Aaron Nelson-Moody, Tawx’sin Yexwulla,
is a Squamish carver working in the Coast Salish tradition. Nelson-Moody’s works include the red cedar doors to the B.C.-Canada pavilion at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, as well as several large works for Olympic Venue sites for the 2010 Olympics, house boards for the Squamish/Lil’wat Cultural Centre and repoussee jewellery work. Aaron volunteered for ten years with the Uts’am:Witness arts and environment project; has been on two Tribal Journeys canoe trips on the Squamish Nation 50 foot carved cedar canoe, and one on Xwlacktun’s family canoe the Pekultun.
Suzi Webster
is a settler of Scottish, Irish and Afrikaans ancestory whose work explores technologies, being and the body.
Interdisciplinary in nature, Webster’s responsive sculptural pieces have situated her as a pioneer in the field of wearables, working critically between science, fashion, art and technology. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally at museums and exhibitions including Technothreads at the Science Gallery in Dublin; Codelive, Vancouver; the Modemuseum in Hasseldt Belgium, the Discovery Museum in Newcastle and others. Some of her works are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill.
Kelsey Sparrow
ie:nθa kelsi, təliʔ cən ʔə ƛ̓ xʷməθkʷəy̓əm. Kelsey Sparrow is an Indigenous multi-disciplinary artist, Musqueam from their Father’s side and White First River from their Mother’s. Kelsey’s interest as artist was fostered by participating in museums and galleries settings which has led Sparrow to develop programs and teachings for art and cultural institutions, artists, educators and the public. They have participated in spaces like the Tenn Art Group, Summer institute for Teens and Urban Access programs at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
