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Artist Feature: Christen Dokk Smith

The forest runs deep in Christen Dokk Smith. In the suburb outside Oslo, Norway where he grew up, his house overlooked the forest. There is

Common Grounds Market

It’s market season on the coast of Vancouver Island and with that comes a common experience: getting home from your trip and wishing you had

Artist Profile: Robinson Cook

When Robinson Cook arrived in Tofino in ‘91, the old growth cedars of Meares’ Island “radically changed his world.” That encounter sent him on a

Hjalmer Wenstob’s Self-Location Exercise

“There’s no wrong answer to say who you are.”  Hjalmer Wenstob In his Indigenous Studies class at Camosun College, Hjalmer Wenstob begins and ends every

Artist Profile: Kaylyn Messer

The winner of the 2021 Virtual Carving on the Edge Festival’s Kestrel Tool giveaway is Kaylyn Messer. We got in touch with her to get

Self-Guided Walking Tour

From the Trans-Canada Pacific Terminus in Tofino to the Lighthouse in Ucluelet, there are carvings to be found all throughout this peninsula. We’ve updated our

Kudos to Keith Plumley

The Carving on the Edge Festival hosts a close knit community of carvers, that grieves with one another when anyone in our community suffers. A

Language Revitalization Pole

One of the biggest projects of its kind for the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages—a Language Revitalization Pole commissioned by the First Nations Education

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