qaʔ yəxʷ - water honours us: Womxn and Waterways
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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 639 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G3
qaʔ yəxʷ - water honours us: Womxn and Waterways
Water is an essential ingredient for human life—it connects us geographically, culturally, and socially while fueling our bodies and spirits. Guest curators ReMatriate Collective reveal the unique connection between womxn and water in the matriarchal societies of the Northwest Coast, with special attention to the roles of child-bearers, healers, and doulas. In this insightful exhibition, Audrey Siegl (Musqueam), Marika Echachis Swan (Nuu-chah-nulth), Carrielynn Victor (Sto:lo), and more will explore water as a crucial element of creation, its historical uses for survival, and contemporary over-consumption as a threat to sensitive coastal ecosystems.
Guest Curators - ReMatriate Collective
Artists:
Richelle Bear Hat (Blackfoot/Cree)
Krystle Coughlin (Selkirk)
Tiffany Creyke (Tahltan)
Tsēmā Igharas (Tahltan)
Lindsay Katsitsakataste Delaronde (Mohawk)
Denver Lynxleg (Anishinaabe)
Alison Marks (Tlingit)
Dionne Paul (Nuxalk/Sechelt)
Angela Marie Schenstead (nêhiyaw)
Kali Spitzer (Kaska Dena)
Marika Echachis Swan (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Carrielynn Victor (Sto:lo)
Veronica Waechter (Gitxsan)