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Subject: 	West Vancouver Museum news - North Star: The Art of Lyle Wilson
Date: 	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:34:02 -0800
From: 	Kiriko Watanabe <kwatanabe@westvancouver.ca>


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 17, 2009

Presented with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad

North Star

The Art of Lyle Wilson

March 4 to May 30, 2009

Opening Reception on March 3, 2009 at 7pm

(WEST VANCOUVER, B.C.) – The West Vancouver Museum is pleased to 
showcase */North Star: The Art of Lyle Wilson/* featuring the evocative 
and meticulously rendered artwork of Haisla artist Lyle Wilson.

Lyle Wilson has been an important figure on the Canadian art scene for 
more than two decades. He is from Kitamaat Village in Northern British 
Columbia. For many years, Wilson maintained his studio in West 
Vancouver, producing extraordinary works on commission and for sale, as 
well as for the benefit of his home community. The focus of this 
retrospective exhibition is on Wilson's diverse artistic practice with 
an emphasis on his labour intensive paintings and carvings, which 
explore various themes and imagery.

The West Vancouver Museum will be holding an opening reception on 
Tuesday March 3, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm. For more information about the 
exhibition and other programs, please call 604-925-7295 or visit 
www.westvanmuseum.blogspot.com <http://www.westvanmuseum.blogspot.com/>.

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*West Vancouver** Museum* | 680 –17th Street, West Vancouver, BC V7V 3T2 
| 604 925 7295 | www.westvanmuseum.blogspot.com

Open: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am to 5pm, Closed Sundays, Mondays and 
Statutory Holidays

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