Celebration of Life
Sunday\
, April 30\, 2017
2-4 pm
Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Mari
ne Drive\, UBC
Please join us at a Celebration of Life for Be au Dick on Sunday\, April 30\, 2017. The formal and public component of the afternoon will take place from 2 to 4 pm at the Museum of Anthropology\, w ith words and actions from Larry Grant\, Chief Robert Joseph\, Linnea Dick\ , Anthony Shelton\, Scott Watson\, Dana Claxton and others.
Beau spen t his last years at UBC\, working since 2013 as artist-in-residence\, teach er\, colleague and mentor to many. This event is an opportunity for those h e impacted on campus and further afield to come together to remember Beau.< /p>
This event would not have been possible without the guidance of Beau’ s daughter\, Linnea Dick\, and the contributions of Beau’s friends in the f ollowing University of British Columbia units: the Museum of Anthropology\; Green College\; the Department of Art History\, Visual Art\, and Theory\; the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\; St John’s College\; the First Nat ions House of Learning\; and the Faculty of Forestry. We are grateful to th e Audain Foundation for supporting his residency.
Chief Beau Dick\, acclaimed as one of the Northwest Coast’s most versatile and talente d carvers\, was born in Alert Bay\, BC\, where he lived and worked. Reachin g out beyond the confines of his own Kwakwaka'wakw culture\, Dick explored new formats and techniques in his work\, including painting and drawing. Hi s work can be found in private collections as well as museums\, including t he Canadian Museum of Civilization (Gatineau\, QC)\, the Heard Museum (Phoe nix\, AZ)\, the Burke Museum (Seattle\, WA)\, the UBC Museum of Anthropolog y and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Dick’s work has been exhibited most recent ly at Documenta 14\, Athens (2017)\, Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity (2016) and Witnesses: Art and Canada ’s Indian Residential Schools (2013) at the Belkin Art Gallery\, S akahan: International Indigenous Art (2013) at the National Gallery of Canada\, 75 Years of Collecting: First Nations: Myths and Realities (2006) at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Supernatural with Neil Campbell (2004) at the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver). In 2012\, Dick received the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation’s VIVA Award for Visual Ar ts. From 2013 to his passing in 2017\, Dick was artist-in-residence at the UBC Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory\, with his studio in the Audain Art Centre.
Photo credit: Michael Barrick
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