Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters

Admirers of Pacific Northwest art are notably unanimous in their admiration of the oeuvre of the late Kwakwaka'wakw artist Beau Dick, whose generosity and prolific nature embodied the very spirit of potlatch.

LaTiesha Ti'si'tla Fazakas and Natalie Boll's intimate profile details the man's rare charisma; his carvings, which remain revered in art circles; and his passionate activism, which culminated in the breaking of coppers in Victoria and Ottawa as an act of protest against legislative injustices.