
Beau will be coming to the Aboriginal Gathering Place at CEP (UFV) in Chilliwack on Saturday July 5th at 2pm.
Beau has started his Journey to Ottawa, He left the UBC Longhouse on July 2.
Beau will be a part of a performative presentation. The stops that he makes on his journey will be what will support him spiritually, emotionally, physically and intellectually.
Beau’s message, is a simple one. AWALASKENIS II - A Journey of Truth & Unity
Through West Coast songs, dances, story-telling, speaking, West Coast Indigenous Peoples will raise awareness of our collective need for clean water and urge all people to help us protect Mother Earth for our future generations.
Indigenous and Traditional Leaders of the West Coast of Canada will travel over 5000 km leaving July 2 and will arrive in Ottawa on July 27, 2014 to leave the Canadian government a message and a marker.
Beau was born in Kingcome Inlet, BC, a remote Kwakwaka’wakw village north of Vancouver Island before moving to Vancouver, BC at age six. From a young age he was heavily influenced by the traditional carving work of both his grandfather and father, with whom he assisted in carving one of the world’s tallest totem poles in Alert Bay, BC. At age 17 he was asked to apprentice under artist Tony Hunt in Victoria, BC. Eventually returning to Vancouver, he continued to hone his carving techniques under the influence of Doug Cranmer. “My father and my grandfather were my main sources of teaching and inspiration when I began. I did go to UBC and took courses over a few summers with Doug Cranmer (famous Kwakwaka’wakw sculptor) who was my grandmaster and I have felt extremely honoured to have followed in his footsteps, doing similar work to Doug in preservation and restoration and teaching of these traditions,” said Beau in an interview he gave here. See more about Beau's work and background here.
For more information or to be part of this historic event as we journey through the provinces to Ottawa please contact:
Pam Bevan 250-813-3372 pbevan0603@gmail.com OR
LaTiesha Fazakas 604-876-2729 latiesha@fazakasgallery.com or www.fazakasgallery.com
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