Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
639 Hornby Street V6C 2G3 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mark your calendar... March 26 April 5 | Online The 2021 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival https://www.sfu.ca//the-2021-skoden-indigenous-film-festiv... Logo image by Samaqani Cocahq / Natalie Sappier

Welcome the first day of Spring! Time to shed the winter shell and complete your new Spring look with an amazing choice of earrings by Gerren Peters available at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art Shop. Dress up your home with Spring Salmon, Gerren Peters (Salish & Nuu-chah-nulth)... Spring Salmon by Gerren Peters is a playful take on the salmon trout concept in a repeated pattern and colour variations. Limited edition of 25, 2020, unframed, 19" x 19" (48.2cm x 48.2cm) https://www.billreidgallery.ca/products/salmon-trouts

Come and enjoy a "well-made object" and more in "To Speak With A Golden Voice" exhibition. Bill Reid, Wooden Dish, c.1959, cedar Courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3259/15. Collection of Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess... Bill Reid was both fascinated and inspired by traditional Haida carvings. While living in Toronto in the 1940s, Bill Reid was deeply impressed by the exceptionally large pole from his grandmother's village of T'aanuu, on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. He began to study Indigenous museum collections and copy the work of Haida and Northwest Coast carvers. . . . #ToSpeakwithaGoldenVoice #BillReid #BillReidGallery #GwaaiEdenshaw #supportmuseums #Haida #downtown #Vancouver #respect #billreid #billreid100 #billreidgallery #indigenous #mentor #luminary #aboriginal #NWC #beSafe #beKind #beCalm #LoveVancouver #enjoyartwhileapart #exploreBC #LoveVancouver #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #localmuseums #indigenoustourism

UPDATE: Due to an unforeseen family situation, the online workshop for Neon Reconciliation Redux with Luke Parnell has been postponed to Saturday, March 27, 1 to 3 pm. If you are unable to make it to the workshop for the rescheduled dateplease reach out to us and we will issue a full refund. We apologize for the inconvenience. Spring into our online painting workshop with Luke Parnell and create a collaborative, digital artwork Saturday, March 27, 2021 - part of our Well-...Made Object Workshop. Generously supported by the NIB Trust Fund Register: https://www.billreidgallery.ca//reconciliation-explosion-r Detail of Neon Reconciliation Explosion, 2020. Collection of Jennifer Thompson and Kurt Wipp. . . . #LukeParnell #IndigenousHistoryinColour #NeonReconciliation #onlineworkshop #BillReid #BillReidGallery #supportlocal #supportmuseums #Haida #downtown #Vancouver #respect #billreid #billreid100 #billreidgallery #indigenous #mentor #luminary #aboriginal #NWC #beSafe #beKind #beCalm #LoveVancouver #enjoyartwhileapart #exploreBC #Haida #VancouverComeBack #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #localmuseums #indigenoustourism

March 10 - May 1, 2021 12 noon to 5 pm except Mondays. Gallery exhibition by appointment; please reserve online. Groups of five or more contact [email protected] to make an advance booking... A new exhibition at the Libby Leshgold Gallery Emút | Being Home showcases contemporary artwork from some of British Columbia’s most accomplished contemporary Indigenous artists. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Libby Leshgold Gallery, the BC Achievement Foundation, and guest curators Ray Hartley and Sheila Hall from the Aboriginal Gathering Collective. The exhibition highlights new work from established and mid-career artists and the intergenerational work of members of the same family. The artwork is combined in the gallery with a series of intimate films from the BC Achievement Foundation about the artists and their practice. https://libby.ecuad.ca/exhibitions/2021/emut-being-home.html Almost There by Ben Davidson, (Haida), silkscreen serigraph print on rag paper, 20 x 13".

