Archive / Indian Art, Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1948
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Item Details
Title: Indian Art, Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1948
Artist: Ellen Neel
Artist: Ted Neel
Date: July 6, 1948
Location: Pacific Newspaper Group Library
Publisher: Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
More Information: Newspaper photo and caption: Indian art of totem pole carving is being revived in Stanley Park by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Neel, 359 Powell. Mrs. Neel is granddaughter of Charlie James, who was a totem carver at Alert Bay for the Quiquasutinuk tribe. Here the Neels are carving a 12-foot red cedar pole, and keeping an eye on their baby daughter, Terry. Collection of the Pacific News Group Library.
Further Research: Aboriginal Art in the SixtiesRelated Items
- 01. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph) - 02. Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 03. BC Indian Students, Vancouver Sun, April 5, 1968
Robert Davidson (Photograph) - 04. Katherine Hepburn receiving totem pole carved by Ellen Neel from Harry Duker, Totem Land Society
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 05. Kwakiute Indian Carving Totem Pole, Ellen Neel carving demonstration
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 06. Ellen Neel and son David
Ellen Neel and David Neel (Photograph) - 07. Ellen Neel Carving, "Kwakiutl Indian Carving Totempole"
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 08. Before Public Reception, Vancouver Province, Monday, January 27, 1958
Ellen Neel (Ephemera)
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- 09. Ballerina Maria Tallchief with Ellen Neel and Totem Pole
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(Ephemera) - 12. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
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Pat McGuire and Stan Shillington (Ephemera) - 14. BC Indian Leader Predicts Large Migration to Cities, Vancouver Sun, May 17, 1967
(Ephemera) - 15. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson