Urban Regalia: An Exhibition in Two Movements

Photo by Peter Jensen, Sugiit Lukxs Designs, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2017.

Contemporary Fashion by Sugiit Lukxs Designs

September 28 – December 21, 2019

Inner Gallery | Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.| Lekwungen territory

Urban Regalia is an exhibition that unfolds in two movements at the Legacy Gallery Downtown. Curated by Carolyn Butler Palmer (Associate Professor, UVic Art History and Visual Studies), the first movement Contemporary Fashion by Sug-ii-t LukxsDesign features Gitxsan designer Yolonda Skelton’s work, which mixes the aesthetics of Gitxsan button blanket robes with a twist of Audrey Hepburn’s style. The second movement opens in January 2020 and will be curated by Dr. Butler Palmer’s students and feature the button blankets of Ms. Skelton’s students at Westshore Centre for Learning and Training-Colwood Campus. 

Opening Celebration & Artist Talk

Thursday, Oct. 10 | 7 – 9pm | Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. | Lekwungen territory

Join us for the opening event and artist talk with Yolanda Skelton and Audrey Lundquist. Light Refreshments. 

Image: Photo by Peter Jensen, Sugiit Lukxs Designs, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2017.