Neel, Ellen

NEEL, Ellen, Kwakwaka'wakw artist (b 1916; d 1966). She was the granddaughter of Charlie JAMES, who taught her to carve in CEDAR. In VANCOUVER in the 1940s she made a living making miniature TOTEM POLES and in 1946 opened Totem Arts Studios, where she sold her work. She was the first Northwest Coast artist to produce silkscreened images on fabric. In 1949 UBC hired her to restore poles for the MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY. The following year she returned to her business and was replaced at UBC by her...

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