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The 2010 Olympics and the First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast: Personal Experiences, Part III: Corrine Hunt

Posted: Sunday, February 28th, 2010 @ 10:09 pm in Canadian Art, Canadians in the Arts, Corrine Hunt, Medals, Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art, Numismatics | 1 Comment »

Corrine Hunt, co-designer of the 2010 Winter Olympics medals Today my wife and I went back to the Aboriginal Artisans’ Village, an event held during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Today, we met the 2010 Winter Olympic medals co-designer Corrine Hunt, who was selling her jewelry at the event. This brief meeting near the [...]

The New Canadian Sacrifice Medal

Posted: Monday, October 20th, 2008 @ 12:24 pm in Medals, News, Numismatics | 3 Comments »

Artist’s rendering of the new Canadian Sacrifice Medal taken from the website of the Governor-General The current edition of Canadian Coin News has a front page article on the new Sacrifice Medal that has just been approved by the Governor-General, on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for the Canadian Armed Forces. The stark [...]