Critical Thinking reflection question: How has your awareness of Coast Salish Art in our community changed? Be specific and give at least one example.

My awareness of Coast Salish Art in our community has changed by growing/ improving ever since we’ve done the Coast Salish Art activity. I have learned that the shapes that are used in Coast Salish Art aren’t just used to create the artwork, but that each one has a special meaning which is used to show different parts of the animal. One of the other things that I have learned is that both Coast Salish Art and Northwest Coast Art are complex, but different. For example, during Coast Salish Art, instead of using the rounded rectangle shape that’s called an ovoid, we use the oval and crescent. It’s a faint difference, but it stills shows how contrasting Coast Salish Art and Northwest Coast Art is. I think that all of these things I have learned have improved my personal growth and knowledge about Indigenous Art and have encouraged me to learn even more.