“Indian Residential College, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Residence” by Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

A strong portray by famend Indigenous artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Coast Salish title, Lets’lo:tseltun). Yuxweluptun is a graduate of the Emily Carr College of Artwork and Design. His large-scale work typically make use of Coast Salish cosmology, Northwest Coast formal design components, and the Western panorama custom. Knowledgeable by his private experiences, Yuxweluptun’s work goals to doc and promote change in modern Indigenous historical past in addition to discover political, environmental, and cultural points.

His latest portray, entitled “Indian Residential College, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Residence,” was commissioned by Dixon Mitchell Funding Counsel to mark Canada’s inaugural Reality & Reconciliation Day. It has simply bought at public sale for $157,250. All proceeds (together with public sale charges) will likely be donated to the Orange Shirt Society and the Indian Residential College Survivors Society. Take a look at Yuxweluptun’s portray and a brief video concerning the piece under!