Doug LaFortune and Tommy Happynook - Exhibitions panel discussion with Dr. Andrea Walsh as moderator
Schedule
Mon Sep 22 2025 at 11:30 am to 12:45 pm
UTC-07:00Location
UVic Anthropology | Victoria, BC
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ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SERIESDoug LaFortune and Tommy Happynook - Exhibitions panel discussion with Dr. Andrea Walsh as moderator
Doug LaFortune: Tsawout master artist
Dr. Tommy Happynook: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UVic
Dr. Andrea Walsh: Associate professor, Smyth Chair in Arts & Engagement, Department of Anthropology, UVic
Monday, September 22nd, 2025
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Cornett B235
Doug LaFortune: Salish Lines is a selective retrospective curated by Andrea Walsh of the art and life of SȾÁUTW̱ artist. Since 1973, LaFortune has been working as an artist in several mediums, including carving, drawing, painting, and serigraphy. Several of his totem poles stand in Duncan, BC, and his welcome figures flank the entrance of First Peoples House at the University of Victoria. A carver for more than 40 years, Doug has been commissioned for various totem pole projects — large and small. This exhibition will include an ‘archive’ of drawings dating back 40 years in which visitors to the gallery are invited to sit and meander through the decades of work.
nunuukʷin (we sing): (re)connecting to the natural and spiritual worlds through son: Curated by ḥapinyuuk, Dr. Tommy Happynook, this exhibition is based on his personal connections to his homelands and ancestors. It explores nuučaan̓uł songs as methodology in the continued production of nuučaan̓uł knowledge and teachings that are integral in the continual transfer between humans (čaačaac̓iiʕasʔat, huuʕiiʔat, nuučaan̓ułat, and non-nuučaan̓uł peoples) as well as between humans and the natural (ḥaḥuułi, čaačaac̓iiʕas) and the spiritual (yakʷiimit kʷiyiis nananiqsu) worlds.
EVERYONE WELCOME
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Where is it happening?
UVic Anthropology, Guardian, Saanich, BC V8P, Canada, VictoriaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
