Artist Discussion Panel, Film Screening
Nov 13 update: photos posted
PPP AGM: Friday, November 6, 5:30-6:30 pm
University of Victoria, Sedgewick Boardroom C168
Artist Panel & Film Screening: 7:00pm
University of Victoria, Gordon F. MacFarlane Lecture Theatre, Harry Hickman Building (HHB 105)
Please join us for the Pacific Peoples’ Partnership Annual General Meeting. Following the AGM will be an artist discussion panel and a screening [...]
Vancouver & Victoria events added
A lecture, film screening, and artist panel discussion were added today to our Canada Events section. The North to South Theatre and Dance evening on Nov 7 now includes the South Pacific Dance Group.
Persistence and Change in Papua New Guinea Art: The Net Bag (Bilum) as Art and Ethnic Commodity in the Global Market Place
November 10, 5:00-6:30pm
Coach House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Lecture by Michael Mel, Associate Professor in Cultural Education and Indigenous Processes of Art, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
Cultural Exchange: PNG & Canada
Why are Canadian Coast Salish artists participating in an exhibition focusing on Papua New Guinea? Find out here.
Killer Whale and Crocodile (Film)
John Marston has since the beginning of his career exhibited next to Sepik artists at Alcheringa Gallery. John’s explorations of his own rich artistic and cultural heritage paralleled a growing fascination with the tools, techniques, styles, materials, knowledge, stories, beliefs, and lifestyles of these carvers on the other side of the world. In 2006, he [...]
Cultural Exchange: Papua New Guinea and Canadian Northwest Coast
Teddy Balangu and John Marston carve together in Palembei’s haus tambaran (spirit house) during the first artists’ exchange between the Pacific Northwest Coast and the Sepik River in 2006. (Photo: Art Holbrook)
Hailans to Ailans provides many opportunities for cross-cultural sharing, including exchange between Papua New Guinean artists and Coast Salish artists from Canada’s Northwest Coast [...]
Bilums, bilums, bilums!
Three sets of gorgeous bilums (hand-woven string bags) were added today to the weaving section. More weaving will be added soon.
Bilum Collection III
Each bilum sold separately. Please specify artist(s) when ordering.
TOP:
Kundu by Anna Zeming
mixed fibres
45 cm across
£85
MIDDLE RIGHT:
Ngapna Kolm by Wendy Ortega
mixed fibres
28 cm across
£57
MIDDLE LEFT:
Bilum Collection II
Each bilum sold separately. Please specify artist(s) when ordering.
TOP:
Mbu Walg Kubana by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, possum fur
43 cm across
£170
MIDDLE:
Lgopa Walg Kubana by Anna Zeming
natural and mixed fibres
43 cm across
£185
BOTTOM:
Mbu Walg Kupun by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, chicken feathers
68 cm across
£313
Bilum Collection I
Each bilum sold separately. Please specify artist(s) when ordering.
TOP:
Mbu Walg Kubana by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, possum fur
63 cm across
$275 CAD
MIDDLE:
Mbu Walg Kupun by Anna Kupa
natural and mixed fibres
68 cm across
$250 CAD
BOTTOM:
Mbu Walg Kupun by Emma Opa
mixed fibres
70 cm across
$250 CAD
Killer Whale and Crocodile DVD
A documentary film about the recent cultural exchange between wood carvers Teddy Balangu (Iatmul) and John Marston (Coast Salish) is available for order.
Interview with Tom Deko
Tom Deko putting the finishing touches on Musicians. (Photo: Dan Lepsoe)
Interview by Elaine Monds and Dan Lepsoe, April 2009
EM: Where do you get the ideas for your work?
TD: When I think of art, the first thing I have on my mind is colour. Shapes come afterwards. My sculptures are meant to be lively: viewers should [...]
Interview with Tom Deko
Sculptor Tom Deko on floating metal, finding souls in junk, Zimbabwean influences, art education, and more.