A Sweet Life - 2021 Charity Box

Name: A Sweet Life - 2021 Charity Box
Brand: Rachel Smith
Price: 900.0 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

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A Sweet Life - 2021 Charity Box

Rachel Smith

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THIS BOX IS NOW SOLD. FINAL BID $700.00

5 1/4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2

Cedar, acrylic paint, paper flowers.

This piece is part of our annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction ending December 4th.

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"This year I let my plants flower in my little city garden bed. I was told by my cousin, “it will be good for the bees,” so I listened, after all bees are important and many varieties are endangered. I had no idea my flowers would attract so many bumblebees. Every time I would pass by the garden there seemed to be more of them than the last time. I would be stopped in my tracks in wonderment and overcome by their cuteness. Observing their fuzzy, round bodies crawling, gathering, and resting on the flowers I would think to myself, “this is a sweet life.” This vibrant box layered in neon is a love letter and represents the pure joy and delight I felt every time I watched the bumblebees doing their bumblebee things."

-Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith

CULTURAL GROUP:
Wuikinuxv/Kwakwaka’wakw

BORN:
May 26, 1994

BIRTHPLACE:
Nanaimo, BC

Rachel grew up watching her grandfather, father, and uncle carving and painting. Although she has been immersed in Northwest Coast art all her life, she has more recently began a formal career with her own art and imagery. She apprenticed with her father, Steve Smith, and she introduced her first pieces in 2019. Rachel has completed her Associate of Arts degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and has a Bachelor of Education Degree with an Indigenous specialization in NITEP, the Indigenous Teacher Education Program in The Faculty of Education, at the University of British Columbia. In 2022, Rachel had her first solo-exhibition at Lattimer Gallery titled Emergence. Currently, she teaches elementary school in Vancouver, BC.

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