Creating arts and crafts in all imaginable disciplines is one productive way that North Islanders make use of their long winter nights. As a result, there is a remarkable range of work on display in galleries and home studios throughout the region. Masks, totems, rattles and exquisite carvings of animals and spirit creatures is a centuries-old tradition for the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations, whose leading artisans are valued highly by collectors worldwide.
Visit with some of these remarkable artists in the flesh in Fort Rupert and see their work in galleries and museums in Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Sointula and Alert Bay. Community galleries, meanwhile, showcase the best of the rest of the North Island’s artistic population – painters, potters, sculptors, glassmakers and more.
Interested in seeing it all? We’ve developed a map featuring 15 studios and galleries on a route that is intended to be done as a self-guided tour.
Check out these videos:
Telegraph Cove Art Gallery – telegraph cove
Sea side Gallery – quatsino
graceworks Gallery – port hardy & Coal Harbour
Harmony gardens Gallery – Sointula
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