Aboriginal Art
St. Eugene one of BC’s most culturally authentic aboriginal attractions
The St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino is one of five tourism businesses in British Columbia to receive the “Authentic Aboriginal” title, a new designation awarded by the Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia. The authenticity program recognizes the most culturally authentic, accurate and respectful representations of First Nations peoples and cultures in British Columbia’s tourism [...]
Winners, losers emerge in native art deal
When Vancouver was granted the Olympics, the organizing committee struck a formal partnership with four First Nations who claim the lands where the Games are to be held and spoke of showcasing native culture to the world. Some native people say the promise of jobs, training, and business opportunities for aboriginal residents is proving empty [...]
Victoria: Royal BC Museum hosts discussion forum on Coast Salish art
With only one month left to see S’abadeb – The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists, the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) and members of the Coast Salish community present a public discussion on artistic traditions. On Feb. 11, Thursday Night at the Museum Café: New Perspectives on Coast Salish Art brings together forum panellists [...]
Aboriginal artist says Métis shut out from 2010 Olympics
The start of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver is almost a week away, but don’t expect Métis Cree artist Mark MiLan to get too excited about it. It isn’t because he’s against the Olympic Games, like many other Aboriginal Canadians. In fact, Mark says in a lively and hurried tone in a phone [...]
Whistler: Opening doors to First Nations culture
SLCC remains open to public throughout Olympics, hosting range of performances and events To Willie Lewis, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre is a dream realized for his people. “The presence of the centre here in Whistler just kind of gives us an identity and says that this land wasn’t uninhabited when people came here, it [...]
Inaugural show at Audain Gallery reaches out to Downtown Eastside neighbours
First Nations/Second Nature exhibition examines some of the misrepresentations of aboriginal culture over the years The first full exhibition at The Audain Gallery at SFU Woodward’s explores ideas of contested territory and nationhood through the diverse works of several internationally and locally renowned artists whose work deals with first nations-related themes. The focus on first [...]
2010 Cultural Olympiad opening the curtain on aboriginal art
Over the next few weeks, as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Vancouver will be treated to a diverse array of First Nations art forms: everything from traditional Gitksan dance to an avant-garde take on Inuit throat-singing to an assortment of visual-arts shows. But it’s necessary to understand that the massive painted curtains collected in [...]
B.C. native groups unveil ‘authentic’ logo
It took 12 years to work out a process that was acceptable provincewide, but 60 native organizations in British Columbia have finally agreed on a way to designate goods and businesses as culturally authentic. A new seal was unveiled at a news conference Monday that is being awarded to native-run enterprises that pass a rigorous [...]
Artists, VANOC clash over aboriginal art
A fight has erupted between some native artists and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Winter Games over the definition of authentic aboriginal art. The artists complain that the committee, known as VANOC, is misleading the public about the authenticity of aboriginal products sold at Olympic venues and stores such as the Bay. VANOC is [...]
Vancouver 2010 Aboriginal venue artists to stage public exhibition, auction of work
Admission free to two-day event starting October 17 in downtown Vancouver. The public will have a chance to meet over 50 of the artists behind some of the awe-inspiring installations of Aboriginal art permanently installed at Vancouver 2010 Winter Games’ venues and view a selection of their paintings, carvings and photography at a two-day exhibition [...]
