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May 23 - A Contemporary Salish Vision: The Art of Xwa lack tun

MAY 23 6:30 pm at the West Vancouver Museum

Next Enduring Traditions talk *****

Dr. Jennifer Kramer, Curator at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, will talk about Squamish artist Xwalacktun's career.

For more details: go to http://www.westvanmuseum.blogspot.com

MAY 9 - Northwest Coast First Nation Lecture Series - #2

If you missed the most interesting talk by Charlotte on Marianne Nicolson, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, DO NOT MISS this one on Wenesday, MAY 9 at 6:30 pm.
West Vancouver Museum
680 17th Street, West Vancouver (604-025-7295)

AND Bring any Coast Salish baskets you own and find out more about them from Sharon Fortney

Sharon will be speaking on
Enduring Traditions: A Look at contemporary Coast Salish Coiled Basketry

Sharon Fortney has worked with, and for, several Coast Salish communities as a museum professional and contract researcher. Currently she is working on her doctorate in anthropology at the University of British Columbia, focusing on the experiences of Coast Salish communities who work with museums. Sharon has done several years of research on coiled cedar root basketry, wrote a thesis, and curated an exhibit on the topic. She has Klahoose ancestry (Northern Coast Salish) and enjoys working on cultural projects that promote the sharing of knowledge and cross-cultural understanding.

Northwest Coast First Nations Lecture Series #1

Northwest Coast First Nations Lecture Series - (6:30 pm)
April 18, May 9, 23, Jun 13, Jul 4
West Vancouver Museum, $10/lecture, 25/3 lectures or $40/5 lectures
A series of talks on the artistic expressions and cultural traditions of Northwest Coast First Nations. Webreg available starting in April. Individual course no. 387417, 387467, 387468, 387469 & 387424 & 387470 for the series and 387472 for any 3 lectures.

April 18 Insight / Incite: Three First Nations Artists Working Tradition Here and Now - Marianne Nicolson, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Visual Art at the University of British Columbia, was a co-curator of Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada in 1992 and has curated exhibitions of work by Yuxweluptun and Rebecca Belmore for the Belkin Gallery at UBC. She has written extensively about contemporary First Nations art, most recently ‘Rebecca Belmore and James Luna on Location at Venice: The Allegorical Indian Redux’ for the journal Art History. She is currently editing with Ron Hamilton and Jennifer Kramer, The Construction of Northwest Coast Native Art: An Anthology.

May 9
Sharon M Fortney, Guest Curator, Ph. D Candidate in Anthropology, University of British Columbia

May 23
Dr. Jennifer Kramer (Curator of the Pacific Northwest, Museum of Anthropology; Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia). The talk is bout Xwa lack tun's career and his involvement with Salish and Kwakwakwa'wakw styles of art.

June 13
Karen Duffek, Curator Pacific Northwest & Contemporary Visual Arts, UBC Museum of Anthropology

July 4
Aaron Nelson-Moody, Artist, Squamish Nation

Photo by Urbanpictures.com

Artists Demonstration

Ferry Building Gallery

1414 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver

604-925-7290

Saturday April 14th, 2 – 5 pm
Cedar weaving with Alice Guss (Tsa Waysia Spukwus)
& Drum-making with Stewart Nahanee

Sunday April 15th, 2 – 5 pm
Carving demonstration with Xwa lack tun and Aaron Nelson-Moody

StitÚyntm - Enduring Traditions Exhibit (till August 31)

Enduring Traditions explores the artistic experssion of the Squamish and Coast Salish people who utilizes unique design elements and composition to create stricking masterworks. This exhibition brings together historical and contemporary objects and images from collections of the Squamish Nation, private collections and distinctive loan objects from prominent museums.

West Vancouver Museum
680 17th Street, West Vancouver
Tuesday - Saturday: Noon to 4:30 pm
604-925-7295