Tappan Adney Book Launch @ Gallery 78
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 06:30 pm
Location
796 Queen St, Fredericton, NB E3B 1C6, Canada | Fredericton, NB
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Westminster Bookmark is pleased to join our friends at Chapel Street Editions & Goose Lane Editions to celebrate the launch of Tappan Adney: From Birchbark Canoes to Indigenous Rights.The launch will take place 6:30pm on Thursday, October 10th at the beautiful Gallery 78 (796 Queen St.) It is free to attend and all are welcome. Books will be for sale.
The evening will consist of a short talk by editor and co-author Keith Helmuth and co-author Daryl Hunter on the life, multifaceted accomplishment, and enduring legacy of Tappan Adney, with special emphasis on the contemporary significance of his scholarship and activism with regard to heritage preservation and Indigenous rights.
This talk will include short readings from the biography illustrating the dramatic adventures, the artistic creations, the persistent scholarly research, and the Indigenous rights activism that spanned the history of his life and work. A Q&A will follow.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The remarkable life and legacy of an extraordinary man whose influence echoes through time.
Tappan Adney travelled from New York to New Brunswick for a summer holiday at the age of 19 in 1887, and it changed the course of his life.
Adney is best known for a singular achievement. He was the artist, writer, and illustrator whose chance encounter with Peter Jo, a Wəlastəkwi Elder–craftsman, led to a passionate, lifelong interest in the birchbark canoe and Wəlastəkwey culture.
But that is only part of the story. Throughout his life, little escaped Adney’s curiosity. From his extensive documentation of the design of Indigenous canoes to his reportage on the Klondike Gold Rush; from his work as an illustrator, photographer, and designer to his natural history journalism; from his activism for Indigenous rights to his documentation of the Wəlastəkwey language, Adney’s mind roamed from one passion to another, leaving behind a treasure trove of natural history and ethnographic research. This book tells the intriguing story of his remarkable life and his multifaceted legacy.
We hope to see you there!
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Where is it happening?
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