Families
Art At Home LIVE | Susan Point
Wed Dec 9, 2020 | 1 PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
Susan Point, Salish Vision, 2001, screen print on paper, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist, Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery
Presented in partnership with Urban Native Youth Association
Wednesday, December 9 | 1 PM
Let’s make Art At Home!
In this special edition of Art At Home Live, Christina Jones, Family Programs Coordinator, will be joined by Keilah Lukenbill-Williams and Catherine Louis from Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA)’s Overly Creative Minds Program. Together, they will explore the artwork and impact of renowned Coast Salish artist Susan Point.
Susan Point is a contemporary artist of Musqueam heritage who combines her Coast Salish cultural knowledge with her own unique vision. Point’s work serves to remind all who live on the unceded ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations of the knowledge that has existed on this land for thousands of years.
Taking inspiration from the theme of interconnection and using washable markers and upcycled Styrofoam, Christina will teach us how to create an artwork that expresses your own knowledge and unique vision of the world around you.
“As an artist I have been very fortunate to draw upon the rich legacy of a traditional visual language. My Salish ancestors bestowed on their future generations the gift of a powerful culture rooted in teaching of respect for all life, passed down through an oral tradition supported by a diverse visual treasure of art.” – Susan Point
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Susan A. Point, of the Musqueam First Nation, inherited ancestral learnings and the traditions of her people from her mother. Point is the Daughter of Edna Grant and Anthony Point, and the niece of Dominic Point and Mike Kew, who passed the traditional stories of the Musqueam on to her when she was a child. Point has been a key figure in re-establishing the vitality of Salish art, drawing inspiration from the designs of her ancestors and exploring the use of non-traditional materials to forcefully assert the vitality of Salish culture in the contemporary world. Point’s work has been widely exhibited in North America, Europe and Asia, and she has produced more than forty public artworks for specific locations in BC and Washington. Point excels using non-traditional materials and techniques, creating stand-alone sculptures and site-specific works.
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Point has been recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contributions to Canada. She has also been acknowledged with an Indspire Achievement Award, a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, a B.C. Creative Achievement Award and the 2018 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, among other honours. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2017, the exhibition Susan Point: Spindle Whorl at the Vancouver Art Gallery surveyed her entire career. It has since toured to Surrey Art Gallery and Kelowna Art Gallery.