Brittany Kidman Boyle Artist Gallery Contact Brittany Kidman Boyle Alderville First Nations I am a self taught artist. I first learned how to do bead work while at Trent University. From there i have taught myself how to make moccasins, mukluks and quill work. All my work is completed by hand with no machines used. […]
Keri Mitchell Artist Gallery Contact Keri Mitchell Mohawk from Akwesasne She:kon! My name is Keri Mitchell, I’m a Mohawk from Akwesasne. Growing up in Akwesasne, I’ve been very fortunate to be surrounded and inspired by many amazing artists and crafters that used our Haudenosaunee imagery in their works. When I was young, my mom taught me […]
Gail Braun Artist Gallery Contact Gail Braun Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation My name is Gail Braun, I am a member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba. I grew up in South Indian Lake MB, watching women in our community beading and sewing. Eventually I was taught by several woman how to bead vamps. Over […]
David Charette Artist Gallery Contact David Charette Ojibway, Wikwemikong ON My name is David White Deer Charette. I grew up in Ottawa, Canada. My community is Wikwemikong, ON. I am an Ojibway two spirit artist. I started beading when I was 12. My sister taught me how to bead and my aunt taught me how […]
Jennifer Bowles Artist Gallery Contact Jennifer Bowles Nekaneet First Nation, SK I am Cree from Nekaneet First Nation outside of Maple Creek, SK. I learned how to bead in early 2019 at Miywasin Friendship Centre here in Medicine Hat, AB, where I’ve lived for most of my life. I feel a very strong connection to my Indigenous […]
Frank Sarazin Artist Gallery Contact Frank Sarazin Algonquin of Pikwakanagan My name is Benjamin Francis Sarazin. I’m Algonquin of Pikwakanagan. I have been doing the powwow trail in Quebe and Ontario for 30+ years as well as teaching the youth for the last 10 years about leatherwork, drum making and beading. Buy his work at… […]
Karole Dumont Artist Gallery Contact Karole Dumont I come from a long lineage of Metis artists, artisans, and seamstresses, and I enter the Northern Lodge’s “Golden Years,” I enjoy sharing the teachings I received with the younger generations. Being raised to the sound of a sewing machine, loom weaving and needle work feeds the creative […]
Dale Goulet Artist Gallery Contact Dale Goulet Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation My name is Dale, I was taken away from my family and heritage at a very young age. Luckily I reunited with my biological family later on in my twenties. My biological mother showed me a few things about beading before she passed away. Later on I […]
Jill Simser Artist Gallery Contact Jill Simser Cree, Moose Cree First Nation Jill Simser is a proud Cree and is a member of the Moose Cree First Nation. She is a “sixties scoop” adoptee and over the years has reconnected with her biological family. Beading skills run in the family, her grandmother Jane was a […]
Theresa Burning Artist Gallery Contact Theresa Burning Seneca/Ojibway My name is Theresa Burning and I’m Seneca/Ojibway. My grandmother who raised me and my siblings taught me how to bead.I started beading in my late teens and didn’t get serious about it until I reached my 30’s. I do beading and quilling in my spare time […]