CUAG in Conversation: Chuuchkamalthnii (formerly Ḳi-ḳe-in) and Ruth Phillips

CUAG in Conversation: Chuuchkamalthnii (formerly Ḳi-ḳe-in) and Ruth Phillips

Categories: Lectures and Seminars, Panel Discussions, Visual Arts | Intended for

Sunday, November 23, 2014

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Add to calendar

Carleton University Art Gallery

1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON

Contact Information

Fiona Wright, 613-520-2600 x4219, fiona.wright@carleton.ca

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No registration required.

Cost

Free

About this Event

Host Organization: Carleton University Art Gallery
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Please join Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) for a conversation between Chuuchkamalthnii (formerly Ḳi-ḳe-in) and Dr. Ruth Phillips in conjunction with the exhibition Formline Modern: The George and Joanne MacDonald Collection of Northwest Coast Graphic Art.

Chuuchkamalthnii is a Nuu-chah-nulth elder and the Taayii (head of family) of Takiishtakamlthat (Eathquake House), a house within the Hupacasath First nation, one of 14 tribes that make up the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Vancouver Island. In addition to his role as a community scholar and historian, he is also a painter, carver, metal engraver, graphic designer, and illustrator. Formerly known as Ron Hamilton, he was co-founder and member of the Northwest Coast Indian Artists Guild, and produced thousands of prints for galleries across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the last 20 years, Chuuchkamalthnii has been active locally in his community, and globally through publications, public lectures, and curatorial work. The British Museum, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Belkin Art Gallery, and Alberni Valley Museum have featured retrospectives of his printmaking, poetry, photography, and drawing. Known formerly as Ḳi-ḳe-in, he is a co-editor of the groundbreaking anthology Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas (University of British Columbia Press 2013). He is currently completing a book about Nuu-chah-nulth thliitsapilthim (ceremonial curtains), which will be published by the Belkin Art Gallery at UBC.

Ruth Phillips turned her attention to Native North American art after earning a doctorate in African art history from the School of African and Oriental Studies at the University of London. She began her career at Carleton in 1979, pioneering the teaching of indigenous North American art history in Canada. She has curated exhibitions for and consulted to major museums in Canada and the United State. From 1997-2003 she served as director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, where she was also Professor of Anthropology and Art History. In 2003 she returned to Carleton as the Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture. Teaching graduate courses in the M.A. in art history offered by the School for Studies in Art and Culture and in the doctoral program in Cultural Mediations offered by the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture.

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