People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point

(Hardback)

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LEADING ARTIST: Point is perhaps the most important Coast Salish (Musqueam) artist and her work is in nearly every museum that has a focus on indigenous art. Her public art is seen throughout the Pacific Northwest in key buildings and public spaces. (The traditional territory of the Musqueam Coast Salish people comprises what is now the city of Vancouver. The wider Coast Salish territory includes coastal British Columbia, Washington and Oregon)

GROWING REPUTATION: We sold out of her first book with Figure 1, Susan Point: Works on Paper. She had a major exhibition in 2017 at the Vancouver Art Gallery that received rave reviews. This is the only book available that focuses on her monumental work. She continues to get major public commissions in Canada and the United States

EXPERT AUTHOR: Robert Watt has been a curator for a number of different art museums in Canada, and has worked closely with the artist on this book over the past six years. He has the trust and respect of the Point family and the Coast Salish people

U.S. LOCATIONS: The book contains extensive U.S. artworks from the following locations: Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA; Seattle, WA (multiple examples, including cover sculpture); Tukwila, WA; Auburn, WA; Olympia, WA (multiple examples); Portland, OR; Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA; National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC; Charlotte, NC

Author Bio

Robert D. Watt studied at UBC and Carleton University before working in the Public Archives of Canada, Capilano College, and as the City Archivist for the City of Vancouver. In 1973 he joined the Centennial Museum (now known as the Museum of Vancouver) as the Curator of History, and in 1980 was appointed Director of the Museum. In 1988 Mr. Watt was appointed the first Chief Herald of Canada, and upon his retirement in 2007 was appointed Rideau Herald Emeritus. His honours and awards include the 125th Canadian Confederation Medal, the Queens Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals, and investiture into the Royal Victorian Order. Susan A. Point is a descendant of the Musqueam and a leader of the resurgence of Coast Salish art. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an Indspire Achievement Award, a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, and a lifetime appointment to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, among many other honours. Point has honorary doctorates from the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, and Emily Carr University of Art and Design. In 2018 she was awarded the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. Dr. Michael Kew was born in Quesnel, B.C. in 1932. He is an in-married member of the Musqueam community through his late wife, Della Charles, and an uncle of Susan Point. He studied anthropology at UBC and the University of Washington, taught at UBC for many years, and is the author of many articles and books about First Nations art in B.C., including Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist (2000).