Posts Tagged ‘indigenous art’
Avis Blackbird
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 MoreTrinity Antone | Rising Raven Creations
Trinity Antone Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Trinity Antone Oneida Nation of the Thames, Ontario Shekoli (Hello)! My name is Trinity, I am a 21-year-old Haudenosaunee and Two-Spirit artist from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. I belong to the Bear Clan, known as the Medicine People within my nation, and I strive to spread healing…
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Bre Quirion Artist Gallery Contact Bre Quirion Manitoba Métis Federation Taanshi, Bre dishinkashoon. Nova Scotia oschi niya, pi White Horse Plains niwikin. Hello! My name is Bre, and though I was born in Nova Scotia, White Horse Plains is where I call home. I am a two-spirit Michif-Otipemisiwak creative based in Treaty 1 territory.…
Read MoreAprilraine Punadumooe-goos Landry
Aprilraine Punadumooe-goos Landry Artist Gallery Contact Aprilraine Punadumooe-goos Landry Mi’kmaq, Nova Scotia My name is Aprilraine and I am from Mi’kma’ki. My father, Beaver, taught me how to create art from things we find in nature, he was always making dreamcatchers out of willow branches, and he taught me how to leather-wrap feathers at a…
Read MoreJessica Rabbitskin | Princess Heart Designs
Jessica Rabbitskin Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Jessica Rabbitskin Plains Cree First Nation, Saskatchewan Princess Heart Designs is an Indigenous owned business located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Jessica Rabbitskin is Plains Cree First Nation woman from Big River First Nation. Jessica has been a beader all her life, but in 2020 she launched her business and…
Read MoreJody L’Hirondelle Swanson | Red Hot Pots
Jody L’Hirondelle Swanson Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Jody L’Hirondelle Swanson Métis Nation of Alberta I am a Cree/ Métis artist who creates original Indigenous pottery, leatherwork and beadwork. We are descendants from Jacques L’Hirondelle and celebrate all Indigenous families and French. I have been making pottery since 1995 and moccasins/beading since 2018. All pieces are…
Read MoreRonald Joseph Kerr
Ronald Joseph Kerr Artist Gallery Contact Ronald Joseph Kerr Manitoba Métis Federation I learned a basic form of reforming fur felt hats, most of the hats I use are at least 30+ years old. I will transform let’s say a cowboy hat into a boss of the plains or a high top fedora style hat…
Read MoreDarlene Maracle | Aksótha Designs & Fabrics
Darlene Maracle Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Darlene Maracle Mohawk, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Darlene Maracle is Kanien’kehá:ka from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. She has been sewing since she was young taught by her grandmother Vellis Brant Maracle and her mother Bertha Maracle both who were seamstresses. She has created unique Ribbon Skirts, Ribbon Shirts and Regalia for…
Read MoreHeather Cabral | Inspired by Nature
Heather Cabral Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Heather Cabral Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, Ontario Kwey! I’m Heather Cabral, a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. In the fall of 2022, I embarked on an incredible journey—one that transformed me into the artist I never thought I could be. I started working with a variety of…
Read MoreSiera Hancharyk | Inaabiwin Wiigwaas
Siera Hancharyk Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Siera Hancharyk Anishinaabe, Wiikwemkoong Beading is my passion, wearable artwork. Buy Indigenous made – not Indigenous inspired. Siera is from Wiikwemkoong, Odawa and Potowatomi. Siera currently resides in Treaty 13 territory- Toronto. Siera works and lives on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek,…
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