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Evelyn Vanderhoop (born in 1953) is a Haida Nation artist from Masset, British Columbia, Canada. She paints and is a textile artist, specializing in Chilkat weaving and Raven's Tail weaving.

Her work is in the collections of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Canadian Museum of History.

Early life and background

Vanderhoop was born in Masset, British Columbia, in 1953. Her mother, Delores Churchill (Haida), was a prominent weaver, as was her grandmother Selina Peratrovich.

Education

Vanderhoop earned her a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.

Career

In her early career, she worked primarily as a painter, transitioning later into working as a textile artist. Her art practice includes researching and sharing cultural knowledge of Haida history. Vanderhoop specializes in Northern Northwest Coast art weaving.

In 2011, the Canadian Museum of History commissioned her to weave Sqalra Qwii Ghaalgyaat (English: Ripples in the Sky Robe) Raven's Tail Robe. She collaborated with her mother (Delores Churchill) and her two daughters.

In 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston commissioned a Raven's Tail dance robe from the artist.

Public Collections

Her work can be found in the collections of Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate, British Columbia.

Personal

Vanderhoop has two daughters, Carrie-Anne Vanderhoop Bellis and Tiffany Amber Vanderhoop Haida.

References

1. ^ "Evelyn Vanderhoop". BC Achievement Foundation. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
2. Tacmanlast, Tacman. "2020 Sinton Lecture: Northwest Coast Wool Textiles". Textile Arts Council, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
3. Jill Ahlberg Yohe; Teri Greeves (2019). Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Art. ISBN 978-0-295-74579-4. OCLC 1057740182.
4. Holm, Bill (2017-01-03). Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99950-0.
5. "Collections Spotlight with Evelyn Vanderhoop > Coe Center". Coe Center. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
6. "Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry - NW Coast Weavers - Burke Museum". www.burkemuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
7. Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn; Jonaitis, Aldona (2020-05-29). Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-74714-9.
8. Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and; Williams, Lucy Fowler (2003). Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. UPenn Museum of Archaeology. ISBN 978-1-931707-32-9.
9. "Raven's Tail Ceremonial Robe, Ripple in the Sky Robe". Canadian Museum of History.
10. ^ Tepper, Leslie (2014). The Grand Hall: First Peoples of Canada's Northwest Coast. Library and Archives Canada. p. 103. ISBN 9780660202792.
11. "Collections Spotlight with Evelyn Vanderhoop > Coe Center". Coe Center. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
12. Raven's Tail Journey of Evelyn Vanderhoop, retrieved 2021-04-23
13. "Evelyn Vanderhoop's Ravenstail Robe Enters the Collection of the MFA Boston". Stonington Gallery. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
14. In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum. Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum. 2013.

External links

• Evelyn Vanderhoop Art, official website

• Living people
• 1953 births
• 20th-century Canadian women artists
• 20th-century First Nations people
• 21st-century Canadian women artists
• Canadian textile artists
• Haida artists
• Haida women artists
• First Nations women artists
• Western Washington University alumni
• Canadian women textile artists