movement influenced birth_place training awards nationality field elected birth_date article_title
coast salish ancestors british columbia largely self taught ymca woman of distinction musqueam-canadian sculpture royal canadian academy of arts 05 april 1952 susan point

susan point

susan point -lrb- born 5 april 1952 -rrb- is a musqueam coast salish artist from canada , who works in the coast salish tradition .
her works include public pieces installed at the vancouver international airport , and stanley park .
point was born in alert bay whilst her parents were salmon fishing , but grew up in her own community musqueam indian reserve .
she taught herself the coast salish style of art from examples in museums .
her works include `` salish footprint -- welcome entrance '' in the museum of anthropology at the university of british columbia , musqueam house posts which were commissioned by the american museum of natural history , carvings installed at the vancouver international airport , and at brockton point in stanley park .
