Ceremonial Fire & Community Feast

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Saturday, April 29th, 2023
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Shawn Decaire will be hosting a ceremonial fire and feast on Saturday, April 29 from 3-5 p.m.

This event is open to the public!

MEET at Campbell River Spit at 3:00pm

The event will start at the Campbell River Spit for a ceremonial fire to send off Shawn's drum 'Goliath' made with Jorge Lewis, who has since passed away. Decaire said the ceremony will “pay respect to Goliath and the relationship with Jorge Lewis and myself, and to send Goliath back to the spirit world.”

Following the ceremony everyone is invited to gather at the gallery at 4 p.m. for a feast. People are encouraged to carpool to the Spit from the Gallery.

MEET at Campbell River Art Gallery 4:00pm

Shawn Decaire descends from the We Wai Kai tribe of the Laxwaxdaxw Nation.

In 1999 he lived as a member of the homeless population on the streets of the downtown eastside, after which he went home and began to heal from addiction by learning his cultural ways in art and song. Over the last 20+ years he has learned to carve by hand and chainsaw, make traditional bentwood boxes, design and paint in his cultural way, process animal skins to make traditional leather and hand drums, and harvest and gather traditional foods and barks. All these practices were taught to him by different Kwakwaka'wakw Elders. Shawn Deciare was the Walter Morgan Studio artist in residence for 2022.

To RSVP go to:

https://crartgallery.ca/events/#!event/2023/4/29/ceremonial-fire-community-feast