with a minor in Social and Community Engagement.
Brie is currently the Associate Curator at the Port Hardy Museum and Archives. In the fall, they will return to school to pursue a master's degree in history at the University of Victoria. Their research will examine methods of reading against the imperial archive, concentrating on queer and trans histories, the colonial archive, and radical community resistance in rural British Columbia. Brie is also a fibre artist, knitter, weaver and natural dyer. They spend their free time gardening, reading, knitting sweaters, cooking, and spinning alpaca fibre.