| LC control no. | no2017136487 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dick, Beau, 1955-2017 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Birth date | 1955-11-23 |
| Death date | 2017-03-27 |
| Place of birth | Alert Bay (B.C.) |
| Place of death | Vancouver (B.C.) |
| Field of activity | Kwakiutl art Totem poles Indian masks |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Carvers (Decorative artists) |
| Found in | Beau Dick, wild man of the woods, [1990]. The globe and mail, 15 April 2017, online, viewed 12 May 2017 (Beau Dick, a master Kwakwaka'wakw carver who infused his work with his culture, died on March 27 in Vancouver after after suffering a heart attack and a series of strokes; born Benjamin Kerry Dick on Nov. 23, 1955, in Alert Bay; grew up in Vancouver, returning as a teenager to Alert Bay, where he learned to carve; a hereditary chief, he curated a cultural and artistic element to the 2013 Walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver; created totem poles and masks and painted; appointed an artist-in-residence at the University of British Columbia in 2013 for a six-year term and received the VIVA Award for Visual Arts in 2012; also known as Walas Gwa'yam (Big Whale)) Amicus database, 12 May 2017 (authorized access point (0060H2585): Dick, Beau) |
| National bib agency no. | 0060H2585E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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