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.
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Mungo Martin (Photograph) - 04. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph) - 05. Fusion
Joan Balzar (Painting) - 06. Ballerina Maria Tallchief with Ellen Neel and Totem Pole
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 07. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 08. Tillicum Club: Talented Young Artist, Vancouver Province, July 17, 1947
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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