'Yukon Seasons' Not Insured'- CBC Radio Whitehorse - by Susan Stanley
January 14, 2008 Filed in: Yukon Seasons Heist
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(moose antler skull carving, moose antler skull sculpture)
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Ellen Jones CBC Newsreader
A former Yukon Artist is not optimistic his stolen sculpture will be found.
Shane Wilson donated the work to the Territory's Permanent Collection. It was on display at the Canada Games Centre before it was stolen last September.
As Susan Stanley reports, Wilson would like to see the Yukon Government insure its Permanent Collection.
Susan Stanley, CBC Reporter
"There's still a lot of sadness about the fact that it was taken." (quote from Shane Wilson, Sculptor)
Shane Wilson no longer lives in Whitehorse. He moved to Vancouver Island shortly after his sculpture went missing. It was stolen from the Canada Games Centre during a power outage.
Thieves made off with a massive, intricately carved, moose antler sculpture.
Laurel Parry, Manager of the Yukon Arts Branch, is hopeful it will turn up.
"We're actually at the point where we really hope that it's recovered." (quote from Laurel Parry, Manager of the Yukon Arts Branch)
Parry says that the Yukon Government doesn't insure its Permanent Collection because it's too expensive to insure a collection which includes more than 200 pieces.
But Wilson says he wasn't aware of that policy when he gave his sculpture 'Seasons' to the Canada Games Centre.
"I understood when I donated it that it was insured." (quote from Shane Wilson, Sculptor)
Wilson's sculpture is valued at $50,000 dollars. He says insurance companies have a vested interest in pursuing what they've insured, when and if it's stolen.
Wilson is uncertain if he'll donate his work again if it's not insured.
He says it makes no sense.
Susan Stanley, CBC News, Whitehorse
"There's still a lot of sadness about the fact that it was taken." (quote from Shane Wilson, Sculptor)
Shane Wilson no longer lives in Whitehorse. He moved to Vancouver Island shortly after his sculpture went missing. It was stolen from the Canada Games Centre during a power outage.
Thieves made off with a massive, intricately carved, moose antler sculpture.
Laurel Parry, Manager of the Yukon Arts Branch, is hopeful it will turn up.
"We're actually at the point where we really hope that it's recovered." (quote from Laurel Parry, Manager of the Yukon Arts Branch)
Parry says that the Yukon Government doesn't insure its Permanent Collection because it's too expensive to insure a collection which includes more than 200 pieces.
But Wilson says he wasn't aware of that policy when he gave his sculpture 'Seasons' to the Canada Games Centre.
"I understood when I donated it that it was insured." (quote from Shane Wilson, Sculptor)
Wilson's sculpture is valued at $50,000 dollars. He says insurance companies have a vested interest in pursuing what they've insured, when and if it's stolen.
Wilson is uncertain if he'll donate his work again if it's not insured.
He says it makes no sense.
Susan Stanley, CBC News, Whitehorse