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They come in all shapes and sizes, a few in serious states of disrepair and others not quite completed – but all worth tracking down and seeing for yourself.

A project to track all of the publicly accessible totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, and giving them their due respect and hopefully educating myself and others on their beauty, origins and stories! Open your eyes a little when you wander around your neighborhoods and public spaces – you’ll find dozens of wonderful hidden totem poles all over the city with great stories carved and painted by so

me of the most talented artists on the planet. And that’s what I hope to do – track all the totem poles in the city of Vancouver and give them their due respect and hopefully educate myself and others on their beauty, origins and stories!

05/02/2024

A fabulous shot of a Bella Coola long house with windows they traded for with the Hudson Bay Company circa 1895. The art work is incredible!

BC Archives.

03/30/2024

Another cool shot of some First Nations Carvers posing in front of a feast dish at Alert Bay (Namgis) circa 1926. Pictured from left to right, beginning with the back row are: Heber Harris, Harry Brown, Bill Dawson, Stanley Hunt, Robert Brown, Jack Ambers, Jack James, Isaac Abraham, Sonny Kamano, John Harris, Alfred Nelson, Gwusdidzas (Charlie Hunt), owner of the dish, is pictured in front, then Kenny Rufus, Arthur Alfred, Freddy Cook, Arthur Shaughnessy and William Dixon. The dish was carved by Yakudtas (Charlie James).

Royal BC Museum and Archives.

01/06/2024

Artists Preston Singletary and David Franklin are pleased to announce that they have been selected to create an upcoming public art installation at Third Avenue South and South Main Street in Seattle, WA.

The Third Avenue Transit Corridor is used by tens of thousands of people each day and provides connections for bus riders who are traveling to and from sites throughout the county.

“I am honored to be selected, with David Franklin, to create a site-specific sculpture for the Pioneer Square area. I’m a lifelong resident of Seattle and I look forward to working with the community.” –Preston Singletary

Read more about this upcoming project at: https://www.4culture.org/artists-selected-for-two-major-king-county-metro-projects/

Image:
Dancing Staff, 2018
Preston Singletary & David Franklin
NW 11th and Hoyt St. Portland, OR.

12/31/2023

🏗️ Our House of Clans Update🛠️
Have you seen the exterior art done by late Master carver and Artist ʔantuni Tony Paul (Indigenous Illustration), Designer Lissa Nunweiler with vaka Marketing (Signage/Architectural Graphics). We really love how it turned out - there are still a few kinks being fixed, like the definition in the double headed eagle that crowns the top of the building, but we just love the way this all turned out so far.

We can’t wait to welcome our new tenants to their suites! Look for move-in dates now postponed until early 2024.

12/03/2023

Kwakiutl group prepared for a potlatch in the village of Quatsino, in the northern part of Vancouver Island, British Columbia - 1895

11/01/2023

Photos from Rupert pole raising last Saturday Nt’oyaxsn to Stephane Stephens
for the photos

09/30/2023

Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Vancouver, B.C.

"Pacific Song of the Ancesters"

Carvers: Stan Bevan, Dempsey Bob and Lyonel Grant.
Unveiled on September 28, 2023

09/04/2023

09/02/2023

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06/27/2023

06/26/2023

Nicole Mann spent 157 days on the International Space Station as the mission commander where she and her crew conducted research and experiments to prepare for explorations to the moon and Mars.

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