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2008 News
December 10, 2008 (Maureen Verkaar, Bill Reid Gallery Press Release)
Michael P. Robinson, New Executive Director of The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
The Bill Reid Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michael Robinson as CEO of the Bill Reid Trust and Executive Director of the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, as of January 1, 2009. Michael Robinson has over 20 years leadership experience, including eight years as President and CEO of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary (2000-2007)...
November 28, 2008 (The Bill Reid Foundation)
Bill Reid Gallery Celebrates Claude Levi-Strauss's 100th Birthday
Eminent French anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss, will be 100 years old on Friday, November 28, 2008. Professor Levi-Strauss is an Honourary Director of the Bill Reid Foundation and, on that day, the Foundation, together with the Consulate General of France, will celebrate his centenary with a special program developed in his honour...
Oct 7, 2008 (TravelVideo.TV)
One Vancouver Gallery Proves a Showcase for First Nations Art
In British Columbia, Aboriginal artists have long made their mark by creating great works depicting their heritage; broad strokes and deep etches emblazoned on woven canvasses, celebrated in vivid sculptures and imprinted within wooden structures...
Sept 19, 2008 (Smithsonian Museum)
Fashion Designer Dorothy Grant Receives Prestigious Smithsonian Award
Vancouver, BC: Fashion Designer Dorothy Grant will be honored at a fall benefit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, on Thursday, September 25, 2008. "A Single Thread: Celebrating Native American Design and Style" will include preview tours of the exhibition "Identity by Design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses" and benefit the museum's education programs and activities...
May 10, 2008 (Ann Rosenberg, Preview, The Gallery Guide)
Gallery Views: A Gallery Befitting a Haida Giant
On May 10, 2008 the chapel-like building that used to be the Canadian Craft Museum, will begin a new life as the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art and as the headquarters of the Bill Reid Foundation...
May 8, 2008 (Malcolm Perry, The Vancouver Sun)
New Bill Reid gallery was a labour of love and negotiation
Lt.-Gov. Stephen Point will formally open the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art tonight on Hornby Street between Cathedral Place and the Hy’s Encore steakhouse…
May 7, 2008 (CBCNews.ca, with files from Paul Grant)
Coast Salish welcome Haida at opening of Bill Reid Gallery. (CBCNews.ca)
The opening of the Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver Tuesday was a meeting of Northwest First Nations cultures. Bill Reid, the artist for whom the new gallery of Northwest Coast art is named, was Haida, but the gallery sits on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish people in downtown Vancouver…
May 7, 2008 (Kevin Griffin, The Vancouver Sun)
First nations ceremony welcomes city’s new Bill Reid gallery: Haida art to take world stage.
When Bill Reid art was chosen to adorn the $20 bank note, it was a sign that the Haida artist had become a Canadian icon. Now the organizers of the new downtown Bill Reid gallery are hoping it will capitalize on the growing interest in art of the northwest coast and catapult Reid to an international art superstar…
