Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

This guide to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in Vancouver opens with Bill Reid discovering in his twenties that he was Haida, a heritage his mother had never told him about, and the moment he picked up his grandfather's silversmithing tools in Skidegate. It follows his training as a goldsmith, his study of his great-great-uncle Charles Edenshaw's carving, and a 1973 diagnosis that changed how he had to work. You'll hear how young Haida carvers became part of his process in his later years. Take your time with the Raven's Trove case near the entrance.