AIS 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Susan Point, Musqueam Indian Band, Coast Salish Art
8 Nov 2016
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November 8th, 2016 northwest coast artistic expression. Reading: cher(cid:455)l hearar, (cid:862)the art a(cid:374)d culture of the northwest coast. (cid:863) gar(cid:455) w(cid:455)att, (cid:862)m(cid:455)thic bei(cid:374)gs,(cid:863) hillar(cid:455) tewart, (cid:862)two-di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)al art. (cid:863) How was it used: go online and find information about this object. Provide 3 citations to readings (other than the class readings, and not wikipedia) and photographs that focus on. Northwest coast indigenous art or, more specifically, this art object that you liked the most. Artistic expression is important for cultures with strong oral history (wyatt, 7) Use of cedar, mountain goat hair, wooly dogs (coast salish), spruce root (haida), argillite (haida), copper/metal. Shapes representing mythical beings, humanoid beings, animals, sea creatures. Concept of transformation from one for to another and a fundamental to the regeneration of culture itself. The reawakening of interest in artistic expression was fueled by the political activism of the 1960s and indigenous self-determination movements in the 1970s.
