Shailla Manitowabie Cooke Artist Gallery Contact Shailla Manitowabie Cooke Wikwemikong I learnt how to bead from my elders and women in my community, I find it to be a very sacred ritual and tradition that we must hold onto in order to protect our traditional ways and culture. I studied Fashion Techniques & Design and […]
Tonya lee Artist Gallery Contact Tonya Lee My native Teachings were passed down to me by my step mother and was passed down to her from her mother. I have also picked up some teachings on my pow wow trail from the elders that I talk to. Buy her work at… Contact Artist Contact Artist […]
Jordyn Hendricks Artist Gallery Contact Jordyn Hendricks Red River Taanshi, Jordyn Hendricks dishinakashoon. Rivyar Rooj doschin. Hello, my name is Jordyn Hendricks. I am a Two Spirited artist from Red River Region, and I use they/them pronouns. I have been privileged to access formal training for visual arts, I attended the visual arts program at […]
Brandie Fong Artist Gallery Contact Brandie Fong Nipissing First Nation I am a proud member of Nipissing First Nation, Ontario. I began sewing moccasins about 15 years ago and have slowly expanded my skills into beading and sewing Indigenous pieces. I carried on to teach my daughter with the help of some community members and we now […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fran Rogers Artist Gallery Contact Fran Rogers Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation I am a Woodland Cree woman and a member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory. I am a mother of a daughter and a son and I enjoy sewing and beading regalia for them to dance in. I enjoy the […]
Joan Brant Artist Gallery Contact Joan Brant Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation My name is Joan Brant, I was taught how to make moccasins by an Ojicree friend. I have been beading since childhood. The sealskin I use for the childrens wraps was gifted to me by a great aunt who wanted me to continue the […]
Pauline Gilley Artist Gallery Contact Pauline Gilley Mi’kmaq, Qalipu First Nations Pauline Gilley, Member of Qalipu First Nation. I am living in Corner Brook, NL but grew up in Sally’s Cove and Rocky Harbour, NL. I learned sewing from my Grandmother. She made seal skin boots and moccasins for her family. Although I never learned […]