{"id":8113,"date":"2025-01-15T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:11:20","slug":"taylor-baptiste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/2025\/01\/15\/taylor-baptiste\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Baptiste"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title entry-title\"><em>q\u0313ayisxn\u2014Off the Rocks<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em>q\u0313ayisxn\u2014Off the Rocks\u00a0<\/em>curated by UBC Okanagan Gallery Curator, Dr. Stacey Koosel along wtih Curatorial Assistant Ryan Trafananko, features the work of emerging Sylix artist Taylor Baptiste. Baptiste\u2019s work combines the traditional practice of pictograph making with contemporary sculpture to bring the cultural teachings of her ancestors \u201coff the rock\u201d and into three-dimensional space. This exhibition, Baptiste\u2019s second in the Okanagan, features two large contemporary sculptures:\u00a0<em>How Turtle Set the Animal People Free\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Flight of Union,\u00a0<\/em>which draw from the surrounding landscape, cultures and materials, and use a red ochre pigment to honor the stories, sites and stories of her ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Link to exhibition essay below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.ok.ubc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/01\/Off-the-Rocks-BROCHURE.pdf\">https:\/\/gallery.ok.ubc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/01\/Off-the-Rocks-BROCHURE.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<script>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/ portfolio_slideshow.slideshows[959] = {\"timeout\":\"4000\",\"autoplay\":\"false\",\"trans\":\"fade\",\"loop\":1,\"speed\":\"400\",\"nowrap\":1}; \/* ]]> *\/<\/script><div id=\"slideshow-wrapper959\" class=\"slideshow-wrapper clearfix portfolio-slideshow-centered\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-nav959\" class=\"slideshow-nav\">\n\t<a class=\"pause\" 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Baptiste\u2019s work combines the traditional practice of pictograph making with contemporary sculpture to bring the cultural teachings of her ancestors \u201coff the rock\u201d and into three-dimensional space. This exhibition, Baptiste\u2019s second&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68048,"featured_media":8122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[937579,937563,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fccs-artwork","category-fina-gallery-exhibitions","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8113"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8118,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions\/8118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fccsartwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}