Upcoming Events
Residency Programs
Open House with Ariane Xay Kuyaas’
Vancouver Heritage Harbour Marina
Saturday May 10, 1pm – 3pm, 2025
The Blue Cabin Cooperative and Other Sights are excited to welcome visitors to an Open House for Ariane Xay Kuyaas’ Floating Artist Residency.
Ariane has studied and practiced ancestral style Haida weaving for most of her life, and comes from a long line of world-renowned Haida spruce root hat and basket weavers. Growing up at Old Massett village on Haida Gwaii where she still lives, she was mentored by her aunt Isabel Rorick and has studied work by her great great grandmother Isabella Edenshaw and great grandmother Florence Davidson. She is inspired by the quality of design and functionality in ancestral woven pieces and adapts these practices by harvesting and processing her materials, spinning her own warp threads and often sewing the textiles by hand. Spruce root weaving is a challenging process, and Ariane weaves the materials attending to tension and spacing, using a Z twist and design placement, and with the intention to create the desired shape rather than using molds. Learning both spruce root and wool textile weaving has helped her create original pieces for chiefs, for community members who partake in cultural ceremonies, and for those who wear regalia for special occasions.
Ariane has presented her work as part of the Identity, Representation & Resistance exhibition (2023) at Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle; at the Bringing to Life: Traditional Indigenous Art Practice in Museumsroundtable as part of the SDING K’AWXANGS – Haida: Supernatural exhibition (2019) at the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, and at the Canadian Museum of History (2019). She received the mid-career Artist Scholarship award from the YVR Foundation in 2023, and her work was honoured as Best in Endangered Arts Division at Sealaska Heritage Institute’s eleventh biennial.
Ariane’s residency is generously supported by the British Columbia Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia.
Open House with Vancouver Maritime Museum
1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver, BC
Saturday November 16, 11am – 3pm
Embark on a journey of exploration and education at this family-friendly OPEN HOUSE presented by the Vancouver Maritime Museum and The Blue Cabin.
Engage in various activities such as listening to enchanting storytelling sessions, colouring crafts, learning about The Blue Cabin floating artist residency and taking part in various activities.
Whether you’re a curious child or an adult, this free event offers something for everyone to enjoy.
Chief Janice George and Buddy Joseph
October 7 — November 17, 2024
This residency, in collaboration with the Vancouver Maritime Museum and the Museum of Vancouver supports Chief Janice and Buddy educational programs teaching intermediate technique in Salish weaving practice.
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