Dempsey Bob

Dempsey Bob is a celebrated artist and a dedicated teacher, who began carving in 1969. His work is in the numerous public and private, national and international collections. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2021 was a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts - Artistic Achievement. Sarah Milroy is Chief Curator of McMichael Canadian Art Collection, former editor and publisher of Canadian Art, and former chief art critic of The Globe and Mail. She has edited or contributed numerous art books, and is the author of, most recently, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment (2021).

"Dempsey Bob’s book […] has teachings for us mere mortals, warnings of cultures being lost, of the importance of passing on our values, of how stories are teachers and have meanings, and how we need to pay attention to those stories before it is too late."—The British Columbia Review"A remarkable book [...] glossy and homespun in the best possible ways."—Galleries West