Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes Artist Gallery Contact Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes Inuk My name is Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes. I am an Inuk artist from Ottawa, ON. I have dedicated my whole career as an emerging Indigenous artist reclaiming my traditional practices. I enjoy painting, beading, sewing and giving back to my community. Contact Artist tarakalla@hotmail.com Ottawa, ON Artist Website & […]
Crystal Behn Artist Gallery Contact Crystal Behn Fort Nelson First Nation Crystal Behn is of Dene and Carrier ancestry. She was born and raised in Treaty 8 traditional territory and resides in northern British Columbia, Canada. Crystal grew up watching her mother create and sell native arts as a way to sustain the family. “I […]
Sean Rayland Artist Gallery Contact Sean Rayland Sagkeeng First Nation Hi, my name is Sean Rayland, and I’m the founder of Red Rebel Armour. I created RRA to inspire Indigenous men to take action and overcome cycles of abuse, addiction, and inter-generational trauma. So they can reclaim their role in the community as leaders and […]
Vina Wolf Artist Gallery Contact Vina Wolf Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation My name is Vina Wolf. I am Kái Tailé Denesǫłine. I have been sewing since I was a child. I remember waking up early and finding my Grandmother sitting in her chair sewing. I would sit and watch her sew while the rest of […]
Laura McLaughlin Artist Gallery Contact Laura McLaughlin Métis Laura Mclaughlin (NEE Jobin) was born in Prairie Echo Alberta (Great Lakes Country) to Ambrose and Nora Jobin. She learned to sew at a young age from her aunt Lena Jobin. As an adult, Laura moved with her 4 small children to Edmonton Alberta where she put […]
Shar Wilson Artist Gallery Contact Shar Wilson Gitxsan Nation Amma Sa! I am Tsimshian of Gitxsan and Nisga’a ancestry. My name is Wihl Buun and my given name is Shar Wilson. I create with form line that was vetted 1000’s of years ago. When I create I think about the master carvers and artists who drew […]
J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth Artist Gallery Contact J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth Ahousaht, Nuu-chah-nulth J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth (One who gives away and still stands tall) is from the Nuu- chah-nulth homelands on Vancouver Island and is a descendant of whale hunters and cedar bark weavers. J’net is also an emerging textile artist and milliner who uses art as a vital way […]
Rose Mckenzie Artist Gallery Contact Rose Mckenzie Lac La Ronge, First Nation Rose Mckenzie-McLeod from Amechwespimowin sask, Lac La Ronge Indian band member. My late grandmother and my mother taught me how to bead at a young age growing up in the trapline, I didn’t do bead work for many years I recently started beading […]
Bernice Collins-Shigwadja Artist Gallery Contact Bernice Collins-Shigwadja Wikwemikong First Nation My name is Bernice Collins-Shigwadja, I am an Ojibway from Wikwemikong Ontario. I have been creating crafts for many years, including beadwork, quill work, birchbark canoes, and now I currently am using native fabrics to sew ribbon skirts of all sizes, purses, men’s dress shirts, […]
Georgina Crate Artist Gallery Contact Georgina Crate Anishinabequay, Cote First Nation My colonized name is Georgina Crate. However, I am Wabinoquay (Morning Star Women), I am of the Bear Clan, I am Anishinabequay, from Cote First nation in Treaty Four Territory. I am a grandmother, been living on our sacred mother earth for 65 years. […]