Share the love of Indigenous art within your special bubble Free admission tomorrow - Saturday 11am - 5pm Enjoy our current exhibitions and celebrate #BCFamilyDay weekend at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art https://www.billreidgallery.ca///family-day-at-the-gallery... Made possible thanks to the support of the BC Government @BCGovNews Don't forget to treat yourself and/or your Valentine with unique gifts from our Gallery Shop! Our fav gift ideas for Valentine's Day: Heart card by Ben Houstie (Bella Bella) LOVE card by Francis Horne Sr. (Coast Salish) Butterflies card by Paul Windsor (Haisla, Heiltsuk) Copper heart earrings by Joe Descoteaux (Métis/Ojibwa) Hand beaded earrings by Maria-Margaretta Boucher (Métis) Argillite Eagle earrings by Amy Edgars (Haida) Argillite Butterfly pendant by Amy Edgars (Haida) . . . #EnjoyArtWhileApart #VancouverComeBack #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #LocalMuseums #exploreBC #ValentinesDay2021 #lovevancouver #shoplocal #Haida #HaidaGwaii #respect #charlesedenshaw #sculpture #YVR #Raven #MuseumfromHome #billreid #billreid100 #billreidgallery #indigenous #canadianicon #mentor #luminary #aboriginal #NWC

The 30th Annual Women's Memorial March - Their Spirits Live Within Us - In Honour of MMIWG2S+ (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People). Sunday, February 14th, family and community members will gather at 10:30 am at Hastings and Main Streets where family members speak in remembrance. March begins at 12 noon (Main & Hastings) with stops to commemorate where women were last seen or found. All COVID-19 protocols are in effectsocial distancing and mas...ks are required. The Women's Memorial March continues to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Unceded Coast Salish Territories. This event will also be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube. Indigenous women disproportionately continue to go missing or be murdered with minimal to no action to address these tragedies or the systemic nature of gendered violence, poverty, racism, or colonialism. This event is organized and led by women in the Downtown Eastside because women especially Indigenous women face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. The Women’s Memorial March is an opportunity to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved sisters, remember the women who are still missing, and dedicate ourselves to justice. Artwork courtesy of Christiane Bordier

Celebrate Family Day weekend and enjoy our current exhibitions: Luke Parnell's solo exhibition, "Indigenous History in Colour" and "To Speak With A Golden Voice" - Free admission this Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm Made possible thanks to the support of the BC Government @BCGovNews #BCFamilyDay #bcgovnews https://www.billreidgallery.ca///family-day-at-the-gallery

We are heartbroken to have heard the passing of Taran Kootenhayoo. We send our deepest condolences to Taran's family and friends during this time of reflection and healing. We were very privileged to have worked, laughed and shared stories with Taran as a part of our 2019 Wintergathering and What We Bring with Us exhibition last year as well as receptions at the Gallery. His delightful smile, charm and wit will be greatly missed. Thank you for the memories, RIP @aweheck_

A new online workshop for the new year!

Welcome 2021- we wish you a safe and healthy new year! The Gallery is open today from 11 to 5 pm and this new year's weekend 11 to 5 pm. Come in from the rain and check out our current exhibitions: To Speak with a Golden Voice, Resurgence: Indigequeer identities and Lifeways in the Hummingbird Gathering Place. Lifeways at @billreidgallery explores the formation of identity by reimagining the community, spirit and place we know as Haida Gwaii, featuring works of @UBCSALA Master students.

