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The Museum was established in 1969 through the efforts of the Port Moody Historical Society (which became the Port Moody Heritage Society in 1979 [1]).. First housed in a now-demolished building on Kyle Street behind Port Moody's former City Hall, the Port Moody Historical Society moved the collection to the city's second CPR train station in 1978.
During the past 30 years, the appreciation for American Indian art has been on the rise, and the art has become in demand – specifically Pomo Indian basketry. Dr. Joallyn Archambault, director of the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History says: "Since the 1880s, when Pomo baskets first ...
Lakeport Historic Courthouse Museum: Lakeport: Lake: Local history: County history, Pomo basket and artifacts collection, gems and minerals, Victorian parlor, hunting and camping, courthouse history Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum: Lower Lake: Lake: Local history: Includes local pioneer and Native American artifacts, rocks and minerals Mendocino ...
Grace Carpenter was born on February 21, 1865, in Potter Valley, California. [2] Her mother Helen McCowen was one of the first white school teachers educating Pomo children and was a commercial portrait photographer in Ukiah, California; her father Aurelius Ormando Carpenter was a skilled panoramic and landscape photographer who chronicled early Mendocino County frontier enterprises such as ...
Sherrie Smith-Ferri, director of the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah which has a noted collection of Pomo baskets, says of William, "Bill Benson was a totally phenomenal talent." [1] When he met and married Mary Knight (1877–1930), he was already an expertly skilled basket maker. [3]
Compton Art & History Museum co-founders Abigail Lopez-Byrd and Marquell Byrd created the institution to showcase the city's rich history and creativity.
Mary Knight Benson (1877–1930) was a Pomo woman from California who excelled in basket making. Her work is highly collectible and renowned for fine craftsmanship. She and her husband, William Ralganal Benson (Eastern Pomo, 1862–1937), partnered in basket weaving, and their work is in public museum collections.
We went downstairs to the Compton Art & History Museum, which she co-founded with her husband, Marquell Byrd. Photos, paintings and multimedia works by Black, Latino and Asian American artists ...