Welcome to the Salish Weave Collection website. Salish Weave supports the artists who create contemporary art in the traditional Salish art form and actively promotes awareness of Salish culture and art through Education.

New To The Collection

• Looking Forward

  Thomas A. Cannell, 2018

• Devotion

  Thomas A. Cannell, 2018

• Raven and Light

  Thomas A. Cannell, 2018

• Wildfire

  Susan A. Point, 2018

• Vanishing Point

  Susan A. Point, 2018

• Salmon Whorl Drawing

  Susan A. Point, 2018

• Rising Waters

  Susan A. Point, 2018
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The Artists

• John Marston

  
  Coast Salish carver John Marston (Qap’u’luq) was born in 1978 in Ladysmith, British Columbia. His parents David and Jane Marston, both carvers, were his first teachers and John picked up a carving knife at the age of eight. John was mentored by the late Coast Salish carver Simon Charlie who taught him the legends of the … 
  
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• Susan A. Point

  
  Born in 1952, Susan Point is a Coast Salish artist from the Musqueam First Nation in Vancouver, B.C. Susan learned the traditional values of her culture and the legends of her people from her late mother, Edna Grant-Point and her late uncle, Dominic Point. Susan began her artistic career in January 1981 designing and creating … 
  
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• Thomas A. Cannell

  
  Thomas was born on Musqueam traditional territory in 1980. Living on the Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver, BC since birth, Thomas immersed himself in the long-established cultural and art traditions of his Musqueam ancestors. Thomas attended the Langara College and Capilano University of Vancouver where he studied art history, photography, and graphic design, as well as … 
  
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• Andy Wilbur-Peterson

  
  Andy was born in 1955 in Shelton, WA, a member of the Skokomish Nation. After being inspired by Northwest Coast art exhibited in a museum, Andy began carving and exploring different art forms, and by the age of 18 was a self-taught carver and painter. At first, he predominantly designed works in the form-line style … 
  
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