Campbell River Art Gallery celebration of striking new entryway murals<\/p>\n
Published 10:30 am Friday, July 10, 2026<\/p>\n
A new mural now graces the entryway of the Campbell River Art Gallery.<\/p>\n
Trials and Tribulations by Kwakwaka\u2019wakw artist James Kwaksistala will be celebrated at a ceremony on July 17 at 2:00 p.m. at the gallery.<\/p>\n
Rendered in the traditional Kwakwa\u0331ka\u0331\u02bcwakw style, the artwork transforms the gallery doors into a meaningful cultural threshold. Framing the entrance, two eagles spread their wings inward so that all who enter pass directly between them.<\/p>\n
The mural features rich traditional iconography, including figures contending over a copper, the traditional emblem of wealth and status. It also depicts human figures falling into the open mouth of the sisiutl, a powerful double-headed serpent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sisiutl grants strength to those who face it,\u201d explained Kwaksistala. \u201cTo go in headfirst is to meet what we fear undefended, the act of humbling oneself. To die to a self better left behind, and be reborn stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n
The community is invited to attend this event to recognize the artist, learn about the piece, enjoy light refreshements and experience this distinct new piece of public art.<\/p>\n
For more information visit crartgallery.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Campbell River Art Gallery celebration of striking new entryway murals Published 10:30 am Friday, July 10, 2026 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,36245],"class_list":["post-793379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-vancouver-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}