Orcas: Our Shared Future

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Royal BC Museum, "Orcas: Our Shared Future," 2021

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will be giving a talk for the virtual opening gala of Orcas: Our Shared Future at the Royal BC Museum, on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM P.S.T.

This is a free digital event presented on Zoom and Facebook Live. 

His mural titled Orcinus Orca SKAAnaa is included in the exhibition which presents the stories and science that surround the magnificent orca, spirit of BC’s wild coast and apex predator of all oceans. Orcas: Our Shared Future presents the currents of ecological interests, popular culture and Indigenous beliefs to gain a new appreciation of these sophisticated animals, long feared in Western cultures as “killer whales.”

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is an award-winning visual contemporary artist, author and professional speaker, who lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.  His works figure in institutional collections around the world including: the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,  the Seattle Art Museum and Vancouver Art Gallery, to name a few.  In 2020,  his publication  Flight of the Hummingbird (2008) was performed as an opera produced by both Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera. 

For more information please see below and to register for the event, please visit the Royal BC Museum website. 

Dive deep into the stories and science that surround the magnificent orca, spirit of BC’s wild coast and apex predator of all oceans. Follow the currents of ecological activism, popular culture and Indigenous beliefs to gain a new appreciation of these sophisticated animals, long feared in Western cultures as “killer whales.” Discover the complex social structure of orca society and reflect on the surprising consequences of captivity.

Learn which orca populations are thriving and which are at risk, and surface with a new understanding of how orcas and humans are inextricably connected: we are all part of nature, not apart from nature.