Mekinawewin: "to give a gift"- Handmade Paper Making Workshop with Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal

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Join exhibiting artist and community activist Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal who works with indigenous networks of knowledge. Her work with natural materials including clay, handmade paper and traditional medicines is, “a reminder of the responsibility that we all need to uphold to the land for which we live and work on, as well as to the people, plants and animals of Turtle Island.”

This workshop will take participants of all ages through the process of creating handmade paper. In keeping with Cardinal's nêhiyaw tradition, the first handmade paper sheet pulled will be gifted away to the artist’s Mekinawewin: to give a gift project, while the participant has a choice to bring the rest of their pulled sheets home with them.

This program is free. All materials will be provided. Light refreshments will be offered.

Bring your own natural or collage materials you wish to embed in the handmade paper you create.

Everyone is welcome. Space is limited to 22 participants. Please register by Friday, September 27 by calling (780) 532-8111, or e-mail: [email protected]

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The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie is one of the largest Free Admission galleries in Western Canada. It is one of a number of programmed spaces within the Montrose Culture Centre and shares communal spaces with the Grande Prairie Public Library and Teresa Sargent Hall. Strict adherence to climate and security controls has earned the Gallery a “Category A” designation by the Movable Cultural Properties Directorate of Canadian Heritage. This designation permits the Gallery to preserve and exhibit artworks to the highest of national standards.