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Hot Art: Haida Art in Vancouver

Haida Art. Photo Courtesy Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery

Talk about talent running in families: Haida Masterworks II highlights emerging contemporary artists who are following in their parents’ footsteps. See works of Haida art in cedar, silver and argillite by carvers such as Ben Davidson and Kyran Yeomans, sons of famous Haida artists Robert Davidson and Don Yeomans. There are other family ties, too, including pieces by Christian White (“Raven Transformation,” pictured) and his cousin Darrell White—both descendants of the late, great Charles Edenshaw. At Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery (to Apr. 30).—Kristina Urquhart

Hot Art: First Nations Finds at Bill Reid Gallery

“Too Haida” by Lisa Telford. Photo by Kenji Nagai

It’s a laughing matter at Bill Reid Gallery until Mar. 17. In Carrying On “Irregardless”: Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art, 25 Aboriginal artists turn the conventional notions of Northwest Coast art upside down, despite an often grim history. We love the cedar-bark high heels by Lisa Telford (“Too Haida,” pictured), a cool combination of the trendy and the traditional.—Kristina Urquhart

British Columbia’s First Nations Totem Poles

By WAHEEDA HARRIS

Totem poles at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology (Photo: Adam Jones)

The iconic Coastal Mountains may dominate the west coast skyline, but the landscape includes another native attraction: indigenous totem poles, original to this part of North America. (more…)

Hot Art: Haida Language at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Photo of Stephen Brown by Farah Nosh

Whether it’s teaching or recording all the vocabulary they know, several Haida elders are doing everything they can to keep their language alive. See personal portraits (“Stephen Brown,” pictured) and interviews of these discourse defenders in That Which Makes Us Haida—The Haida Language at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art (to Sept. 9).—Kristina Urquhart

Hot Art: Native Art

Mask by Reg Davidson courtesy Coastal Peoples Fine Art Gallery

To find the perfect BC souvenir, visit Aboriginal art galleries. Masks, jewellery and prints by Haida master Bill Reid are at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Other gorgeous pieces (think carvings and totem poles) are readily available; try Coastal Peoples Fine Art Gallery, Douglas Reynolds Gallery, Eagle Spirit Gallery, Hill’s Native Art, Lattimer Gallery and Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver and Marion Scott Gallery offer a wide selection of Inuit art, including drawings and stone sculpture.—Kristina Urquhart

Hot Shopping: A Stylish Statement

Gorgeous spirit wraps are a stylish souvenir

Local gal Chloë Angus inspires fashionistas of any age with her innovative clothing collection, flattering to women of all shapes and sizes. Her unique spirit wraps (pictured) incorporate beautiful imagery by Haida artist Clarence Mills. Pick up your piece of fashionable art at Frances Hill’s or Fine Finds, and visit www.chloeangus.com to see the many ways to wear it.—Jennifer Patterson

Hot Shopping: Read It

Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Forget the latest Tom Clancy or Danielle Steel novel: spend your next airline flight poring over the pages of Red: A Haida Manga by local First Nations artist/storyteller Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre, $28.95). This genre-defying book, filled with 108 pages of vibrant, hand-painted illustrations, tells a classic Haida oral narrative in the graphic-novel format. It’ll keep you riveted right to the very last page. Available at local bookstores. —Sheri Radford

Hot Art: Homage

Contemporary box by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Contemporary box by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Prolific Haida artist Bill Reid may be a tough act to follow, with more than 1,500 pieces in his repetoire, but the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art salutes the work of contemporary First Nations artists in Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast (to Jan. 31). Art with a decidedly modern spin still respects Reid’s groundbreaking techniques, including a box (pictured) by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas that echoes Reid’s well-known “Master of the Black Field” bentwood box.—Kristina Urquhart