Saimon stories,
Picasso pottery

IN First Nations a
teachings, the a
salmon is venerat-

ed.

Spawning salmon
represent the circle of _
life: the body: dies and baieg
the spirit finds a new .
egg to enter. When ' Layne‘Ghristensen
salmon return to the = ,
streams in the spring to
spawn, it is a sign that winter is over and the peo-
ples’ survival is assured for another year.

Marina Papais learned salmon lore from Nisga’a
artist Norman Tait.

Now the North Van artist and art educator is
spreading the word.

“They’re a really holy animal,” says Papais of :
the salmon. “They are life-givers.” And they areon SARAH Hamilton, a North Van Ranger, paints a streamkeepers banner for Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth
the brie.k of extinction. opening at the Roundhouse Saturday. Marina Papais’ image of chiid, salmon and raven is etched in glass (left).

Papais quotes figures that predict the disappear-
ance of the salmon on the West Coast within 20 years. “We had 12 million salmon come The image was copied onto a serving platter by North Van artist Nasser and the begin-
up our lower coastal streams 10 years ago. There were 300,000 last year,” she says. nings of a ceramics collection of Great Works was created.

Papais has curated Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth, an art exhibition at the Painted platters, vases and bowls inspired by Matisses, Chagals and Andy Warhols are
Roundhouse Community Centre on the ofd Expo grounds. The show opens Saturday and —_ included in the collection, but those 4 la Picasso are by far the top sellers, says Tak-Smith.
runs to May 31. At $225 a platter, these pottery Picassos are a shade more affordable than the $48.4

The exhibition involves 1,000 school children and 24 professional artists including the _ million (U.S.) the original canvas fetched at auction.

North Shore’s Ann Mortifce, Joe David, Norman Tait and Bill Adams.
The idea was to hold the show in North Van, says Papais, who with co-curators
Lizanne Fisher and Sheralee Regehr is a North Shore resident, but 90
suitable venue could be found.
Artists were selected for their sensitiv:ty to the plight of the

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salmon. Young people were involved in letter-writing cam-
paigns to Chretien and Clinton and the creation of banners ;
and artwork because, says Papais, it is the children who will ' j ne aC Tp ae
bring back the salmon. P :
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