Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob is one of six artists across Canada to be recognized with a 2021 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Artistic Achievement Award. The GGArts Awards were created in 1999 by then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and the Canada Council for the Arts. Bob has lived in Terrace for the past 14 years, where he serves as a senior advisor to the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Arts at Coast Mountain College. "We are very proud of the work, talent and perspective Dempsey Bob brings to the students," said college president Justin Kohlman in a media release. "He has expertly and compassionately guided hundreds of students through the learning and reclaiming of traditional northwest coast art.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2021 20:37 UTC