Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Quillwork Zig Zag Stitch with Vanessa Dion Fletcher
DATE: Thursday, April 18th, 2024
TIME: 5pm – 9pm
LOCATION: 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, ON
COST:
- Current AWE Members: Free admission
- Non-Members: $10
Learn how to zig zag stitch using porcupine quills! Use colourful dyes to transform the quills and learn how to zig zag stich.
Vanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse artist. Her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She uses porcupine quills, wampum belts, and menstrual blood to reveal the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally.
This workshop is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, University of Winnipeg.
Meet the Artist: Vanessa Dion Fletcher
Vanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse artist. Her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She uses porcupine quills, wampum belts, and menstrual blood to reveal the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an Indigenous and gendered body with a neurodiverse mind, Dion Fletcher primarily works in performance, textiles, and video.
She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2016 with an MFA in performance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in 2009. She has exhibited across Canada and the US at Art Mur Montreal, Eastern Edge Gallery Newfoundland, the Queer Arts Festival Vancouver, and the Satellite Art show in Miami. Her work is part of the collection of the Indigenous Art Centre, the Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Vtape, Seneca College, Global Affairs Canada, and the Archives of American Art.
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