Posts Tagged ‘British Columbia’
Breanna Podlasly
Breanna Podlasly Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Breanna Podlasly Cooks Ferry Indian Band Breanna Podlasly was born in Lillooet, BC in 1994 and is of Cook’s Ferry Indian Band descent, from the Village of Spence’s Bridge, near Ashcroft, BC. She was raised in a small community town at the Northern part of Vancouver Island, called Sointula…
Read MorePriscilla Omulo | Qwa’up Creations
Priscilla Omulo Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Priscilla Omulo Tsartlip First Nation, British Columbia I am a Tsartlip First Nations artist. I have grown up learning my culture, ceremony and fortunately different arts. My mother taught me how to bead, knit, sew and paint. I learned to cedar weave by my mentor Leonard Williams. We worked…
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Saraphine Recalma Artist Gallery Contact Saraphine Recalma Qualicum First Nation, British Columbia I am a Kwak’waka’wakw artist, and I have been drawing and painting since I could hold a crayon! I started designing button blankets for my family when I was 14 years old, and learned to paint from my sisters and was later mentored…
Read MoreAl-Lisa | Miss White Spider Arts
Al-Lisa Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Al-Lisa Secwepemc First Nation, British Columbia I am a multidisciplinary artist working from home in the beautiful Fraser Valley. I am surrounded by vast open farmlands, beautiful mountains, hills, cedar forests and wild nature. I also hail from, and live part-time in the Cariboo Chilcotin, a place of diverse majestic…
Read MoreShonta Campbell | Decolonial Bimbo
Shonta Campbell Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Shonta Campbell Ebb & Flow First Nation, British Columbia My name is Shonta Campbell (Kishiqweb). I am a 23-year-old woman from Vancouver, British Columbia. My nations are Heiltsuk, Anishinaabe and Wuikinuxv. I started learning art in Behavorial Therapy as a child, under the recommendation of Child and Family Services.…
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Avis Blackbird Artist Gallery Contact Avis Blackbird Bonaparte First Nations, British Columbia I am Secwepemc and Sto:lo with mixed European heritage but was raised without traditional culture in the city. My family was forced to deny their ancestry to hide from residential schools. The inter-generational trauma in our family tree has created so much division.…
Read MoreLajah Warren | Artwork by Lajah
Lajah Warren Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Lajah Warren Cree/Metis, Songhees Nation My name is Lajah Warren (she/her) and I am an Indigiqueer artist from lək’ʷəniʔən territory. I am an interdisciplinary artist, with a focus on acrylic painting, and poetry. My artwork blends traditional designs with expressive art therapy techniques to create pieces that are entrenched…
Read MoreLaura Mulks-Elworthy | Living Dust Ceramics
Laura Mulks-Elworthy Artist Gallery Performance Contact Laura Mulks-Elworthy Métis Nation of British Columbia I am Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and Mètis on my father’s side of the family, my ancestors descend from The Pembina band of Red Bear Chippewa. As such I respect and feel very called to represent the beauty, value, and spirit of all nature in…
Read MoreShane Mcree
Shane Mcree Artist Gallery Performance Contact Shane Mcree Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, British Columbia I grew up in a home where creating was competition. My late grandpa, Logan Alexis, was a carpenter singer, drum maker, and hunter, while my grama sang and sewed. My uncles played sports, sang, painted, and played in bands; If you…
Read MoreJennifer Bartels
Jennifer Bartels Artist Gallery Contact Jennifer Bartels Métis Nation of British Columbia I have lost many loved ones and pets this year, too many in my books. In my grief I found that working with my hands has helped me so much. Luckily, a community member showed me how to put the ribbon and the…
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