Kari Lentowicz | Acimostawin 

By Executive Assistant | December 15, 2023

Kari Lentowicz Artist Gallery Contact Kari Lentowicz Cree, Saskatchewan Being a Rocky Cree woman from northern Saskatchewan, it is important for me and my people to carry on our traditions including our long lost art. After years of admiring the work of Angelique Merasty and watching videos of her creating her bitings, I wanted to…

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Mariah Smith Chabot

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | October 5, 2022
Mariah Smith Chabot, Birch Bark Bitings, jewelry, beadwork, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Mariah Smith Chabot Artist Gallery Contact Mariah Smith Chabot Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Mariah is Algonquin First Nation and grew up in her community of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, surrounded and mentored by many skilled crafters, beaders and dancers. She is a multi-visual artist and has been crafting since 6 years old. As she walks through her…

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Collin Alexander

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | December 2, 2020
Collin Alexander, Birch bark crafts, quilling, quillwork, carving, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Collin Alexander Artist Gallery Contact Collin Alexander Natoaganeg First Nation Kwe’/ hello, I am a member of the Natoaganeg First Nation (Mi’kmaq) my name is Collin Alexander. I am currently living between Toronto and New Brunswick studying history, anthropology and visual studies at the University of Toronto full-time. My work is rooted in the rediscovery and…

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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 pretty…

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Bernice Collins-Shigwadja

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | July 18, 2020
Bernice Collins-Shigwadaja, apparel & clothing, bags & wallets, beadwork, beader, birch bark, crafts, craft maker, quilling, quillwork, ribbon skirts, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Bernice Collins-Shigwadja Artist Gallery Contact Bernice Collins-Shigwadja Wikwemikong First Nation My name is Bernice Collins-Shigwadja, I am an Ojibway from Wikwemikong Ontario. I have been creating crafts for many years, including beadwork, quill work, birchbark canoes, and now I currently am using native fabrics to sew ribbon skirts of all sizes, purses, men’s dress shirts,…

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Pat Bruderer

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | February 13, 2019

Pat Bruderer Artist Gallery Contact Pat Bruderer Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Pat Bruderer (Halfmoon Woman) is originally from Churchill, Manitoba and spent most of her life in northern Manitoba. She now resides in the Kootenay area British Columbia. Pat is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan and she is a self-taught…

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