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Curve! exhibition celebrates women Indigenous carvers on the Northwest Coast

The new show at Audain Art Museum sheds light on the artists who are less-known than their male counterparts

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 25, 2024Audain Art Museum, Curtis Collins, Dana Claxton, Indigenous, Homepage feature

Indigenous playwright Justin Neal explores the tradition of canoeing in Keepers of the Salish Sea

The founder of Holy Crow Arts draws from his own life experiences in the story that also touches on addiction and sobriety

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Justin Neal, Holy Crow Arts, Indigenous, SFU

Curve!: Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast hits bookshelves

Publication co-curated by Dana Claxton and Curtis Collins is accompanied by an exhibition at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler

Stir Q&A: At fifth annual TRANSFORM Festival, Corey Payette honours Indigenous artistry

Festival co-curated with The Cultch’s Heather Redfern features the workshop premiere of Payette’s musical On Native Land, plus a new choral composition

FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 31, 2024Corey Payette, Transform Festival, Indigenous, Urban Ink Theatre, Chor Leoni

In Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, beading becomes a form of empowerment

Over a wide array of media, Vancouver Art Gallery’s expansive survey defies stereotypes as it explores matriarchy, displacement, and memory

Stir Q&A: So Surreal: Behind the Masks filmmakers talk about quest to recast art history

Lively, detective-like documentary reveals how Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Yup’ik ceremonial masks found their way into the hands of Surrealist masters—and new attempts to repatriate them

Qwalena: The Wild Woman Who Steals Children addresses the ongoing impacts of the Indian Act

The titular character in the show by 3 Crows Productions represents government agents who removed Indigenous kids from their homes to attend residential school

Indigenous singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal traces grief and redemption in new album

Ahead of her Come Toward the Fire festival performance, the JUNO award-winner shares how writing her latest album, Boundless Possibilities, helped her heal from loss and trauma

Indigenous artist Serena Steel explores belonging through painstakingly intricate beadwork and hand-stitching

q̓emxwéqsem (to tie a knot at the end of your thread) is a new exhibition at Craft Council of B.C. until September 26

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonAugust 22, 2024Craft Council of BC, Serena Steel, Indigenous, Homepage feature

Film review: Sugarcane documentary brings moving humanity to the horrors of a B.C. residential school

Premiering at VIFF Centre and the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, remarkable film about the dark legacy of Williams Lake institution wields quiet power

Vancouver Civic Theatres’ Summer Sounds outdoor concert series launches with Land Back Records, July 25

Taking place on šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn, the free musical event spotlights the local Indigenous-owned and -operated label and some of its artists

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 24, 2024VCT, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Land Back Records, Indigenous

Chief Dan George—Actor and Activist exhibition opens at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, to February 2

Exhibit created by MONOVA: Museum and Archives of North Vancouver explores life and legacy of late Tsleil-Waututh actor, author, musician, poet, activist, environmentalist, and First Nations advocate

Jeremy Dutcher returns to West Coast, finding new ways to express himself in songs from his sophomore album

Appearing at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, the celebrated two-spirit Wolastoqiyik artist explores land rights, injustice, and more from powerful Motewolonuwok

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 12, 2024Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Jeremy Dutcher, Summer 2024, Indigenous

Indigeneity and Blackness intersect in jewellery, performance, and more, at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art to September 8

Jewellery, film, dance regalia, and more as local artists explore their multifaceted heritage

Declaration of the Lillooet Tribes explores a historic moment, at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

The new feature exhibition shares the story of how the Chiefs of 11 communities joined forces in 1911

Major new sculpture by Indigenous artist James Harry installed in Squamish

Welcome Gate is made of fibreglass, stainless steel, copper guilding, and LED lighting

ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 21, 2024Squamish, Indigenous, James Harry

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

A full day of free programming ranges from storytelling to film to a fashion show

Vancouver Opera offers Voices of the Solstice in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

The free concert features Renae Morriseau, M’Girl, Russell Wallace, and musica intima

Vancouver Chamber Choir set to premiere T. Patrick Carrabré's Histoires des Métis in Longhouse concert

Through seven movements, the composition tells stories in a way that feels familiar to the Métis composer, conductor, and UBC music prof

Firehall Arts Centre wraps up 2023-24 season with Cheri Maracle's Paddle Song, May 24 to June 2

The energetic one-woman musical about trailblazing Mohawk poet Pauline E. Johnson is back

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