05/23/2026
This mask tells a story of infamous trickster figure, Coyote.
Stump, Coyote’s son, hunts two mountain goats in the mountains: an adult goat, which he carries home, and a yearling, which he leaves on the trail for his father. Though yearlings are not typically hunted,
Stump takes one as a sign of his own skill and as a test of his father’s pride. Coyote accepts the gift, briefly moved by gratitude, but his pack strap—secretly sabotaged by Stump—breaks again and again as Stump calls down increasingly heavy rains from the sky. Each time the goat tumbles farther down the mountainside, Coyote chases it deeper into a dangerous ravine, driven by shame and fear of being seen as a failed hunter. Eventually, the rain forms a river that carries Coyote away, and some say this is where the Trickster meets his end: defeated not only by his son’s trickery, but by his own pride, hunger, and inability to escape the failures that define him.
Full story can be found in the exhibit page linked in bio: https://stoningtongallery.com/exhibit/ed-archie-noisecat-solo-exhibit/
Also: TODAY in the main gallery space of Stonington Gallery from 2-4 PM, pop by and join us for a free carving demonstration with Shuswap/ St’at’imc artist Ed Archie NoiseCat!
Trickster’s Feast is on view from May 7-30, 2026!
