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Originally published Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:02 PM
Burke Museum spotlights Coast Salish artists and the world's food
Special Day with Coast Salish Artists Feb. 5; "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats" exhibit, through June, Burke Museum, Seattle.
Seattle Times staff
QWALSIUS SHAUN PETERSON
Qwalsius Shaun Peterson, the creator of the glass work "North and South," will be among the speakers at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture's Sunday event celebrating Coast Salish artisans.
Northwest Native American artists demonstrate and describe their contemporary printmaking, carving, weaving and multimedia techniques at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture's Special Day with Coast Salish Artists on Sunday.
Artist demonstrations include Suquamish elder Ed Carriere working on a "life story" coiled basket, with imagery of hunting and fishing, and S'Klallam elder and weaver Darlene Peters weaving on a traditional Salish/Ravenstail loom with a small loom for visitors to try.
Artists from Tulalip, Squaxin Island and S'Klallam traditions discuss their art at talks on the half-hour starting at 10:30 a.m., concluding with a panel discussion of artists moderated by Robin Wright, the museum's curator of Native American art, at 2:30 p.m.
Northwest Native traditions are also on display in the exhibit "Salish Bounty: Traditional Native American Foods of Puget Sound," created by local tribal members and Burke Museum staff. It illustrates 5,000 years of tribal diets and current efforts to revitalize Coast Salish food traditions.
Food in cultures around the world is the focus of the museum's "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats" photo exhibit of food choices from 10 countries, on display through June, with international food samples hosted by PCC on weekends (including Thai food tasting 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday). Tuesday the Burke hosts nine food experts in a fast-paced "Hungry Planet" presentation on topics including what humans ate 10,000 years ago, the power of women farmers, and how to subsist on wild food in the city; 7 p.m. at the Neptune Theatre, $5 admission at the door.
Burke Museum events
Time: Museum open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; Coast Salish Artists event, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
Cost: $10/adult, $8/senior, $7.50/students with ID and youth ages 5 and older. Free admission for all first Thursday of each month.
Location: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 17th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 45th Street, University of Washington campus, Seattle.
Getting there: Metro Transit information, call 206-553-3000 or see tripplanner.kingcounty.gov. Parking on campus, $15/weekday, less than 4 hours prorated with a refund at the gatehouse; Saturday parking $5 until noon, free parking after noon Saturday and all day Sunday.
More information: 206-543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org.
Madeline McKenzie: 206-464-8245 or mmckenzie@seattletimes.com
