Tsxyestém r tmicw \ Respect the land
Open Gallery
April 24 to May 31, 2026
Dalla Powder | Ikwance Billy | Leo Adam | Darlene Hoy | Lisa Orton | Pam Richard
Tara Willard | Tania Willard | Kevin Adam | Luther Brigman | Donna Jules
Partnerships:
Bush Gallery, NDN Collective, Wuméc r Cqweqwelútn-kt Community Society
LLeq̓mélt: Teachers
Delores Purdaby
Beverly Saul
Vaughn and Mary Louis
Shirley Gambler
Brian and Paulette Bird
Curriculum Development:
Janice D Billy
Lisa Orton
This exhibition celebrates several years of collaborative programming by Wuméc r
Cqweqwelútn-kt Community Society and BUSH Gallery. Gatherings focused on building skills in basketry, hide tanning, and building language using a seasonal approach, knowledge of the environment, and Secwépemc stories as a guide.
With a focus on land-based methods and artistic practices with Secwépemc language we have supported a group of artists to learn harvest, preparation of materials, and project completion for cedar root baskets, hide tanning, moccasin making, quill work, and birch bark baskets.
In a time of climate change and increasing challenges to Indigenous ways of life, investing in practices that embed knowledge and art within the land around us is a transformational act. We share these practices to build a future for our families, cultures and languages, Secwepemcúlecw wel me7 yews wel me7 yews.
Kukstec-kuc: Thank you to our funders:
Bush Gallery
NDN Collective
Wuméc r Cqweqwelútn-kt Community Society
First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC)
