Indigenous Bead Stringing Workshop with Naomi Smith

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This program is part of an annual series as part of Culture Days @ Toronto Public Library.

Join in on this introductory workshop on Indigenous bead stringing with Naomi Smith, Indigenous artisan, educator and proprietor of Black Tulip Designs.

Participants will learn how to create a beaded bracelet during the live workshop.

** Please note: bead kits have been mailed. Attendees without a kit are still invited to watch live by clicking on the Crowdcast link below.

Bead kit includes traditionally used items:

- artificial sinew

- glass beads

- deer hide lace

- moose hide pieces

- bone hairpipe

Links

• Register here crowdcast.io

Organisateur

Naomi Smith

Naomi Smith is actively involved in sharing traditional teachings with audiences, focusing on the ways of the Indigenous people of the Woodlands and Northeastern region from a historical and contemporary perspective often through the story of beads.

Her artwork embraces ancestral designs in the form of bags, adornment, and accessories using quillwork, beadwork and other indigenous methods and materials. Naomi's work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally. She has shown at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC, New York City, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and participates in numerous events throughout the year.