Totems to Turquoise Closes

Totems to Turquoise closed at the Vancouver Museum, March 25, 2007. Nearly 20,000 visitors viewed this important exhibition over its five months at the Vancouver Museum. Vancouver was the only Canadian stop for this show of Native North American Jewellery of the Northwest and Southwest, created by the American Museum of Natural History. The Bill Reid Foundation raised the funds privately to present Totems to Turquoise. We are delighted that over seventy personal and corporate donors stepped forward with contributions of $5,000 or more to make this remarkable event happen. Our thanks to the people of Vancouver for supporting the exhibition, to our Donors of the Day for your vision and commitment, and to Founding Director, Herb Auerbach for providing his energy and leadership, and to the Vancouver Museum for co-presenting the exhibition.

National Aboriginal Art Gallery

The Bill Reid Foundation was asked to act as the catalyst to move forward a proposal for a national art institution to collect and house the art of all Canadian Aboriginal peoples – Indian, Inuit and Métis. A Project Implementation Plan was researched and written with advice from the National Advisory Council of Aboriginals, which is now creating an organization for the new Gallery.