U'mista Cultural Centre
Renowned Kwakwaka'wakw cultural centre and gift shop on Alert Bay's Front Street, selling authentic masks, carvings, prints and jewellery by named local artists.
- Alert Bay, BC
- Arts & Makers
About
On Cormorant Island's Front Street, the U'mista Cultural Centre is one of the coast's most important Kwakwaka'wakw cultural institutions, home to a repatriated collection of potlatch treasures. Its gift shop is internationally known for authentic Kwakwaka'wakw art — original masks, carvings, paintings and prints from named local artists, plus traditional jewellery, weaving, books and home goods — and every purchase supports the artists and the U'mista Cultural Society.
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