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Recorded Conversations

The recorded conversations are licenced under Creative CommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Please contact lib-indigenous@sfu.ca for more information about using the collection.

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To view the artist's recorded conversation, click the video button under their artwork to be redirected to SFU Digitized Collections. Here you will also find transcriptions for the corresponding video.

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To learn more about each artist's artistic influences and resources they share in conversation, click the explore button below each artist description.

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Commissioned piece by lessLIE: Bear & Frog, 2017 

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Conversation with Christiane & George Smyth

In this video, the founders of the collection discuss the inception of the Salish Weave Collection and introduce the Salish Weave Box Sets, as well as current and ongoing projects related to the collection.

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Conversation with lessLIE

Coast Salish artist lessLIE is of Cowichan, Penalakut and Equimalt Nations shares about his artwork within the Salish Weave Collection and beyond. His artwork implements visual punning, relating to his background in English literature.

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Box Set I: Salish Community, 2007

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Box Set I: Answer to the Call, 2004

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Conversation with Maynard Johnny Jr.

Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw artist Maynard Johnny Jr. shares about his artwork within the Salish Weave Collection and discusses identity, decolonization, colonialism, and his experience as a First Nations artist.

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Conversation with Dylan Thomas

Coast Salish artist of Lyackson and Snuneymuxw First Nations, Dylan Thomas shares about his artwork within the Salish Weave Collection and discusses his artistic influences. This includes Buddhism, and Coast Salish art practices like wood and stone carving.

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Box Set III: The Moon & The Pond, 2011

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