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Cross-Cultural Creation Residency Applicant Info Session 🌳

Are you in interested in applying for this year’s Cross-Cultural Creation Residency?

Potential applicants are invited to join Jericho Knopp, Programming Director with ArtsLink NB, for a short presentation about the residency followed by Q&A session.

Illustration of a forest by a river. Text reads: CCCR Applicant Info Session. February 14 @ 12pm via Zoom. Cross-Cultural Creation Residency. Followed by Q&A session with ArtsLink NB's programming director Jericho Knopp

Where: Via Zoom

When: February 14 @ 12 pm

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84620945940pwd=UUFIRXJIbitmSEtPUTNDVmxsOHdkUT09

Meeting ID: 846 2094 5940

Passcode: 603379

Mawi’Art: Wabanaki Artist Collective, in collaboration with ArtsLink NB and L’Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB), is hosting the fourth Cross-Cultural Creation Residency, June 16-25, 2023 in Metepenagiag.

The 10-day residency will take place at Metepenagiag Heritage Park and Outdoor Lodge, and artists will have the opportunity to work on a personal project as well as exchange creative energy and cultural wisdom with eight other artists.

The deadline to apply is February 19th, 2023.

Details on how to apply are here:

Cross-Cultural Creation Residency 2023
February 7, 2023 in CCCR
Beadwork in a yellow, green, and orange pattern.

Beadwork Basics

January 21, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Mawi’ Arts Wabanaki Artist Collective is excited to share Indigenous culture through traditional arts, including beading, quillwork, ash basketry.

Beadwork in a yellow, green, and orange pattern.

Join us for a free Indigenous Art workshop in Beadwork Basics, on January 21.

Hosted at The Dandy at 385 Mazzucas Lane, Mi’kmaw Artist Mel Beaulieu will lead the group in creating beautiful beaded keychains.

All workshops are free to attend, but space is limited, so a returnable $20 deposit required to hold your spot.

Your deposit will be returned to you following your check-in at the workshop.

If you identify as Indigenous, use promo code “Mawi” to bypass paying a deposit.

This workshop is suitable for beginners, but not recommended for children.

Free

Mawi’art

385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton

385 Mazzucas Lane
Fredericton, E3B 7H5 Canada + Google Map
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January 10, 2023
Learn to carve with Wolastoqey master artist, Charlie Gaffney. Create a beautiful piece of artwork while learning about Wabanik culture. No experience necessary; all tools, materials, and equipment provided. When: Saturday mornings, 9am-12pm, and Monday evenings, 6-9pm. Start date: Saturday, January 7, 2023. End Date: Monday, February 20, 2023. Location, Mawi'Art Studi. Enter through the Dandy Paint Lounge, 385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton. Cost: $600 + HST. Materials fee: $100

Learn to Carve ⚒️

January 7, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

7 week carving class, 14 classes in total.

Learn to carve with Wolastoqey master artist, Charlie Gaffney. Create a beautiful piece of artwork while learning about Wabanik culture. No experience necessary; all tools, materials, and equipment provided. When: Saturday mornings, 9am-12pm, and Monday evenings, 6-9pm. Start date: Saturday, January 7, 2023. End Date: Monday, February 20, 2023. Location, Mawi'Art Studi. Enter through the Dandy Paint Lounge, 385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton. Cost: $600 + HST. Materials fee: $100

Learn to carve with Wolastoqey master artist, Charlie Gaffney. Create a beautiful piece of artwork while learning about Wabanaki culture. No experience necessary; all tools, materials, and equipment provided.

When: Saturday mornings, 9am-12pm, and Monday evenings, 6-9pm.

Start date: Saturday, January 7, 2023. End Date: Monday, February 20, 2023.

Location, Mawi’Art Studi. Enter through the Dandy Paint Lounge, 385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton.

Cost: $600 + HST. Materials fee: $100

Contact admin@mawiart.org to register or to learn more.

$600

Mawi’art

385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton

385 Mazzucas Lane
Fredericton, E3B 7H5 Canada + Google Map
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December 23, 2022
Image of a mini birch bark canoe. Text reads: Mini Birch Bark Canoes, led by Janna Nicholas. Thursday, December 15th, 6pm - 9:30pm.

