YAHL SQWANSIING NAAY

In the studios and classrooms of the Bill Reid Teaching Centre, a new generation of Haida apprentices will learn their craft from Master carvers and designers, ensuring the continuation of Haida art forms and techniques. Educational programs, including university-accredited courses in fine arts and special training seminars will attract students from Haida Gwaii and around the world.

Some West Coast educational institutions (UNBC, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, School District #50, and the North West Community College) have joined together to conceive and create this unique learning experience.

 Exhibits

• Bill Reid and his contributions to the continuance of Haida
  art and design
• A commemoration to past carvers and teachers of the art form 
• Contemporary work of students
• The design and function of pieces
• Apprentices; historically and today
  

Courses/Workshops for Consideration, Development

• Wood carving
• Bone and stone carving
• Gold and silver smithing
• Tool making/forging
• Textiles/weaving
• Casting
• Printing/silk screening
• Drafting
• Bentwood box making
• Boat making (dugout and plank)

Clayton Gladstone, Haida Artist