Robin Roberts is currently at work on a pretty big project 香蕉视频直播� he香蕉视频直播檚 one of 21 Indigenous artists that have been selected to have their work displayed throughout the City of Vancouver.

Vancouver香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淧latforms,香蕉视频直播� a public art program, is featuring all Indigenous artists for the first time in its history. Celebrating National Indigenous History Month, the city launched the 2023 program Thursday (June 8) at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Roberts said it香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渜uite an honour香蕉视频直播� to be selected, as the 香蕉视频直播渞elationships between the city and the local Nations is paramount.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淲e need to honour the local artists and have more of the local representation in the city,香蕉视频直播� he explained. 香蕉视频直播淚 think that it gives you a sense 香蕉视频直播� especially for Indigenous people 香蕉视频直播� it might give them a sense of home, or a sense of belonging within the community.香蕉视频直播�

Roberts planning to do two to four pieces, which will be shown on bus stops beginning in November.

His project is going to be a painting of the relationship of his different ancestries. Originally from Prince Rupert, Roberts has status on his dad香蕉视频直播檚 side through the Haida Nation. His mom was born in Hartley Bay, which is part of the Gitga香蕉视频直播檃t in the Tsimshian Nation, but his maternal grandmother is from the Squamish First Nation.

香蕉视频直播淢y work is going to be a painting of the relationship between my identity and Haida and Tsimshian and Coast Salish, as well. Growing up primarily in Prince Rupert in Tsimshian territory and also having my status in Haida Gwaii connects me more to Haida and Tsimshian , but being here since 1999 I香蕉视频直播檝e started to learn and do Coast Salish art.香蕉视频直播�

Four works from other artists are already being showcased throughout the city as part of 香蕉视频直播淧latforms: Nine Places for Seeing香蕉视频直播�: Lauren Crazybull, of Blackfoot Dene, has a painted collage depicting the absence and presence of Indigenous faces at Marine Drive Canada Line Station; Coast Salish artist Atheana Picha香蕉视频直播檚 work is on the Playhouse Theatre with illustrations showing spring awakening; Aaron Nelson Moody, of Squamish Nation, used western typography and Coast Salish imagery to tell a story; and Tsleil-Waututh香蕉视频直播檚 Olivia George created an illustration of bees and beehives with Salish design elements on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Vancouver Indigenous Arts and Culture Planner Dionne Paul said the city hired three cultural advisors to help select artists as a 香蕉视频直播渁 way of lowering barriers for Indigenous artists and the application process and it was also about building community and relationship with the artists of these lands.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淧latforms香蕉视频直播� was first launched in 2010, which uses citywide infrastructure as temporary canvases for two-dimensional art installations. The artwork will be installed on a 香蕉视频直播渞olling basis,香蕉视频直播� says the city, between 2023 and 2025.

lauren.collins@blackpress.ca
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