slow print for queers January 5 to March 2, 2021 Tuesdays, 5 pm - 7 pm PST Slow print is a collaborative printmaking project faciliated on stolen Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories for people who:... are queer, two-spirt, non-binary, trans, or somewhere on the 2SLGBTQAI+ spectrum want to learn (more) about printmaking, may have some experience or none at all have access to a computer or smart phone, an internet connection, and some kind of image capturing device (phone, webcam, scanner) live in the Lower Mainland The project is free to participate in and supplies will be provided. Interpretation is available. Register here: https://bit.ly/3rAsK4x Check out Resurgence: Indigequeer Identities at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, curated by Jordana Luggi, celebrates the deeply personal and profound work of four 2Spirit artists; and their unique identities and stories as queer Indigenous people. The featured works by artists Levi Nelson (Lil’wat First Nation), Jaz Whitford (Secwepemc), Morgan Whitehead (Plains Cree) and Raven John (Coast Salish/Sto:lo) explore the roles the artists see themselves playing in their communities today, influenced by their own rich experiences that reflect the diversity of Indigequeer love and life. On view until January 24, 2021. More info: https://bit.ly/3rzFdVY . . . #2Spirit #LGBTQ2+ #Resurgence #Indigequeer #Identities #queer #LeviNelson #LilwatFirstNation #JazWhitford #Secwepemc #MorganWhitehead #PlainsCree #RavenJohn #CoastSalish #Stolo #existence #resistance #resilience #pride #loveislove #art #creative #Haida #BillReid100 #BillReidGallery #billreidgallery #billreid #vancouver #Indigenous #northwestcoastart #MuseumfromHome #NWC #FirstNations #indigenoustourism

Congratulations to all the 2020 Awardees of the Fulmer Award in First Nations Art / British Columbia Achievement Foundation : Kwakwaka'wakw artist Lou-ann Neel (whom is a member of the Gallery's content committee) Kelly Robinson, Jaalen Edenshaw, Nathan Wilson, Evelyn Vanderhoop, and Cole Speck. https://youtu.be/48SjrfsKGi0 .... . . #shinethelightbc See more

Corporate gift ideas are here at the Gallery. Come and shop with us for your clients, co-workers, friends and/or family. Pick up your order at the Gallery Shop as a convenient option. Proceeds from all purchases support local Indigenous artists and the Gallery's artistic and educational programs. Recycled Glass Salad Servers by Corrine Hunt. Namwayut Collection - We are all one. Made In Canada. "The head of the family is the Orca, finding peace in the wings of the Raven, ...the Wolf's tail plays along like a child discovering the beauty of our earth." - Corrine Hunt The Namwayut Collection is the result of the collaborative efforts of Canadian aboriginal designer, Corrine Hunt, Komoyue and Tlingit heritage, and Canadian producer of fine gifts, Boma.

Congratulations Margaret Grenier! https://www.cbc.ca//bc-dancer-performing-arts-prize-1.5800

Levi Nelson, Gender Performativity, 2020 Acrylic on canvas The term gender performativity comes from Judith Butler's book "Gender Trouble" (1990), where they argue that being born male or female does not determine a person's behaviour. Instead, people learn to behave in certain ways to fit into society. The idea of gender is an act or performance. The way we choose to talk, walk, dress, is what Butler calls "gender performativity." What society regards as a person's gender is... just a performance made to please social expectations and not a true expression of the person's "gender identity." I'm interested in the intersection between 2Spirit identities which views gender as a spiritual component or what Butler might call a "true gender identity," and where this meets the act of performing our feminine or masculine roles to one another. Come and see more amazing works by 2Spirit artists: Levi Nelson (Lil’wat First Nation), Jaz Whitford (Secwepemc), Morgan Whitehead (Plains Cree) and Raven John (Coast Salish/Sto:lo) in Resurgence: Indigequeer Identities. . . . #2Spirit #Resurgence #Indigequeer #Indigiqueer #Identities #queer #LeviNelson #LilwatFirstNation #JazWhitford #Secwepemc #MorganWhitehead #PlainsCree #RavenJohn #CoastSalish #Sto:lo #existence #resistance #resilience #Haida #BillReid100 #BillReidGallery #billreidgallery #billreid #vancouver #Indigenous #northwestcoastart #MuseumfromHome #NWC #FirstNations #indigenoustourism

