Susan Point

[6][10] There is broad agreement that Point's works were critical to the current efflorescence of contemporary Coast Salish art.

Her close study of the formal characteristics of historical works of Salish art laid the foundation for her contemporary productions - some based closely on new renderings in print form of historical spindle whorls in museum collections, and later expanding out into original forms in new media, such as glass, concrete, and bronze.

A heron is used for the logo of the City of Richmond and the symbol figures prominently in stories and histories of the Musqueam people.

The design represents the Salish belief in the interconnectedness of all forms of life, uniting Christian theology with First Nations culture and merging the traditional with the modern.

[20] Since 2014, the Penn Museum of the University of Pennsylvania has displayed a glass whorl by Point, made in 1994, in its "Native American Voices: The People – Here and Now" exhibit.