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March 05, 2008

Native Arts of the Northwest Coast

NativeartsofnorthwestThe Native Arts of the Northwest Coast
 from The Paul & Joan Gluck Collection
is on display February 23, 2008, through June 1, 2008 at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
This exhibition is the first public display of the Paul & Joan Gluck Collection of Native arts from the Northwest Coast. Over the past 20 years, the Miami-based Glucks have assembled more than 200 art pieces to create one of the finest private Northwest Coast collections in the world. Pieces range from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries and include totem poles, ritual masks, pipes, drums, rattles, jewelry, blankets, baskets, bowls and fishing hooks. Among the many prominent artists featured are Henry Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw), Mary Ebbets Hunt (Tlingit), Dempsey Bob (Tlingit), Bill Reid (Haida), Robert Davidson (Haida), Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka’wakw) and Terry Starr (Tsimshian).
If you'd like to get a peak at the exhibit, watch these videos segments on uVu.

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