Join Woodland Cultural Centre for Our Virtual Indigenous Craft Fair - Woodland Cultural Centre

Published On: June 11, 2021Categories: Archives, Art, Events, News, Online Activities

Our First Virtual Craft Fair is Happening June 11-13, 2021

This year Six Nations organizations will be hosting, selling, and promoting Indigenous crafts, art, and products during the Virtual Craft Fair.

Indigenous Artisans and Crafters will have a whole community of support behind them and will learn critical skills to help them market their businesses in a digital age!

Woodland Cultural Centre, Six Nations Tourism, Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association, Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks, and Six Nations Arts & Crafts partnered with 12 local vendors to help sell their products and learn critical marketing and business skills.

Explore Our Vendors Below and Check Out Their Pages to Learn More

Our Medicines ~ Onónhkwa

Owned and Operated by Shelley Squire

Specializes in unique jewellery/‘peace’s’ using medicine from Mother Earth. Shelley hopes is that the wearer finds comfort spiritually, emotionally, physically and/or mentally, as well as include self-love/care for themselves as often as possible throughout their personal journey.

SunHeart Rises Designs

Owned and Operated by Trip Phoenix

Specializes in handmade Native bone and beaded chokers, necklaces, bracelets and earrings

Giizhigat

Owned and Operated by Deborah Aaron

Specializes in maple syrup, dream catchers, t-shirts, and bone chokers

Sayo’:kla Kindness/Williams ni’:yukya’ts

Owned and Operated by Sayo’:kla Kindness/Williams ni’:yukya’ts

Specializes in beadwork

Yohskats Art & Design

Owned and Operated by Stevie Jonathon

Specializes in beadwork accessories and digital art print

Robert Morgan Art

Owned and Operated by Robert Morgan

Specializes in soapstone and antler carvings

Montana Adams

Owned and Operated by Montana Adams

Specializes in Acrylic, Oil, Watercolour paintings and Charcoal drawings. Montana has also begun expanding his artistic talents into Tattooing.

Powless + Co.

Owned and Operated by Kelsey Powless

Specializes in wooden sign making

Stalking Heron Art

Owned and Operated by Cody Houle

Specializes in beaded earrings and necklaces, paintings

Three Fires Ti-Pi Night Lights

Owned and Operated by Peter Redmond

Specializes in Ti-Pi night lights

Lofttan

Owned at Operated by April Mitchell-Boudreau

Specializes in handmade convertible jewelry

Sherry Berry Designs

Owned and Operated by Sherry Lickers

Specialize in ribbon skirts and shirts mostly ladies /material masks /embroidery on tea towels

Go to Our Facebook Event Page To Keep Up With Our Craft Fair Everyday

Ganęhsgwao:ta’go:wah is the word we use in the

Ganęhsgwao:ta’go:wah is the word we use in the Cayuga language for the month of April. It refers to the frogs' voices becoming louder during this time of year. If you live near a pond or body of water, it's very noticeable how loud they can get.

pronounced: gun-ess-gwao-ta-go-wa

Our Language Centre is dedicated to strengthening, revitalizing, and maintaining First Nations Languages, locally, regionally, and nationally. The Language Department has been instrumental in a massive effort to revitalize languages at all levels in the community, including immersion schools and grassroots language programs in our support communities, and across the Hodinohsho:ni Confederacy.⁠

Comment below how to say 'April' in your language!

Have you checked out Redstone Fine Arts' soapstone

Have you checked out Redstone Fine Arts' soapstone sculptures?

Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, each sculpture is a testament to Tonia's artistic vision and reverence for Indigenous heritage. Rich in symbolism and cultural significance, these sculptures embody the essence of strength, tradition, and storytelling.

Discover the timeless beauty and profound meaning of Tonia Hill's soapstone sculptures, where artistry and heritage converge in a harmonious celebration of culture.

Click the link in our bio to shop Woodland!

Our Executive Director, Heather George, wanted you

Our Executive Director, Heather George, wanted you to know in addition to your donations helping to support language revitalization, education programming, contemporary art exhibitions and the preservation of the former Mohawk Institute – your donations also help us save important historical documents and belongings (artifacts) such as this scrap book.

This scrap book was kept by Augusta Gilkison, daughter of Col. Gilkison who was the Indian Agent assigned to Six Nations of the Grand River from 1862-1891. It captures an important time of external pressures and internal changes in Six Nations. The book includes news clippings and documents about the First World War, the Six Nations Council House, the Agricultural Society, the opening of the Mississaugas of the Credit Council House, Joseph Brant’s monument unveiling, commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the War of 1812 and various events and gatherings in the community.

As the backing paper is made from wood pulp it is very acidic and starting to crumble. Our plans for the scrapbook include digitizing the pages to allow increased access and when funds allow, we will undertake full conservation and stabilization of the pages.

Visit our website to learn more about the important work being done at the Centre!

Help the WCC gift shop to sell the limited stock w

Help the WCC gift shop to sell the limited stock we have left of our Every Child Matters long sleeve shirts! Our team is working hard at bringing new orange shirts to you this year, and we're so excited to share them with you.
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These long sleeves are currently marked down to $10! We have sold down much of our stock and only have YOUTH SIZE MEDIUM LEFT. We will not be restocking other sizes.
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Shop online to get your orange shirts while you can, click the link in our bio!

The Woodland Cultural Centre is thrilled to announ

The Woodland Cultural Centre is thrilled to announce our new solo-retrospective exhibition, "Melanie Monique Rose: Ii moond difleur - The Flower People".

Melanie Monique Rose is a Metis/Ukrainian visual artist from Regina, Saskatchewan Treaty 4 Territory, a citizen of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, and a long-time contributing member of Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective Inc. Rose’s work centres on kinship and relationships between the land, ourselves and each other. Through plants and flowers Rose invites transmissions of ancestral knowledge and teachings while also imagining and creating a de-colonial future through the lens of Metis worldviews.

Join us for our opening reception on Saturday April 27 at 2:00pm. Light refreshments and snack will be available. This innovative and inspiring exhibition will be available in the galleries for viewing until June 23, 2024.

Click the link in our bio to visit our Upcoming Events page!

Have you checked out Redstone Fine Arts' soapstone sculptures?Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, each sculpture is a testament to Tonia's artistic vision and reverence for Indigenous heritage. Rich in symbolism and cultural significance, these sculptures embody the essence of strength, tradition, and storytelling. Discover the timeless beauty and profound meaning of Tonia Hill's soapstone sculptures, where artistry and heritage converge in a harmonious celebration of culture. Shop in-person or online in our museum gift shop: www.shopwoodlandculturalcentre.ca/product/tonia-hill-redstone-fine-arts-soapstone-sculpture/621?c...#Indigenous #IndigenousVoices #IndigenousArt #IndigenousEvents #FirstNations #FN #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousCulture #BrantOnt #Brantford #BrantEvents #OnHeritage #OntarioHistory #Giving #SixNations #SixNationsEvents #ShopLocal #ShopIndigenous ... See MoreSee Less

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