We Carry Our Ancestors: Cedar, Baskets and Our Relationships with the Land

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Ulli Steltzer, "Alice Paul," 1975

Gift of Ulli Steltzer.

We Carry Our Ancestors: Cedar, Baskets and Our Relationships with the Land

Opening Celebration: Saturday, Sept. 28 | 3 to 5 p.m.

We Carry Our Ancestors weaves together generations of Indigenous women through cedar basketry. For the first time ever, Legacy Art Galleries will exhibit Nuu-chah-nulth and Salish historical baskets from the collection alongside portraits of weavers including Alice Paul, Rosie Ross, Mary Jane Jackson, Mathilda Jim, Julianna Williams, Liz Happynook, Lena Jumbo and Ellen Jumbo by documentary photographer Ulli Steltzer. Contemporary baskets by Salish artists Angela Marston and Brenda Crabtree, among others, will also be exhibited. Through new and intensive community research, this exhibition honours the resilience of women who have carried their cultures forward by passing down the art of cedar basketry to future generations.

Curated by Lorilee Wastasecoot (BC Arts Council Curatorial Intern).

Image: Ulli Steltzer, Alice Paul, 1975, Gift of Ulli Steltzer.