One of the West CoastB次元官网网址檚 most prominent artists and storytellers is moving on, but Tofino will continue riding the phenomenal wave created by his exceptional inspiration.
Roy Henry Vickers is selling his iconic art gallery in Tofino and plans to spend some time traveling.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 going to be doing a lot more traveling. The art gallery is up for sale and the business. I want to travel Europe where my motherB次元官网网址檚 people are from and get in touch with Indigenous people from those countries where I have DNA,B次元官网网址� Vickers told the Westerly B次元官网网址.
The gallery, located at 350 Campbell Street, .
B次元官网网址淚 realized the value of this piece of land and this gallery and how a sale of the business would allow me to be nothing but an artist who travels and meets people and is inspired to do his artwork,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚 leave behind my stories and hopefully a love of the land and the people.B次元官网网址�
The gallery has been a prominent fixture in Tofino since 1986 and Vickers said the community has been equally prominent in his heart.
B次元官网网址淚 came to Tofino as a frustrated artist who wanted people to hear the stories, not just see my art and to listen to the stories, not just look at my artwork and that wasnB次元官网网址檛 happening so I quit and I went fishing,B次元官网网址� he said, adding he and his brother fished the West Coast together.
B次元官网网址淎t the end of September, 1980, I settled into Tofino not knowing I was going to be here for so many years and everything changed. My life changed. I opened a little gallery above the Schooner Restaurant and then purchased this piece of property and built this gallery in 1986. We opened on April Fools Day in the morning and it changed my life completely. And, it changed Tofino. People saw the value of tourism and how all of these people traveling here can actually help us live here.B次元官网网址�
Vickers was recently honoured at a ceremony held inside his gallery .
Mid Island Pacific Rim MLA and TofinoB次元官网网址檚 former mayor Josie Osborne attended the ceremony and said Vickers has had a profound impact on the local community.
B次元官网网址淭he Roy Henry Vickers Gallery is a place that I visited before I even moved to Tofino and honestly I think his images and his passion for this place are the things that dreams are made of. Now, today, when I tell people I live in Tofino, the gallery, Roy Henry Vickers and his art always comes up,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 really synonymous with I think what this place is and how beautiful it is and he tells stories about this place and other indigenous homes across B.C. for all of us to learn from.B次元官网网址�
She added the gallery has been a source of tremendous stories representing the West Coast and Indigenous communities.
B次元官网网址淩oy just so effortlessly blends all of that together but in a way thatB次元官网网址檚 incredibly distinctB次元官网网址eople know his art and they know him and his storytelling and it leaves a real legacy,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淭ofino has a lot of pride in local artists, Nuu-chah-nulth artists, visiting artists and his gallery and his presence here in Tofino have been a real stimulus for that kind of culture and activity here and weB次元官网网址檒l keep on benefitting from that.B次元官网网址�
She added his impact will always be felt by the community no matter where he travels.
B次元官网网址淚 think weB次元官网网址檙e celebrating what Roy Henry Vickers has done for Tofino and for the arts community here and weB次元官网网址檙e recognizing that he has built on the legacy of those before him and shown the way for younger artists and people that thereB次元官网网址檚 a way to bring your art to life and to share it with the world and thatB次元官网网址檚 incredibly inspiring,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淟ife is full of changesB次元官网网址oy will always be a part of our bigger Tofino family.B次元官网网址�
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