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
Turning Point State II
Kelly Cannell, 2020Salish Rope
Kelly Cannell, 2010Salish Inlet State II
Susan A. Point, 2020Rotation
Dylan Thomas, 2019Synergy
Kelly Cannell, 2017Within the Cedar
Susan A. Point, 2019Echoes and Reflections
Dylan Thomas, 2019Tree of Life
Susan A. Point, 2019Sacred Balance
Kelly Cannell, 2020
The Artists
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Angela Marston
Angela Marston (Statu Stsuhwum) was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia in November 1975 to Jane and David Marston, both talented carvers. They taught Angela traditional Coast Salish designs and carving skills from an early age. At fourteen-years old, Angela studied with weavers Kathy Edgar and Minney Peters and began weaving cedar bark. She learned the processes …
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lessLIE
Born Leslie Sam Robert in 1973, in Duncan, British Columbia, lessLIE is Coast Salish of Cowichan, Penelakut and Esquimalt Nations, and of Irish, Italian, and French heritage. lessLIE has a BA in First Nations Studies from Malaspina College, now the Vancouver Island University. While working on this undergraduate degree, lessLIE began to study Coast Salish …
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Kelly Cannell
Kelly Cannell is emerging as a prominent Coast Salish artist from the Musqueam Nation in Vancouver, BC. Since birth, Kelly has been exposed to Coast Salish art and culture. At the age of 12, Kelly began her art career by creating her first collaborative silkscreen print with her mother Susan Point. Kelly’s travels throughout the …
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Stan Greene
Stan Greene was born in Mission, British Columbia in 1953. He is from Sto:lo (Fraser Valley), Semiahmoo (White Rock) and Niimíipu (Nez Perce from the Columbia River Plateau). Sto:lo means People of the River in the Halkomelem language. At the age of 13, inspired by his grandfather’s collection of carvings, Stan began carving. In 1976-77, …
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