🪶 Artist Spotlight: Melissa Peter-Paul 🪶
Melissa Peter-Paul is a dedicated Mi’kmaq Quill artist from Abegweit First Nation. Her journey into quill work began in 2014 when she attended a workshop alongside her cousin Cheryl, who has been a significant mentor in her artistic development. Over the past nine years, Melissa has deepened her connection to her culture, ancestors, and family through her art, describing it as a “true connection all around.”
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🪶 Artist Spotlight: Melissa Peter-Paul 🪶
Melissa Peter-Paul is a dedicated Mi’kmaq Quill artist from Abegweit First Nation. Her journey into quill work began in 2014 when she attended a workshop alongside her cousin Cheryl, who has been a significant mentor in her artistic development. Over the past nine years, Melissa has deepened her connection to her culture, ancestors, and family through her art, describing it as a "true connection all around."
🎥 Video Courtesy of CBC
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Annie Martin’s artistic journey is as diverse as her talents; beyond pyrography and hat designs, she explores mixed media, incorporating elements like leather and natural materials, weaving narratives of Indigenous culture and tradition into her creations. Learn more about her process and inspiration in this video, courtesy of CBC. @rosewolfcreations
Annie Martin's artistic journey is as diverse as her talents; beyond pyrography and hat designs, she explores mixed media, incorporating elements like leather and natural materials, weaving narratives of Indigenous culture and tradition into her creations. Learn more about her process and inspiration in this video, courtesy of CBC. 🎥🪶
🪶 Artist Spotlight: Novalea Mackinnon 🪶
In the CBC series "Made in Epekwitk," we shine a spotlight on Indigenous artisans throughout the Island. Today, we introduce you to Novalea Mackinnon, a Chippewa artisan from Rama First Nation, who has deep roots right here on P.E.I. Mackinnon's creative repertoire spans various mediums, but it's in beadwork where her passion truly shines.
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🪶 Artist Spotlight: Keptin Jim Bernard 🪶
Keptin James (Jimmy) Bernard is a Mi’kmaw artisan specializing in the traditional art of basket making. Growing up on Lennox Island and Boston, Jimmy learned to pound the ash, shave the wood, and weave it into baskets from his parents, David Bernard and Dorothy Sark. While making baskets served as a means of survival for his parents, the craft became a lifelong love and therapeutic outlet for Jimmy.
Today, he spends much of his time engrossed in his craft, continuing to pound, shave, cut, and weave intricate baskets. His one-of-kind works of art can be displayed for their beauty and used as they were intended, to carry or hold items. Jimmy makes his baskets from black ash and sugar maple trees, sourcing his raw materials from northern New Brunswick and with help from the many friends he’s made over his lifetime. His basket designs are inspired by the people and places that have made a mark on his heart over the years. When he can, Jimmy enjoys basket making alongside his friend, Joe John Sanipass from Elsipgotog First Nation.
Jimmy is proud to carry on the Mi’kmaw tradition of basket-making. He hopes that by sharing his passion he can help revive this important craft and its cultural significance. His baskets are available for sale when he does demonstrations around the Island, as well as at Christmas craft fairs that he participates in.
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🪶 Artist Spotlight: Jacqueline Sark-Arsenault 🪶
Jacqueline Sark-Arsenault's crochet slippers bring people back to her table at the Indigenous Artisan market every year. Jacqueline's love of creating started as a child when her father showed her how to knit and she's been making things ever since.
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