"Why shouldn’t we live in technicolor like everybody else."¹ evolving traditions : Professional Northwest coast First Nations women artists

• Main Author: Helweg, Priya Anne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: First Nations > Art > Women > Northwest Coast; Campbell; Dale; Charlie; Lorraine; Cook; Dora Sewid; Dick; Francis; Dickens; Connie; Diesing; Freda; 1925-2002; Skilquewat; Grant; Dorothy; High; Allie; Hitchcock; Sharon; Holloway; Pam; Hunt; Corrine; 1959-; Jackson; Edna Davis; Jensen; Doreen; 1933-2009; Neel; Ellen May; 1916-1966; Point; Susan A.; 1952-; Prevost; Maxine; Sparrow; Debra; Wadhams; Cheryl; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3570

In this study I interviewed fourteen professional, First Nations women artists who work predominantly in the so-called men's style of Northwest Coast art. I conclude that these artists challenge the rigid dichotomy set forth in the literature between men's and women's art by successfully working as carvers and designers in the formline style. Arts, Faculty of Anthropology, Department of Graduate