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Nelson-Moody, Aaron

  • CA-BC-NMA001
  • Person
  • b. April 14, 1967

Aaron Nelson-Moody, also known as Tawx'sin Yexwulla (splashing eagle), is a Squamish carver and jeweller working in the Coast Salish tradition. Since beginning his career as an artist in 1998, he has worked with community groups and schools across Canada and in Japan and Scotland. Nelson-Moody's works include the doors to the B.C.-Canada pavilion at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, several large pieces for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, four house boards for the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, a housepost at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and a repousse piece for the "Here and Now" exhibit at the Burke Museum in Seattle. He graduated from the Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts program at Vancouver's Native Education College in 2008.

In addition to his art career, Nelson-Moody has worked for Kahtou Native Newspaper and Adbusters Magazine as a writer and photographer. He is an active storyteller and dancer, and has volunteered for 10 years with the Uts'am Witness Project designed to reconnect city-dwellers with nature. Nelson-Moody has participated in two Tribal Journeys canoe trips using the Squamish Nation's 50-foot canoe, and one trip using Xwlacktun's family canoe, the Pekultun.

Massey, Cheryl

  • CA-BC-MC006
  • Person
  • fl. 1970s-

Cheryl Massey is a weaver, artist, actress, model, and long-time Whistler resident. She was born on Vancouver Island and grew up in West Vancouver. Cheryl’s love of skiing in Whistler began in her teens. She attended Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver, then going on to study at Capilano College. After years of working as an actress and model, living in Europe and Japan, she moved to Whistler to ski for a season. Cheryl met her husband-to-be, Vincent "Binty" Massey at Christmas in 1980 at the Roundhouse cafeteria on Whistler Mountain. She then moved to Tokyo, Japan and he to England to attend West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, England, parting ways until 1982 upon their return to Vancouver. Vincent was setting up his first pottery studio in his parents' ocean-front property in Vancouver when they reconnected and eventually married on February 17, 1985. The couple moved to Whistler in 1985, Cheryl already pregnant, and built a house in Alpine Meadows; there, they raised their two children: Tyler and Michela. Cheryl began basket-weaving in 1989 after taking a course in Indigenous basket-weaving while on a trip to the Northern Gulf Islands of British Columbia. Vincent and Cheryl also ran Vincent Massey Pottery Gallery and Cheryl's basket-weaving business out of their home, which doubled as a studio/workshop/gallery. Cheryl weaves hats, bags, baskets, and wall-hangings out of natural materials she gathers herself, including kelp, tule rush, and cedar, and her art is influenced by First Nations weaving traditions. Cheryl’s baskets can be found in the Four Seasons Hotel, First Tracks Lodge, and the Rim Rock Cafe in Whistler. For the first five years working in Whistler, the couple's profits from art, pottery, and weaving was not yet enough to pay the bills, so Vincent also worked in home construction and for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). By the 1990s, the couple were able to make a living for their family off of their art. In the 2000s, Cheryl was a member of the Whistler Singers choir in Whistler, and she was also involved in the Whistler theatre scene, acting in productions and working in tandem with Michele Bush and Angie Nolan. In 2022, Vincent and Cheryl moved with their border collie dog, Lucie, to Nelson Island on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, where they rebuilt their studio/workshop/gallery.

Johnston, Suzanne

  • CA-BC-JS011
  • Person
  • fl. 1980s-2000s?

Suzanne Johnston attended the third session of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1980. This is also the name of a local Whistler artist who owns an art gallery in the Westin Resort & Spa in Whistler Village. It is unknown if these are the same person.

Andersen, Glen

  • CA-BC-AG006
  • Person
  • fl. 1995-

Glen Andersen is a freelance Vancouver artist who has been in practice since 1995. He specializes in creating public tile and pebble mosaics as well as sculptural works.

Smith, K. C.

  • Person
  • 1924-2000

Keith Cornock Smith was a Canadian artist raised in British Columbia. After serving in the Canadian Navy in World War II, he began his artistic career as an apprentice sign painter in B.C. He later moved on to oil paintings and pencil sketches, which comprised the majority of his work.

Neel, David

  • Person
  • 1960-

David Neel is an artist, photographer, and author belonging to the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation. His work includes carvings, paintings, and jewelry.

Poynter, Jan

  • Person

Jan Poynter is an artist, illustrator and instructor from the B.C. Sunshine Coast with expertise in watercolor and acrylic painting, pastel, and traditional scratchboard.

Sigal, Elana

  • Person

Elana Sigal is a Vancouver-born textile artist and jewelry designer specializing in hand-felted artworks. She has been in practice since 1992.

Shinkai, Miyuki

  • Person

Miyuki Shinkai is a British Columbian artist who creates blown glass and mixed media art pieces. She works with her husband, Wayne Harjula.

Tarling, Tracey

  • Person

Tracey Tarling is a Vancouver-born artist who creates paintings, sculptures, and photo-based mixed media works. Her art has been exhibited nationally and internationally.