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Mark Loria Gallery (formerly Alcheringa Gallery) is a Canadian contemporary art gallery specializing in Northwest Coast, Coast Salish, and Canadian indigenous fine art. The gallery exhibits artwork from the contemporary period (1960s forward) as well as representing over 60 current artists.
The gallery's goal is to respectfully promote and support indigenous artists and their culture and practices in an era of Canada's Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
It was one of the first galleries to make use of the
Mark Loria Gallery (formerly Alcheringa Gallery) is a Canadian contemporary art gallery specializing in Northwest Coast, Coast Salish, and Canadian indigenous fine art. The gallery exhibits artwork from the contemporary period (1960s forward) as well as representing over 60 current artists.
The gallery's goal is to respectfully promote and support indigenous artists and their culture and practices in an era of Canada's Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
It was one of the first galleries to make use of the internet
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in 1996.
Mark Loria Gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada.The gallery sells indigenous art to private collectors, governments, museums, architects, designers, and corporate clients, as well as offering other art-related services.
See also
*Northwest Coast art
Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwes ...
*Contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...
*Canadian art
Canadian art refers to the visual arts, visual (including painting, photography, and printmaking) as well as plastic arts (such as sculpture) originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada. Art in Canada is marked by thousands of ...
*Coast Salish art
Coast Salish art is an art unique to the Pacific Northwest Coast among the Coast Salish peoples. Coast Salish are peoples from the Pacific Northwest Coast made up of many different languages and cultural characteristics. Coast Salish territory co ...
References
Northwest Coast art Culture of Papua New Guinea Australian Aboriginal art Art museums and galleries in British Columbia Museums in Victoria, British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-stub