Arthur Vickers (born 1947), OBC is a Canadian West Coast storyteller and artist. He received the Order of British Columbia in 2008 for his charitable work fundraising.

Artwork

He is especially known for his gold leaf works and is accomplished in many media, from drawing and carving to painting to printmaking. Arthur Vickers' Gallery is set in the historic, picturesque seaside village of

Cowichan Bay Cowichan Bay () is a bay and community located on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island near Duncan, in British Columbia. The mouth of the Cowichan River is near Cowichan Bay. Mount Tzouhalem and its hiking trails and ecological reserve sta ...

, on Southern

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The Leadership Desk

The Leadership Desk is hand-crafted red cedar, created in the form of a bentwood box and adorned with First Nation's iconography. It was presented to the Premier of British Columbia by Arthur Vickers in October 2009 and resides permanently in the Premier's Office of British Columbia.

Biography

He was born in Vancouver to a mother of English and Canadian ancestry and a father of

Tsimshian The Tsimshian (; tsi, Ts’msyan or Tsm'syen) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their communities are mostly in coastal British Columbia in Terrace and Prince Rupert, and Metlakatla, Alaska on Annette Island, the only r ...

and

Heiltsuk The Heiltsuk or Haíɫzaqv , sometimes historically referred to as ''Bella Bella'', are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella. The government of the Heiltsuk people ...

lineage. He spent his childhood in the Tsimshian village of

Kitkatla The Kitkatla or Gitxaala are one of the 14 bands of the Tsimshian nation of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and inhabit a village, also called Kitkatla (sometimes called Laxklan), on Dolphin Island, a small island just by Porcher Isla ...

, where he spent much time with his grandfather, a fisherman and canoe carver. In 2010 Vickers received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Camosun College and an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Victoria in 2006."Spring convocation honours six for lifetime accomplishments"
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University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

, 2006)

References

External links

Arthur Vickers Official Website
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