A rare sight @billreidgallery... the miniature and the monumental - you can see the gold Mythic Messengers bracelet and turnaround to see the sublime bronze Mythic Messengers sculpture! "I have lived intimately with the strange and beautiful beasts and heroes of Haida mythology and learned to know them as part of myself..." - Bill Reid, 1967 Bill Reid was one of the first Northwest Coast artists to create monumental works in bronze. ... Mythic Messengers was inspired by Haida argillite panel pipes and intertwined five of Bill Reid's favourite Haida stories: Bear Family, a human woman married to the Bear Prince, and their twin cubs Nanasimgit, his wife, and her Killer Whale abductor Sea Wolf (Wasgo) who eats three killer whales per day Dogfish Woman, a powerful ancestress, next to the supernatural dogfish Eagle Prince, with a human figure emerging from his beak The elongated tongues represent communication, transformation, and how stories are connected to one another. Bill Reid described these connections as just like "an old fashioned telephone switchboard." He believed that stories of the past "can still speak to us across time, space, and enormous cultural differences." Mythic Messengers is 8.5 meters / 26 feet long and weighs 1500 kg or 3800 lbs.. It was originally commissioned in 1984 by Teleglobe Canada for their Burnaby headquarters. It was cast at the Harman Sculpture Foundry in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bill Reid, Mythic Messengers Bracelet, 1994, 22k gold, Private Collection. Bill Reid, Mythic Messengers, Bronze, 1984, SFU Bill Reid Collection, 2001.1.1, Donated by BCE Incorporated in 2001. Bill visiting the Mythic Messengers sculpture in Burnaby, BC 1984. Photo by Herb Auerbach. . . . #MythicMessengers #bronze #sculpture #goldbracelet #Haida #BillReid100 #ToSpeakwithaGoldenVoice #HaidaGwaii #billreidgallery #billreid #vancouver #Indigenous #northwestcoastart #NWC #FirstNations #indigenoustourism #VancouverComeBack #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #LocalMuseums

Saturday's online workshop today - Introduction to Northwest Coast Design. Learning about the fundamental shapes and styles of Northwest Coast art, with a special focus on the art of the Kwakwakawakw with Cheryl Wadhams @billreidgallery

Answer: Hair detail from Bear Mother, 1991, plaster, Private Collection Bill insisted that women be on his team, Rosa Quintana and Nancy Brignall carved the weaving, basketry and the hair of the female figures in 'The Spirit of Haida Gwaii'. This plaster cast was made by John Nutter and George Rammell.... You can see this and more amazing works of art in "To Speak With A Golden Voice" exhibition.

Can you find where this part belongs to? Bill Reid's Spirit of Haida Gwaii canoe carries Raven, Mouse Woman, Grizzly Bear, Bear Mother, Good Bear, Bad Bear, Beaver, Dogfish Woman, Eagle, Frog, Wolf, and two human Haida figures. Each figure has their own stories and special place in Haida cultural tradition. Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe at Vancouver International Airport... . . . #vancouverinternationalairport #Haida #BillReid100 #BillReidGalleryFromHome #YVR #JadeCanoe #SpiritofHaidaGwaii #HaidaGwaii #billreidgallery #billreid #vancouver #Indigenous #northwestcoastart #MuseumfromHome #NWC #FirstNations #indigenoustourism #VancouverComeBack #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #LocalMuseums

Mark your calendar... Our friends at the Museum of Vancouver in partnership with Ay Lelum-The Good House of Design will be hosting a webinar Saturday, November 28 starting at 12 pm - 1:30 pm. This webinar will explore the concept of #IndigenousFirst and outline the importance of supporting Indigenous businesses this holiday season. Ay Lelum will discuss the impact of non-Indigenous allyship and how others should support by wearing and purchasing such products. A virtual shopping event to follow on their Facebook platform. https://museumofvancouver.ca/webinar-shop-indigenous-first

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SFU Indigenous, SFU Public Square and the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art present "An Unbroken Line: Haida Art and Culture". Nika Collison, Executive Director and Curator of the Haida Gwaii Museum and Gwaai Edenshaw, an artist and the co-curator of "To Speak with a Golden Voice" exhibition, will offer personal reflections on Bill Reid, his art and his legacy. December 8 | 3:00pm | Online | Register now: https://bit.ly/2UA7pZN... To Speak with a Golden Voice Speakers Series is co-presented by the Bill Reid Gallery and the Department of Indigenous Studies at SFU and is proudly supported by the Bill Reid Centre at SFU.

