Community Projects and Restitutions
Donald Ellis Gallery is featured in the first issue of Convergence Magazine for giving back through community-oriented projects and restitutions in the Pacific Northwest
News
Repatriation of a Kwakwaka’wakw House Plank
After 127 years, an extraordinary Sisiutl house plank finds it’s way home to the Umista Cultural Center in Alert Bay
Important Sun Mask Repatriated to BC
Marsha Lederman of the Globe and Mail reports that a rare Sun Mask seized from the Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations is headed to the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, BC
Masterpieces Donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Sun reports that Donald Ellis has donated five masterpieces by legendary Haida artist Charles Edenshaw to the Vancouver Art Gallery
Discounted Gallery Publications Package
A discounted package of nine available gallery catalogues plus four specialiced publications is now available for $150
Visionary Drawing Included in White Columns Annual
A visionary drawing by a Lakota warrior artist is on view at the 13th White Columns Annual curated by Olivia Shao
Community Projects and Restitutions
Donald Ellis Gallery is featured in the first issue of Convergence Magazine for giving back through community-oriented projects and restitutions in the Pacific Northwest
Beau Dick Memorial Award for Indigenous Students
An annual award for a female student from the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation has been made available at the University of British Columbia through a gift from Donald Ellis
A New Perspective on Historical Native American Art at the Met
An article in The New York Times reviews a new rotation of Art of Native America by Patricia Marroquin Norby, the museum’s first curator of Native American art
Fast Ponies and War Bonnets: A Lakota Look at Ledger Art
Donald Ellis Gallery is excited to announce that critically acclaimed artist and filmmaker Dana Claxton is curating an online exhibition of historical Lakota Ledger Art
Repatriation of a Kwakwaka’wakw House Plank
After 127 years, an extraordinary Sisiutl house plank finds it’s way home to the Umista Cultural Center in Alert Bay
Sir Norman Rosenthal Highlights Ledger Drawing by Nah Hi Yurs
Exploring the premise that great art is forever, Sir Norman Rosenthal has selected a Ledger Drawing attributed to Nah Hi Yurs (Carl Matches) for Frieze’s curated section
Plains Ledger Drawings 1870-1920
The gallery is pleased to announce that this fall STANDARD (Oslo) will present Plains Ledger Drawings 1870-1920, an exhibition in collaboration with Donald Ellis Gallery
Native American Art Receives Broad Reassessment Across American Museums
An article in Forbes coincides with a groundbreaking exhibition of Indigenous art in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
