Indigenous Women's Arts Conference 2022
October 14-16th, 2022 | Canadian Museum of History | Willis College, St. Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa
Tansi! Tawnshi! Tawow! Shé:kon! Annii! Boozhoo! Kwey Kwey! ᐊᐃ
The IACC is proud to work on this monumental project with partners, friends, artists and community members.
The mandate of the Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada is to support Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers in the safe transfer of arts and culture.
Over time, the extensive damage to our Indigenous communities and families has interrupted the transmission of valuable knowledge and resulted in generations of Indigenous people that seek to [re]learn our original ways of being. This knowledge is what the IACC strives to [re]capture through programming and gatherings such as the Indigenous Women's Arts Conference.
We must be gentle with our Elders; they are our last connection to Indigenous ways of knowing.
This conference presents dozens of Indigenous arts and culture workshops and reaches out specifically to elevate home based artists, Elders, urban and on reserve Indigenous mothers, daughters, aunties and sisters.
We believe that the knowledge lives in the homes and hearts of these women and by enabling them spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally and financially, we are not only empowering each other to establish important contributions but we are cultivating, protecting and conserving the ways of our grandmothers and ancestors.
This women's gathering and all those to come are traditional, community based activities that will advance and regenerate both ancient and contemporary creation of Indigenous arts while assuring that our spirituality accompanies each piece we create.
Free Workshops for Indigenous Women
There will be over 2 dozen free workshops for Indigenous women including:
- Fur Tufting with Carmen and Alyssa Miller
- Porcupine Quilling with Alyssa and Carmen Miller
- Ribbon Skirts with Frankie Pasapa
- Hoop Dancing with Faryn King
- Black Ash Utility Baskets with Theresa and David Dearhouse
- Fancy Black Ash Basketry with Carrie Hill of Chill Baskets
- Black Ash and Sweetgrass Bookmarks with Nanci Ransom and Debbie Cook-Jacobs
- Inuit Throat Singing and Drumming With Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge
- Seal Skin Red Dress Pins with Inuk artist, Christine Gautreau
- Inuit Linocuts with renowned Inuk artist Niap (Nancy) Saunders
- Traditional Poke Tattoos with Gillian, Inua & Karonhioko'he
- Tattoos with Andrea McDonald
- Beading Vamps into Moccasins with Dodie Thompson
- Kairos Blanket Exercise with Tealey Kasennisaks Normandin
- Natural Medicines and Tea Tasting with Snipe Clan Botanicals
- Birch Bark Bitings with Halfmoon Woman, Pat Bruderer
- Beading Earrings and Feather with Charlene Raven Tolley, Raven's Nest
- Wood Dream Catchers with Tanya Keech, Homespun Naturals
- Indigenous Women's Portrait Studio with Brandy Bloxom Photography
- Amauti (Inuit Parka - Light) with Augatnaaq Eccles
- Seal Skin Red Dress Pin with Christine Gautreau
- Acrylic Painting with Tracey Metallic ...and more.
Women's Ribbon Skirt Sharing Circle
The Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada is happy to announce the IACC Ribbon Skirt Sharing Circle event!
Donate, exchange, or take one for FREE!
How it works: Conference registered Indigenous women can stop by our Ribbon Skirt Sharing Circle at Willis College, St. Laurent Shopping centre October 15th to 16th to collect a FREE skirt or exchange yours for FREE!
Please donate your idle ribbon skirts to Indigenous women who need them. Can’t attend and want to donate? No problem! Mail your skirt donations to:
Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada,
C/O Dymon Storage
323 Coventry Road,
Unit #M137
Ottawa, ON K1K3X6
Miigwetch, nia:wen, mérci and thank you for helping us empower Indigenous women, one skirt at a time!
Discover Your Cultural Property in the Museum Archives
In partnership with the Canadian Museum of History, we will have access to the archives where thousands of our grandmothers', grandfathers' and ancestor's work is stored.
