Samantha Stevens | GokmisCreations

By Executive Assistant | April 17, 2023
Samantha Stevens, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Native American Art, First Nations Art

Samantha Stevens Artist Gallery Contact Samantha Stevens Anishinaabe, Nipissing First Nation Samantha is an Indigenous, Anishinaabekwe Grandmother, and mother. She resides in Nipissing First Nation, Robinson Huron Treaty. While most of Samantha’s artistry has been self taught, she has had a lot of inspiration from her parent’s, grandparents, friends and Elders. As a child she…

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Moni Garr

By Executive Assistant | April 12, 2023
MoniGarr Indigenous Art

Moni Garr Artist Gallery Contact Moni Garr Onkwehonwe/Kanien’kéhake, Akwesasne My mother (Akwesasneron) taught me raised beadwork in the 1970s. She learned from her aunt in Akwesasne. It is an art that has been passed down many generations in Akwesasne. I have since learned how to improve and hone my own techniques and find inspiration from…

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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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Aaren McNary

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | November 9, 2022
Aaren McNary, Beadwork, jewelry, moccasins, ribbon skirts, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Aaren McNary Artist Gallery Contact Aaren McNary Samson Cree Nation, Alberta My name is Aaren McNary, I am a Plains Cree artist from Samson Cree Nation currently living in Red Deer, AB. I have always been interested in beading and was taught by my mother as a child. My Mother was a victim of the…

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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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Cher Trudeau

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | November 14, 2021
Cher Trudeau, Fashion And Textile, Fashion Designer, Multi-Disciplinary, Regalia & Sewing, jewelry, clothing, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Cher Trudeau Artist Gallery Contact Cher Trudeau Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation Cheryl K. Trudeau is an Anishinabe CIS woman from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, whose parentage comes from Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Cheryl is an artist born and raised in Toronto, ON. As a child, she drew…

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Lisa Charette

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 7, 2021
Lisa Charette, beadwork, jewelry, ribbonwork, regalia, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Lisa Charette Artist Gallery Contact Lisa Charette Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation My name is Lisa Charette, I am an Anishnaabe artist from Wiikwemkoong living in Ottawa. Following in my late mother, Mary Jane’s footsteps, I have been making one-of-a kind creations for over 25 years, including custom made regalia, ribbon shirts and skirts, beadwork, and…

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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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Misty Fredericks

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | March 1, 2021
Misty Fredericks, Ribbon skirts, painting, beading, beadwork, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Misty Fredericks Artist Gallery Contact Misty Fredericks Six Nations of the Grand River She·kú ~ I am Onʌyoteˀa·ká· from Six Nations of the Grand River, living on the West Coast of Turtle Island. I am a Sixties Scoop Survivor and one of the ways I am reclaiming my cultural identity is to create art. I…

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Autumn Maracle | Rain Makes it Simple

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | January 18, 2021
Autumn Maracle, beadwork, moccasins, jewelry, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Autumn Maracle Artist Gallery Contact Autumn Maracle Mohawks, Tyendinaga I am Rain and I loved watching my great gramma make moccasins at her table, and playing with the beads and beadwork as a small child. I grew up always knowing I wanted to make crafts and things more than anything else and was always making something…

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