Ahtsik Native Art Gallery: Original Northwest Coast Indian Art
Come visit our beautiful Cedar gallery on the Pacific Rim highway heading out of Port Alberni towards Tofino (hwy 4) on Vancouver Island. Ahtsik Native Art Gallery opened December 13th 2008. I am, Gordon Dick, the Artist and Owner of Ahtsik Native Art Gallery. I carved the Kingfisher design of the front entrance as well as the Eagle and Wolf posts that represent my Grandparents. You are welcome to come and see me create original Northwest Coast Art inside the gallery. In warmer months, you can come and see larger Wood projects being carved just outside the gallery, such as a totem pole. I sell many other local First Nations Artists’ Canadian Indian Art work from World Renowned to up and coming. Commissions are accepted.
Up Comming 3rd Annual Artists At Work Dec 17 and 18
Time: 11 to 5:00pm
Doug David
Randy Atleo
Ray Sim
Maria Desnoyer
Gordon Dick
Come and see artists create their art in house. Observe wood carving, painting, jewelry carving and Basket Weaving.
Enter a draw to win a Gift Certificate for Ahtsik Native Art Gallery.
Contact Information
Gordon Dick
7133A Pacific Rim Highway
Port Alberni, B.C.
V9Y 8Y4
phone 250-723-DICK(3425)
fax 250-723-3477
1-888-3AHTSIK (248745)
Hours
Open 10:30am to 5pm
Closed Tuesday and Wednesdays
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Tim Paul - Heshquiaht
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| Biography: | Tim Paul was born in 1950 in the isolated village of Esperanza Inlet, north of Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He began carving in 1975 under the direction of Ben Andrews and later with John Livingston at the Arts of the Raven studio in Victoria, BC. He accepted the position of Assistant Carver to Richard Hunt at the Thunderbird Park at the Royal British Columbia Museum in 1977 and seven years later he became the first carver from outside of the Hunt family to hold the position of senior carver. He held this position until 1992 when he left to oversee a native education program for Vancouver Island. During his time with the museum he accepted and initiated many prestigious totem pole commissions including the Great Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec and in Auckland, New Zealand as a presentation to commemorate the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In addition to these successes, Tim Paul also worked as the Chief Carver on projects for Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England. Tim has been asked to make ceremonial pieces and cultural commissions throughout his career. He has also honoured traditional guidelines for making pieces that would represent the Nuu chah nulth people around the world. Tim Paul currently lives in Port Alberni, B.C. |