Discover ancient beadwork, basketry, sacred items, artifacts, regalia and more - all belonging to us and kept by the institution.
Indigenous Women's Ceremony and Feast
We will gather in ceremony and eat together in the Great Hall of the Canadian Museum of History.
Led by Kanien'kaháka, Wolf Clan, Jonel Beauvais we will enjoy an evening of local performers including throat singers, dancers and vocalists.
With our funding, the IACC chooses to include as many Indigenous women as possible. We will not have famous headliners at this event, we will have real, talented women from our own communities - we will uplift and value all the gifts that we carry in our very own communities.
October 14 & 15, 2022 | Canadian Museum of History.
Archive Tours
Identifying, Reclaiming and Revitalizing Indigenous Arts and Culture.
The collections, which take up 4 kilometers of shelf space, date from the 1860s to the present and consist of Indigenous archaeological specimens, sacred items, artifacts including basketry, regalia, beaded items, musical transcriptions and more.
Participants will tour and identify works created in Indigenous communities across the Turtle Island.
Reception & Feast
October 15, 2022,
Great Hall, Canadian Museum of History, 6-10pm. Indigenous Women's Arts Conference Women's Honour Ceremony.
Hosted by Kanien'kehá:ka (Wolf Clan) Matriarch Jonel Beauvais.
Full Buffet
This is an alcohol free event.
Performances
Theresa Bear Fox and the Haudenosaunee Women's Singers, Throat Singers Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge, Hoop Dancer Faryn King, singer Mikayla Francis, Lyon's Sisters Métis Dance Troupe and more!
Eagle Feather ceremony for Indigenous survivors of Indian residential schools, sixties scoop and Mothers and Grandmothers who are surviving their child's suicide. We honour the strength and love that these women carry.
October 15th, Great Hall, Canadian Museum of History
Registration will open soon!
October 15-16th, 2022 | St.Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa
Traditional Arts Workshops
Willis College, St.Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa
Registration will open soon.
Over 20 workshops including: black ash basketry, ribbon skirts, drums, painting, porcupine quilling, caribou tufting, beaded feathers, moccasins and more.
Registration: Workshop registration is free for women who cannot afford to contribute financially. If you are able to pay for your workshop, your donation will sponsor a woman who cannot pay.
Indigenous Arts Marketplace
Everyone is welcome to shop! Dozens of Indigenous women artists will be selling their hand made products.
Artists include: Millside Ceramics, The Beading Drum, Wick It, Tealey Products, Migwan's Wigwam, Jill Simser Beadwork and more!
Vendors space for IACC members. To apply for IACC Membership: Artist Free Membership Application - Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada
All vendors are First Nations, Métis or Inuit. All products are hand made. No medicines or sacred items can be sold.
IWAC Venue Details
October 14 & 15 • Canadian Museum of History
October 15 & 16 • Willis College • St.Laurent Shopping Centre
Host Hotel Details • Holiday Inn Ottawa East
IWAC Official Hotel is Holiday Inn Ottawa East
1199 Joseph Cyr Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Register for: Indigenous Women’s Conference Block for October 13-16
800-387-9779 Or 613-744-1060
Indigenous Women's Arts Conference rate is:
$139 + TAXES = $167.28 (Breakfast is included)
(Taxes are: HST ($18.07), MAT + HST ($6.28), Sust. Levy + HST ($3.93)
IAC Traditional Indigenous Art Workshops for Indigenous Women
Indigenous Marketplace in the St.Laurent Mall
Our Indigenous Arts Marketplace offered over 30 vendors free prime retail space within the St.Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa. Vendors reported exceptional sales and a welcoming environment. Shoppers expressed their happiness at having hand made products in the mall and their spending reflected that. All have committed to returning for next year's conference.
IAC Traditional Indigenous Art Market @ St. Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa
Indigenous Women's Arts Conference 2022 is sponsored in part by:
