Arts
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syilx Okanagan artist’s orange jerseys foster connections at sn’pinktn hockey game
Wynona Paul’s design honouring her nation and family was worn by the Penticton Vees team during a game last week
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Secwépemc Elder reflects on teaching herself — and others — her crafts: ‘I just went and did it on my own’
Artist Sally Wynja has spent decades creating baskets, jewelry and medicines, and is now passing the skills to ‘as many people who want to learn as I can’
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Exhibition showcases the many personas of Kanyen’kehà:ka artist Shelley Niro
‘500 Year Itch’ is the first major retrospective of the multimedia creator, who challenges perceptions through photography, sculpture and more
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Through sculpture, syilx Okanagan artist turns pictographs into towering 3D figures
q̓ʷəq̓ʷcw̓íyaʔ Taylor Baptiste’s exhibit ‘q̓ayisxn: Off the Rocks’ is being displayed in in kiʔláwnaʔ until Jan. 22
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Haida basketmaker, 94, releases book about her life and craft: ‘I felt so strongly that the weaving art should continue’
Delores Churchill’s ‘From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry’ has been decades in the making and features family stories as well as a how-to guide on weaving
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At 12 years old, Cree piano prodigy spreads ‘medicine’ through music
Self-taught musician Adam Smallboy fills spaces in ‘Calgary’ with beautiful melodies, with the unwavering support of his family
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NYFW showcase pays tribute to Joel Good, an ‘outstanding light’ of Snuneymuxw First Nation
The carver and painter leaves a legacy through his work, which adorns the City of Nanaimo and beyond
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Similkameen powwow makes triumphant return to Keremeos: ‘It does the heart really good to see this’
After being cancelled because of a wildfire last year, the community came together for a ‘healing’ and joy-filled three-day celebration over the long weekend
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In Treaty 9 territories, conservation is at the heart of a birchbark canoe build
Preparing and weaving roots and bark, Chuck Commanda led a workshop teaching the craft during a week-long moose gathering in northern ‘Ontario’
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New album, recorded entirely in Nuxalk, showcases fluid and living spirit of language
Released by Nuxalk Radio in Bella Coola, the creators of ‘Nusximta’ harnessed their creativity and embraced ‘laughter and mistakes’ along the way