Anishinaabe Art

A collaboration with Native Artists and Allies to teach and learn Anishinaabe art methods that have been passed down for generations.

Upcoming Workshops (see all):

About

Since 2018, we’ve collaborated with Native Artists and Allies to teach and learn Anishinaabe art methods that have been passed down for generations. We encourage the community to learn and create contemporary forms of Anishinaabe art in addition to traditional art. Our work is multigenerational and inclusive. We prioritize safe spaces and believe our art is an opportunity for connection and healing.

Art workshops we’ve offered and continue to offer include, but aren’t limited to:

  • Building wiigwaas jigmaan (birch bark canoes) We are proud to share, we have completed 3 canoes with different communities in Northern MN and the Twin Cities area.

  • Makakoon (traditional baskets) of many kinds such as winnowing, and birch bark made.

  • Winter birch bark etching

  • Brain-tanning hides

  • Painting on brain-tanned hides with fish eggs and earth pigments

  • Creating star maps for storytelling

  • Pucker toe and Split toe beaded moccassins

  • Learning to create beadwork, and different jewlery

  • Sewing ribbon shirts, skirts, regalia, quilts and blankets

  • Woodworking (Snowsnakes, woodburning)

  • Drum and Dance

  • Mashkiki (medicine) harvesting

  • Anishinaabe Storytelling