Yaksim Bigwanum Ancestor<\/strong> (Image \u00a9 John Thomson)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI see it as an incubator, \u201c says Latiesha Fazakas of the gallery she has created in mid-town Vancouver. Sure, she sells pieces and commission\u2019s works on behalf of Beau and others but she wants to educate the public too. \u201cI\u2019ve always found that the more people you talk to and interact with, regardless of whether or not they buy an art work, creates a ripple effect of knowledge and interest,\u201d she says. And that result of that ripple, she hopes, is an appreciation for aboriginal art that goes beyond the tourist shops and anthropological museums.<\/p>\n

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Fresh from a summer exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, aboriginal carver\u00a0Beau Dick\u00a0offers a fresh perspective on First Nations art. First Nations\u2019 masks serve a specific purpose. They connect the person who wears the mask to the spirit of its image whether it be an ancestor, an animal or a bird. Ceremonial masks have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":37834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[6653,6655,7170,6650,7169,6652,6954,6654],"yoast_head":"\n