Mini Birch Bark Canoes 🛶

December 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

This Thursday evening (December 15th) learn to create a miniature birch bark canoe with Janna Nicholas.

Image of a mini birch bark canoe. Text reads: Mini Birch Bark Canoes, led by Janna Nicholas. Thursday, December 15th, 6pm - 9:30pm.

Visit https://bit.ly/mawiart-hands-on to learn more and sign up to attend next week’s session.

This workshop is FREE to attend. Seats are limited, so be sure to register in advance.

What: miniature birch bark canoes

When: Thursday, December 15th, 6:00-9:30 pm

Who: Birchbark Artist Janna Nicholas. Janna is from Negotkuk. She makes etched pictures , baskets and flowers from birchbark. She is self taught and enjoys sharing her traditional knowledge from a Wolastoqiyik perspective.

Where: 385 Mazzucas Ln, Fredericton, NB E3B 7H5. Our studio is on the second floor with access by stairs only.

Mawi’art

385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton

385 Mazzucas Lane
Fredericton, E3B 7H5 Canada + Google Map
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December 14, 2022
Image of a beaded wristlet. Text reads: Beaded Wristlets led by Kyana Kingbird. Thursday, December 8th, 6-9pm

Beaded Wristlets with Kyana Kingbird 📿

December 8, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This Thursday evening (Thursday, December 8th) learn how to bead a mini wristlet with Kyana Kingbird. Part of Mawi’Art Hands On: Wabanaki Arts Workshops.

Image of a beaded wristlet. Text reads: Beaded Wristlets led by Kyana Kingbird. Thursday, December 8th, 6-9pm

Go here to learn more and sign up to attend next week’s session.

This workshop is FREE to attend. Seats are limited, so be sure to register in advance.

What: Beaded wristlets

When: Thursday, December 8th, 6:00-9:00 pm

Who: Mi’kmaw and Ojibwe Artist & Dancer, Kyana Kingbird.

Where: 385 Mazzucas Ln, Fredericton, NB E3B 7H5. Our studio is on the second floor with access by stairs only.

Free – $20

Mawi’art

385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton

385 Mazzucas Lane
Fredericton, E3B 7H5 Canada + Google Map
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December 6, 2022
Image of a beaded flower. Text reads: Beaded Brooches by Becca Ireland, Thursday, November 24th, 6pm - 9:30pm

Beaded Brooches 🌸

November 24, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

On Thursday, November 24th, learn beadwork basics and how to create a beaded flower brooch with Becca Ireland.

Image of a beaded flower. Text reads: Beaded Brooches by Becca Ireland, Thursday, November 24th, 6pm - 9:30pm

Visit https://bit.ly/mawiart-hands-on to learn more and sign up to attend the session.

This workshop is FREE to attend. Seats are limited, so be sure to register in advance.

What: Beaded flower brooches

When: Thursday, November 24th, 6:00-9:30 pm

Who: Mawi’Art and Artist, Becca Ireland, a Wolastoqey woman, mother of four, language warrior, and tree hugger.

Where: 385 Mazzucas Ln, Fredericton, NB E3B 7H5.

Our studio is on the second floor with access by stairs only.

Free

Mawi’art

385 Mazzucas Lane, Fredericton

385 Mazzucas Lane
Fredericton, E3B 7H5 Canada + Google Map
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June 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am – June 12, 2022 @ 11:59 pm

Keynote Speakers for Petapan 2022 are Elder Maggie Paul, Possesom Paul, and Jeremy Dutcher! Join us in Fredericton, NB, from June 9th-12th for this amazing experience.

Petapan: First Light Indigenous Arts Symposium

Petapan—meaning ‘First Light’—is an arts symposium that brings together close to 150 Indigenous artists and arts professionals from the Atlantic provinces every two to three years. The first was held in Millbrook (NS) in 2014, the second in Dieppe (NB) in 2016, and the third in St. John’s (NL) in 2019.

Petapan is the fruit of a partnership between the arts boards of all Atlantic provinces, as well as the Canada Council for the Arts and Canadian Heritage. 

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