Indigenous Beading Workshop – Orange Shirt Pin

When: Saturday, September 21, 10:30 am to 1:00 pm (Doors open 10:00 am)
Cost: $45 person
Friends of the BSM: $40/person
Where: Bata Shoe Museum – Footprints Room

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Join Toronto based Cree-Métis artist Marissa Magneson for a beginner friendly beading workshop! Through this hands-on workshop, participants will walk away with a greater understanding of Indigenous bead work, tools and techniques, and will work to complete a small beaded Orange Shirt pin. A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to the Woodlands Cultural Centre: Save the Evidence campaign. Space is limited, register today to avoid disappointment. No experience is necessary!

A note from the artist: “I include tobacco in these pins recognizing that learning and discussing topics including, but not limited to residential schools are heavy. The medicine is there to help us in navigating those feelings, and our commitment to and responsibility of reconciliAction. Likewise, this becomes a part of the ceremony found within this workshop as the medicine is added in community, so everyone is a part of that work.”

Participants are invited to fill their pins with tobacco, one of the four sacred medicines, but this step is not mandatory.

Agenda
10:00 am – Doors Open
10:30 am to 1:00 pm – Workshop (with a 30 minute break)

Please present your ticket at the Front Desk upon arrival.

This workshop will take place in-person in the Footprints room at the Bata Shoe Museum (located on the ground level). All materials and general access to the museum are included. Please arrive 5-15 minutes prior so that the workshop can begin as scheduled. Limited spots available. Refunds only permitted with 3 business days notice. With less than 3 business days notice, ticket sales are considered final and refunds will not be issued. Please refer to the refund and cancellation policy, and contact shan@batashoemuseum.ca with any questions.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Marissa Magneson is a Cree-Métis artist, photographer, educator, and workshop facilitator. She has a BFA honours degree from York University (Toronto, Canada) and a Master’s degree in Canadian and Indigenous Studies from Trent University (Peterborough, Canada). Her research explores Indigenous methodologies using beadwork as visual storytelling. Marissa’s work is rooted in decolonizing education, strengthening community, and cultural reclamation. In her collaborative work with various organizations, Marissa works towards photographing, consulting, educating, and creating programming in meaningful ways. Marissa would like to acknowledge her maternal grandmother, Elaine Jessop, whose life-long work on Indigenous women’s rights inspires her own journey.

Marissa is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at York University in the Faculty of Education where she is researching “Beadwork as Pedagogy: A Bridge Towards Cultural Reclamation and (re)Conciliation.”