Carrie Benyk

By Executive Assistant | January 12, 2023
Carrie Benyk, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Native American Art, First Nations Art

Carrie Benyk Artist Gallery Contact Carrie Benyk Cree, Manitoba Carrie has lived in Manitoba all her life and is now recently retired. She is a self-taught artist but has been an avid painter since childhood. She enjoys creating cultural artwork such as moccasins, gauntlets and mitts, mini decoration drums, medicine bags, dreamcatchers, ribbon skirts, painted…

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Dawn Ashcroft

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | May 13, 2022
Dawn Ashcroft, Ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts, beaded pins, regalia, moccasins, mittens, dreamcatchers, acrylic paintings, beadwork, pine needle baskets, birch bark baskets, sweetgrass baskets, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Dawn Ashcroft Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Dawn Ashcroft Mitaanjigamiing First Nation My name is Dawn Ashcroft, I am an Anishinaabe-kwe from the Traditional Anishinaabe Territory of Treaty 3 with mixed ancestry of Welsh descent. I’ve had very few formal teachers due to the very early passing of my maternal Grandmother who was murdered. I am…

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Candace Whitney

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | October 5, 2021
Candace Whitney, beadwork, jewelry, feathers, crafts, dreamcatchers, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Candace Whitney Artist Gallery Contact Candace Whitney Gwich’in First Nation My name is Candace Whitney,  I am a proud member of the Gwich’in First Nations. I am passionate about my art as it connects me to my heritage. I started learning to make dreamcatchers from a family member at a young age and it inspired…

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Darbi Hawley

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 10, 2021
Darbi Hawley, Acrylic paint, dream catchers, Jewelry, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Darbi Hawley Artist Gallery Contact Darbi Hawley Métis Nation of Alberta My name is Darbi Hawley, I am Métis artist currently residing in Innisfail, AB. I have been practicing my craft since I was a child and feel very lucky that my family has passed down their talents to their children and grandchildren. What motivates…

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Jennifer Taback | Nokonanamis

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | March 23, 2021
Jennifer Taback, beadwork, dreamcatchers, regalia, crafts, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Jennifer Taback Artist Gallery Contact Jennifer Taback Shawanaga First Nation My name is Jennifer Taback, I am from Shawanaga First Nation.  I have been a professional designer for over 10 years. Currently, I am exploring the links between traditional art and digital methods of expression, especially beadwork in relation to jewelry and design. As an…

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April Stephan-Erikson

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | December 13, 2020
April Stephan-Erikson, crafts, dreamcatchers, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

April Stephan-Erikson Artist Gallery Contact April Stephan-Erikson Tallcree First Nation, Manitoba When I was younger I learned to make Dreamcatchers in class at school, as I grew older I forgotten the teachingsSo four years after losing my job and expecting my last child I looked on YouTube videos how to make Dreamcatchers and used Pinterest…

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Speplól Tanya Zilinski 

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | October 4, 2020
Tanya Zilinski, beadwork, beader, dreamcatcher, crafts, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Speplól Tanya Zilinski Artist Gallery Contact Speplól Tanya Zilinski Manitoba Métis Federation Speplól TANYA ZILINSKI BIOGRAPHY Tanya Zilinski (b. 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist, Halq’eméylem teacher and Matriarch of their family. They are a member of The Red River Nation with maternal family and ancestral ties to Anishinaabe, Cree, Dakota and Huron-Wendat Nations throughout Turtle…

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Chantelle Henry | Quillwork by Chantelle Henry

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 3, 2020
Chantelle Henry, beadwork, beader, craft maker, crafts, dreamcatchers, jewelry maker, jewelry, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Chantelle Henry Artist Gallery Contact Chantelle Henry Thames First Nation Chantel Henry is an Indigenous Artist known for her innovated designs and techniques. She’s also a facilitator working towards the revitalization of traditional art forms. She currently practices in porcupine quilling, caribou hair tufting and fish scale and bone work. In between working and her passion…

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Amanda Crocker | Daydreamer Designs

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | October 12, 2019
Amanda Crocker, Daydreamer Designs, Indigenous artist, jewellery, dreamcatcher, art, workshop, first nations, indigenous arts collective of canada, pass the feather, indigenous art, aboriginal art, indigenous art directory

Amanda Crocker Artist Gallery Contact Amanda Crocker K’omoks First Nations Amanda Crocker, lives and works in Courtenay, B.C. which is within the beautiful unceded territory of the K’omoks First Nations. She has grown up in the Comox Valley and she considers it to be her home.  Her background consists of English, French, Irish, Scottish and…

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