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Angela Marston
1975 in Ladysmith BC
Angela Marston is a Coast Salish First Nations artist. Her parents are both avid carvers, and she has assisted them on many pieces. Her uncle Corky Baines helped her with one of her first carvings. At 14 she took a weaving class from Kathy Edgar and has recently been a student of Minney Peters. Angela collects her own cedar bark and roots in the forest. She finds this strengthens her connection to Mother Earth. She designs clothing, including the uniform ties and scarves for the Vancouver airport. Her most recent show was at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle, and her work is displayed at the Royal BC Museum. True to her roots, she incorporates her heritage into her work, finding inspiration in knowing her great grandparents may have been doing the same at one point in their lives. Also a herbalist - she collects her own herbs - she is learning the traditional Coast Salish medicines and incorporating them into her soaps and lotions.
http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/artists.html/v1/view/v2/2/v3/390/#images
http://www.pathgallery.com/itoolkit.asp?pg=products&manuf=0
http://aff.cowichan.net/?april-16-thursday-br-coast-salish-gala-reception,41


Corrine Hunt
born 1959 -
Corrine Hunt is a member of the Raven Gwa'waina clan from Ts'akis, a Kwakwaka'wakw village on Vancouver Island. Her paternal grandmother, A'neesla’ga, was a Tlingit noblewoman from Alaska. She combines Kwakwaka'wakw and Tlingit influences in her work. She has lived in the Vancouver area since 1975, graduating high school in 1977 to attend Simon Fraser University, majoring in Anthropology and Latin American Studies. Norman Brotchie, a maternal uncle, attracted her interest with his beautifully hand engraved jewelry and was instrumental in introducing her to the Kwakwaka'wakw art of engraving. Corrine has been working as a jeweller since 1985, and in recent years has worked on large-scale sculpture and custom furniture, blending traditional design with contemporary materials like stainless steel and aluminum. She says of this combination, "I want to show how both the First Nations people and the art have evolved."
From: http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/artists.html/v1/view/v2/2/v3/117/#images
http://www.pathgallery.com/itoolkit.asp?pg=products&specific=jpfnisd0
http://www.canoepass.com/artists.html

Eunicey Shytoo Muckpah
1956 on a beach Northwest of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island
Eunicey Shytoo Muckpah - an Inuit Soapstone carver - lived her first 10 years in tents and igloos, traveling by sled and dogs. Her family hunted and fished, moving constantly in search of food and plants. In winter Eunicey learned to carve by the light of the Kudluk, watching her father. At one point, Eunicey almost died when a bad tent fire burnt her upper body. Her father patted her out and threw her into the ocean. With no doctors or drug stores, Eunicey healed on her own but her health was not good and she was moved to Vancouver, BC. She had never seen cars or large buildings, could not speak English and could not tell the difference between men and women. She lost contact with her family in the north, but one day while reading a library book, she saw a picture of her parents. Eunicey and her own family moved to the north to live with her parents for a year. Her father, still carving, inspired Eunicey to create her own work; she has continued to this day, well known for her unique style and depiction of people and animals from her native north.
From: http://www.himwitsa.com/eunicey_shytoo.htm
http://www.himwitsa.com/Shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes
http://www.eaglefeathergallery.com
http://www.adelecampbell.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=1273


Susan A. Point  OC
born in 1952 - resides in Vancouver BC
Susan Point is a Coast Salish native artist who has immersed herself in the study of traditional Coast Salish art and emerged with a language of design both authentic yet vibrantly contemporary. As well as traditional motifs, Susan also expresses her own style. Like many native artists, she uses the form and meaning found in traditional art to create innovative work in a wide range of mediums. Susan began producing fine art in precious metals, serigraphs and acrylic paintings; however, she is now producing large scale public art in mediums which include glass, wood, stainless steel, and concrete. Many of Susan's work can presently be found in private and corporate collections in over 20 countries around the world. She has exhibited in Vancouver, Zurich Switzerland, Brazil, Seattle, Scotland, Phoenix Arizona, Maryland and San Francisco. In 2006 she received the Order of Canada.
From the first two following websites: http://www.susanpoint.com
http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/artists.html/v1/view/v2/2/v3/67/#images
http://www.blacktusk.ca/itoolkit.asp?pg=bio:susanpoint

 

 
   
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