Aboriginal art

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• The Cowichan sweater of Vancouver Island

  
  ouno — Authority: 425
  Above is an example of the  Cowichan sweater , courtesy  Cowichan Tribes . The Cowichan tribes are part of the coastal Salish Nation, long renowned for their fine weaving , so it’s not surprising the Cowichans quickly adapted their own designs to the knitting they learned from white settlers. The Cowichan ...
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• Australian government to implement Resale Royalty Rights for visual artists.

  
  Tribal Artery — Authority: 114
  (William & Susanne Waites, proprietors of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person , report on news and events influencing the tribal art market.) In legislation passed this November, the Australian Parliament has created a law that will require payment of a royalty of 5% of the resale price of a work of art to ...
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• Roy Henry Vickers in Vancouver

  
  Curator & Collector — Authority: 91
  Trev Deeley Motorcycles: Host of Roy Henry Vickers in Vancouver, Dec. 12th-13th Yesterday I and my son went to Trev Deeley Motorcycles on Boundary Road to see First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers’ Vancouver holiday show, which is continuing until late afternoon today. It was my first time to see Vickers ...
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• Announcing the Freda Diesing School Mature Student Award

  
  Off the Wall — Authority: 114
  Last year, when I attended the Freda Diesing School Student Art Exhibition in Terrace, I noticed that most of the awards were for students 25 years old or younger. The school has some fine younger artists, but I thought that the older students deserved some recognition, too. To fill the gap, Trish and I decided to ...
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• Mike Dangeli: Traditional art in a modern life

  
  Off the Wall — Authority: 114
  “I’ve been doing art all my life,” Mike Dangeli, the up and coming Northwest Coast artist says. But although he identifies himself mainly as an artist, you cannot talk to him for very long before realizing that he is also many other things — a member of the Git Hayetsk Dancers, the heir to a chieftainship, and ...
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• James Hart, the White Raven, and Forton

  
  Off the Wall — Authority: 114
  Northwest Coast art has a new medium. It’s called forton , and it’s a mixture of gypsum, fiberglass and plastics, and has the advantages of being non-toxic, lightweight, weather resistant, and capable of imitating anything from marble to plaster or bronze. So far, you can see the largest collection of sculptures ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gwaai Edenshaw: “Healing Ring”

  
  Off the Wall — Authority: 114
  The stories of Raven stealing the light or Raven prying open a shell that contains the first people continue to inspire great art, and have the advantage of being no single family’s property. But they are only a fraction of the stories and themes that could be told in Northwest Coast art. That is why, when I buy ...
  4 weeks ago

• McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art Updated 2009 Edition

  
  Serendipity and the Art of the Quilt — Authority: 120
  After the sellout of the first print run in bookshops and galleries, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the new edition of McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide . The new edition is now in stock and includes comprehensive coverage of nine regions, 80 art producing communities and 400 + glorious ...
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