University of Victoria’s Legacy Gallery Exhibit “Urban Regalia” Collection
Yolonda Skelton - Sugiit Lukxs Designs
Photo by Joshua Ngenda
This exhibition showcases the high fashion designs by contemporary Gitxsan couturier Sugiit Lukxs (Yolonda Skelton).
About the Exhibition:
Curated by the Legacy Chair in Modern and Contemporary Arts of the Pacific Northwest and Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer in consultation with Yolonda Skelton.
This exhibition showcases the high fashion designs by contemporary Gitxsan couturier Sugiit Lukxs (Yolonda Skelton). Her textile art is inspired and created from traditional oral stories told to her by her late maternal grandmother Na-gwa (Lily Jackson) and the 1960s fashion of movie star Audrey Hepburn. Sugiit Lukxs’ one-of-a-kind modern robes of power combine the aesthetic beauty of her culture with her love of fashion. Her work aims to strengthen private cultural property rights and to share teachings that benefit Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions, so that they have a more prominent place in our society.
Territory Acknowledgement:
We acknowledge with respect the Lekwungen-speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Double Eagle Wrap Photo by Joshua Ngenda
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Double Eagle Wrap, Rainbow Salmon Head Shawl, Octopus Shrug - Photo by Joshua Ngenda
Thunderbird Dress and Salmon Head purse
Photo by Christine Godlonton
UVic Art History and Visual Studies students curated this exhibition as part of their learning about oral art histories. Urban Regalia: Westshore Stories
Date: January 18 - April 11, 2020
Location: Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Button blankets by Westshore Colwood Campus students
Curated by UVic Art History and Visual Studies students
Button blanket robes are textile regalia worn in Northwest Coast feasts and ceremonies. Urban Regalia: Westshore Stories carries the vision of Gitxsan button blanket maker, fashion designer, and teacher Sugitt Lukxs – Yolonda Skelton from her studio to her students at the Westshore Colwood Campus. Westshore students tell stories from their lives and from making connections to the land using ovoids, u-forms, s-forms, melton wool fabric and buttons. UVic Art History and Visual Studies students curated this exhibition as part of their learning about oral art histories. Urban Regalia: Westshore Stories represents shared learning experiences and emerging connections between UVic and Westshore classrooms. A project of the Legacy Chair, Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer, Associate Professor, UVic Art History and Visual Studies.
Button Blanket Workshop at U-Vic with Professor Carolyn Butler-Palmer’s Students.
Button Blankets made by the U-Vic Students
Button Blankets by Teachers at WestShore Colwood School
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Button Blankets created by Westshore Colwood School Students
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