

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: James Harry:  Eye of the Ancestor Opening Ceremony
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for the unveiling of James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry's new sculpture, Eye of The Ancestor.

Remarks at 6:30pm, with reception to follow

RSVPs are helpful

RSVP here: https://thepolygon.typeform.com/James-Harry

James Harry: Eye of the Ancestor is on view April 10 – October 18

About Eye of the Ancestor
A new sculpture by James Harry marks The Polygon Gallery’s seventh collaboration and co-commission with Burrard Arts Foundation. Eye of the Ancestor is a striking yellow cedar wooden sphere, carved with Coast Salish designs on the surface and holding a mirror-polished steel sphere inside. The composition creates layered reflections and viewpoints that shift with the viewer’s movements around the sculpture. The title is rooted in Coast Salish visual language, where the eye signifies awareness, presence, and continuity beyond the individual. The sculpture constructs this form as an immersive spatial system, transforming the eye into structure, threshold, and interior. Through calibrated light, reflection, and movement, the work enacts Indigenous pedagogies in material form, situating knowledge as relational, layered, and revealed over time.

Presented by 
The Audain Foundation

The seventh in a ten-year commissioning program of new public artworks installed at The Polygon Gallery, in collaboration with the Burrard Arts Foundation.

Generously Supported by 
Terrence and Lisa Turner

Image: James Harry, in-progress view of Eye of the Ancestor, 2026. Co-commissioned by The Polygon Gallery and Burrard Arts Foundation. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://thepolygon.typeform.com/James-Harry?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=north+vancouver-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: North Vancouver
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: The Polygon Gallery
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- **long**: -123.0807352066
- **full address**: The Polygon Gallery, 105 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3J4, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Polygon Gallery, 105 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3J4, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Polygon Gallery
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
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