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Aboriginal Arts Aware (AAA)Museum-quality Native art featured downtownBy Peter Rusland - Cowichan News Leader Pictorial Published: June 01, 2010 8:00 PM
The arts council's first exhibit of all-Native work opens Thursday in downtown Duncan. "Part of our mandate is inclusive of Native art," said Jeffrey Birkin of the Cowichan Valley Arts Council. He's tanked up about some three-dozen multi-media pieces being displayed under heavy security in CVAC’s storefront gallery on Station Street. The exhibit dubbed Aboriginal Arts Aware will boast Coast Salish creations and some other styles from the valley's Marston family - including carvers Luke, John and mom Jane - Cowichan's late master-carver Simon Charlie, talking- and power-stick maker John Harry, and noted wood sculptor Rod Modeste. "It's not all Salish," noted Birkin, "but our show's open to entries by all people of Aboriginal descent." He was honoured by private collectors lending their precious traditional and contemporary pieces for the daring AAA show. "This is museum-quality art you don't normally see. Seriously, this show is going to rock." Your ticket What: Aboriginal Arts Aware When: Opening June 3, 4 to 8 p.m. Where: CVAC Arts Centre, 139 Station St., Duncan Tickets: Free. Call 250-746-1633 |
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