Bill Reid Art Gallery Vancouver Bc

Last day in vancouver before flying home to uk i spent few hours in this wonderful gallery tucked behind the cathedral.

Bill reid art gallery vancouver bc.

The bill reid gallery is the only public gallery in canada dedicated to contemporary indigenous northwest coast art and was established by the bill reid foundation in 2008 to celebrate the haida master artist bill reid 1920 1998 and the diverse living cultures of the northwest coast. The bill reid gallery is home to the simon fraser university bill reid collection we respectfully acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy əm musqueam sḵwx wú7mesh squamish and səl il wətaʔ tsleil waututh and all the indigenous peoples of the northwest coast on whose traditional and unceded territories we live work and play. The bill reid gallery of northwest coast art was created in 2008 to honour his legacy and celebrate the diverse indigenous cultures of the northwest coast. Nestled in the heart of downtown vancouver the gallery is home to the simon fraser university bill reid collection and special exhibitions of contemporary indigenous art of the northwest coast of north america.

Last day in vancouver before flying home to uk i spent few hours in this wonderful gallery tucked behind the cathedral. The vancouver art gallery is a not for profit organization supported by its members individual donors corporate funders foundations the city of vancouver the province of british columbia through the british columbia arts council and the canada council for the arts.