Always learning something new... today, Todd shows us how to weave our own cedar (long life maker) bracelet and honouring our elders and the cedar trees that provide this valuable knowledge and resource. Learning about coil weaving using the Salish (checkerboard) pattern. Haw'aa @todd_giihlgiigaa for sharing your time and experience on our first online workshop @billreidgallery! #longlifemaker

Check out ccwit’l | helping each other | ch’áwatway Open Thursday to Sunday, 10 am - 4 pm Now on view until December 9, 2020 @museumofvan Studio. This micro-exhibition explores themes of resilience, memory and identity, through reconnection with ancestral knowledge and lands. The title, written in both hnqminm and Swxwú7mesh snichim, shows our respect for the teachings of our host communities the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh Nations while acknowledgi...ng that this exhibition is taking place within their shared traditional territories. ccwit’l | helping each other | ch’áwatway provides an opportunity for the 2019 YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) scholarship recipients to exhibit their artworks. This exhibition features the works of the 2019 YVR Art Foundation scholarship recipients including: Stephanie Anderson, Morgan Asoyuf, Marlo Wylie Brillon, Ddhälh kït Nelnah / Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé, Reuben Mack, Atheana Picha, Kelly Robinson, Skilaaw / Captain Stewart-Burton, Joshua Watts, and Nathan Wilson. Stephanie Anderson (Wet’suwet’en), Salmon Run, 2019. Yellow cedar, acrylic.

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The trees are shedding their leaves and changing. The gallery shop is also changing with the season-come in and browse or shop online in the comfort of your home with a cup of tea! https://www.billreidgallery.ca/coll/all-products-targeturl

Congratulations to Lou-ann Neel, Kwakwaka’wakw (a member of the Bill Reid Gallery Content Advisory Committee), and all the 2020 Outstanding BC First Nations Artists recipients of the Fulmer Award! https://www.bcachievement.com//outstanding-bc-first-natio/

Resurgence: Indigequeer Identities exhibition opening

Join us today at 6 pm for our Facebook Live Exhibition Opening of Resurgence: Indigequeer Identities The exhibition opens to the public tomorrow at 11 am https://fb.me/e/3xQcEwonq

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This modernist set of light fixtures is a direct precursor to Bill Reid's iconic Milky Way Necklace. They were originally commissioned to hang in the Union Club of British Columbia, Victoria. When the club was later renovated, the lights made their way back to Bill. Martine Reid recently commissioned George Rammell to reconstruct and mount the lights. Bill Reid, Reconstructed by George Rammell, Light Recovered, c.1960, brass, lights, cedar. Bill Reid, Milky Way Necklace,... 22k yellow gold, 18k yellow gold, white gold, diamonds, 1969, 40 cm length, 17 cm diameter, Bill and Martine Reid Founding Collection, SFU Bill Reid Collection, 2002.1.91a-b There are 118 diamonds in the necklace. The necklace is shaped in two layers, with the lower layer constructed of three dimensional pyramid shapes that are hinged and articulated and the upper layer composed of a wire forming angular shapes. A brooch is hidden within the necklace that can be detached and worn separately (2002.1.91b). The clasp on the necklace is opened by pushing on one of the diamonds. . . . #milkyway #necklace #EnjoyArtWhileApart #lightreconstructed #lightfixtures #diamonds #brooch #VancouverComeBack #TourismVancouver #supportLocal #LocalMuseums #exploreBC #Haida #HaidaGwaii #respect #charlesedenshaw #sculpture #billreid #billreid100 #billreidgallery #indigenous #canadianicon #mentor #luminary #aboriginal #NWC

The man behind the Bill Reid mask... George Rammell at his Artist talk-Miniature Boxwood to Monumental Bronze @billreidgallery Bill Reid mask carved in alder by Bill Koochin