Slog - Comments on Currently Hanging http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196 Bark shredder (late 19th century, Quinault), bone, 8 1/2 by 6 inches Spindle whorl (before 1912, Cowichan), wood, 8 3/8 by 8 by 7 inches At Seattle Art Museum. (Exhibition site here.) It's fair to say that the big new show of Coast Salish art at Seattle Art Museum doesn't have to do much to be a success: Its existence alone is an improvement. Although the Coast Salish are the native people on the land that extends south almost to the Columbia River and north all the way to the top of the Strait of Georgia—encompassing the cities of... Copyright 2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:08:00 -0800 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:39:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sil The Spindle Whorl just looks like an ancient glory hole.

]]> Sil http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183712 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:14:29 -0800 Comment by Greg I always kinda wondered why Haida art was pretty much the only native style we saw around here.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183736 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:43:21 -0800 Comment by max solomon i was in Taholah yesterday and i didn't see too much art. they could use more art & less clearcuts.

go chitwins!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1183750 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:17:29 -0800 Comment by miss nomer So I am wondering if some of the collection comes from the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC. I used to work as a tour guide there and I know that the museum is closed until Spring but I wasn't able to find any information about them loaning out their items. I do know that they have one of the largest collections of Coast Salish art- new and old- in on display and in their visible storage.

]]> miss nomer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184050 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:19 -0800 Comment by Jeremy from Seattle There is a sweet companion book for the exhibition too. Should be available soon, buy one!

]]> Jeremy from Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184059 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:47:28 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves @4: Yes, some of what's in the show is on loan from the BC museum. There's stuff from all over (BC, East Coast, England).

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184142 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:25:39 -0800 Comment by merry @1 - Totally reminded me of a Sheela na-Gig.

w00t!


]]> merry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/currently_hanging_196#c1184244 Visual Art Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:39:12 -0800