Jill Simser

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 24, 2020
Jill Simser, beader, beadwork, craft maker, crafts, leatherwork, dreamcatchers, moccasins, earrings, barrettes, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Jill Simser Artist Gallery Contact Jill Simser Cree, Moose Cree First Nation Jill Simser is a proud Cree and is a member of the Moose Cree First Nation. She is a “sixties scoop” adoptee and over the years has reconnected with her biological family. Beading skills run in the family, her grandmother Jane was a…

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Theresa Burning

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 21, 2020
Theresa Burning, beader, beadwork, jewelry, quillwork, quills, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Theresa Burning Artist Gallery Contact Theresa Burning Seneca/Ojibway My name is Theresa Burning and I’m Seneca/Ojibway. My grandmother who raised me and my siblings taught me how to bead. I started beading in my late teens and didn’t get serious about it until I reached my 30’s. I do beading and quilling in my spare…

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Fran Rogers | The BEAD Lodge

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 21, 2020
Fran Rogers, leatherwork, beader, beadwork, craft maker, crafts, moccasins, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Fran Rogers Artist Gallery Contact Fran Rogers Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation I am a Woodland Cree woman and a member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory.  I am a mother of a daughter and a son and I enjoy sewing and beading regalia for them to dance in.  I enjoy the…

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Karen Starr Beauvais

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 21, 2020
Karen Starr Beauvais, beader, crafter, jewelry maker, dreamcatchers, medicine bags, sterling silver, jewelry, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Karen Starr Beauvais Artist Gallery Contact Karen Starr Beauvais Mohawks of Kahnawake My name is Karen Starr and I am a First Nations Mohawk of Kahnawake. Creating is in my blood and my hands were made for crafting, I have been sewing and painting from an early age. My grandmother was a beader and I…

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Rose Mckenzie | Eskotew Pithisew Meskiki

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 11, 2020
Rose Mckenzie, Apparel & Clothing, beadwork, beader, ribbon skirt, mixed medium, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Rose Mckenzie Artist Gallery Contact Rose Mckenzie Lac La Ronge, First Nation Rose Mckenzie-McLeod from Amechwespimowin sask, Lac La Ronge Indian band member. My late grandmother and my mother taught me how to bead at a young age growing up in the trapline, I didn’t do bead work for many years I recently started beading…

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Sharon McKeigan

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 8, 2020
Sharon McKeigan, Beadwork, beader, hats, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Sharon McKeigan Sharon McKeigan Algonquins of Pikwakanagan Sharon died April 20, 2023. We leave this page up in memory of our friend, Sharon McKeigan. She was a valued member of the IAC since the beginning and she will be missed.

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Rose Moses

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 8, 2020
Rose Moses, beadwork, beader, craft maker, crafts, painter, painting, workshop, Ojibwe Jingle Dress Doll, facilitator, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Rose Moses Artist Gallery Contact Rose Moses Ojibwe, Henvey Inlet First Nation My name is Rose Moses. I am Ojibwe from the Henvey Inlet Band. I am a self taught artist and have drawn on the inspiration of other First Nations artists. I up cycle a lot of my materials when I am working on…

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Joan Brant

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 8, 2020
Joan Brant, beader, beadwork, leatherwork, moccasins, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Joan Brant Artist Gallery Contact Joan Brant Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation My name is Joan Brant, I was taught how to make moccasins by an Ojicree friend. I have been beading since childhood. The sealskin I use for the childrens wraps was gifted to me by a great aunt who wanted me to continue the…

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Linda Peterson

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 8, 2020
Linda Peterson, basket maker, basketry, beadwork, beader, craft maker, crafts, quilling, quillwork, birch bark, jewelry, jewelry maker, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Linda Peterson Artist Gallery Contact Linda Peterson Michipicoten First Nation My name is Linda Peterson, I live in Wawa. My upbringing taught me to work with birch bark, sweetgrass and later on I taught myself beadwork, and other Indigenous crafts. Today I am retired, partner, mother, grandmother and great grandmother enjoying my life and creating…

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Victoria Ransom

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 5, 2020
Victoria Ransom, beadwork, beader, drawing, painting, painter, jewelry, jewelry maker, visual arts, pen and ink designs, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Victoria Ransom Artist Gallery Contact Victoria Ransom Mohawk of Akwesasne Victoria, wolf clan is a Kanienkehà:ka artist from Akwesasne. She attended school at University of Ottawa for a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Aboriginal Studies with a minor in Political Science. Victoria is a mixed media artist who mainly does pen and ink but also…

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