Upcoming exhibitions
Salish Lines
Sept 18 - Dec 6, 2025
| 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory
A selective retrospective of the art and life of SȾÁUTW̱ artist Doug LaFortune. Since 1973, LaFortune has been working as an artist in several mediums, including carving, drawing, painting, and serigraphy. Several of his totem poles stand in Duncan, BC, and his welcome figures flank the entrance of First Peoples House at the ßÉßɱ¬ÁÏ. A carver for more than 40 years, Doug has been commissioned for various totem pole projects — large and small.
This exhibition will include an ‘archive’ of drawings dating back 40 years in which visitors to the gallery are invited to sit and meander through the decades of work.
Image: Photo by Amanda Laliberte.
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nunuukʷin (we sing): (re)connecting to the natural and spiritual worlds through song
Sept 18 - Dec 6, 2025
| 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory
Curated by Tommy Happynook, this exhibition is based on his personal connections to his homelands and ancestors. It explores nuučaan̓uł songs as methodology in the continued production of nuučaan̓uł knowledge and teachings that are integral in the continual transfer of between humans (čaačaac̓iiʕasʔat, huuʕiiʔat, nuučaan̓ułat, and non-nuučaan̓uł peoples) as well as between humans and the natural (ḥaḥuułi, čaačaac̓iiʕas) and the spiritual (yakʷiimit kʷiyiis nananiqsu) worlds.
Image: yaa yaa yaa waay yaa huu, 2023, ḥapinyuuk, Tommy Happynook (ḥuuʕiiʔatḥ, Canada). Yellow cedar rounds, elk hide, sinew, ink.
Credits: Vern Theroux at Pat Bay Leather supplied materials for the drums. Emily Thiessen at Wachaiy Studios did the screen printing. The drums were made by the artist.
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