Evelyn Vanderhoop

Evelyn Vanderhoop (born in 1953) is a Native American artist of Haida descent who is both a watercolorist and master weaver.[1]

Evelyn Vanderhoop
Born1953
EducationWestern Washington University
Known forTextile arts

Her work is on display in the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Canadian Museum of History.

Early life and education

Vanderhoop was born in 1953.[2] She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.[3]

Career

In her early career, she worked primarily as a painter, transitioning later into working as a textile artist.[4] Her art practice includes researching and sharing cultural knowledge of Haida history.[5] Vanderhoop creates traditional Northern Northwest Coast art textiles,[6] following in the tradition of her mother Delores Churchill and grandmother Selina Peratrovich, both master weavers.[7]

Her work can be found in the collections of Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture[8] and The Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate, British Columbia.

In 2011, the Canadian Museum of History commissioned her to wave Sqalra Qwii Ghaalgyaat (English: Ripples in the Sky Robe) Raven's Tail Robe.[9][10] She collaborated with her mother (Delores Churchill) and her two daughters.[10]

In 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston commissioned a Raven's Tail dance robe from the artist.[11][12][13]

Family life

Vanderhoop has two daughters, Carrie-Anne Vanderhoop Bellis and Tifffany Amber Vanderhoop Haida.[10]

References
  1. Tacmanlast, Tacman. "2020 Sinton Lecture: Northwest Coast Wool Textiles". Textile Arts Council, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. Hearts of our people : Native women artists. Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Teri Greeves, Laura Silver, Kaywin Feldman, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Frist Art Museum. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2019. ISBN 978-0-295-74579-4. OCLC 1057740182.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Collections Spotlight with Evelyn Vanderhoop > Coe Center". Coe Center. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. "Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry - NW Coast Weavers - Burke Museum". www.burkemuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn; Jonaitis, Aldona (2020-05-29). Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-74714-9.
  6. Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and; Williams, Lucy Fowler (2003). Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. UPenn Museum of Archaeology. ISBN 978-1-931707-32-9.
  7. Holm, Bill (2017-01-03). Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99950-0.
  8. In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum. Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum. 2013.
  9. "Raven's Tail Ceremonial Robe, Ripple in the Sky Robe". Canadian Museum of History.
  10. Tepper, Leslie (2014). The Grand Hall: First Peoples of Canada's Northwest Coast. Library and Archives Canada. p. 103. ISBN 9780660202792.
  11. "Collections Spotlight with Evelyn Vanderhoop > Coe Center". Coe Center. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  12. Raven's Tail Journey of Evelyn Vanderhoop, retrieved 2021-04-23
  13. "Evelyn Vanderhoop's Ravenstail Robe Enters the Collection of the MFA Boston". Stonington Gallery. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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