Fishscale Workshop with Jaime Morse & Erin Konsmo

Join us to learn about the history and practice of Métis fish scale artwork and the importance it has in Indigenous contemporary art.

Date: February 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Location: Manasc Isaac, 10225 100 Avenue NW

Free to attend, limited spaces available. Please email info@ociciwan to register for the class.

Accessibility: Venue is barrier free. Transit info: Bus stops at 103 Street and Jasper for routes 1, 2, 5, 14, 16, 52, 70, 88, 100, 109, 111, 120, 160, 161,162, 309, 560 - Approx. 4 minute walk to building.Nearest LRT station is the Bay - Approx. 4 minute walk to building. Bus stops at 101 Street and McDonald Drive for routes 9, 151 - Approx. 4 minute walk to building.
Paid Impark parking available across the street.

Jaime Morse is a mother, wife, educator, artist, entrepreneur and “mom-ager” for the Métis Cultural Dance Troupe; Prairie Fire 🔥

Currently, Jaime works at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) as an Educator of Indigenous Programs and Outreach. While working at the NGC, Jaime has created programs for hundreds of Indigenous youth and families through the first International Indigenous Art Exhibition in 2013 called Sakahàn and has worked as a bridge between Indigenous communities and institutions during the Indigenous and Canadian Galleries overhaul.

Jaime has a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian Studies with particular interest to Native & Northern Studies and Art History. As a former instructor at Algonquin College and Carleton University Jaime brings together her intuitive educating style, love for the arts and Métis culture with her skills as an artist working with fish scales, beadwork, birch bark biting and drawing in a two hour presentation on Fish Scale Art.

Erin Konsmo

Erin Marie Konsmo is a Métis Prairie queer from Alberta.They are an Indigenous full-spectrum doula, a harm reduction worker and artist.

Erin has a deep love for fish scales, beavers, muskrats, lichen and frogs. They like to spend their time harvesting birch bark, spruce roots, plant medicines, and processing and tanning moose and deer hides. Erin's visual arts practice currently uses birch bark, fish scales, and quills as some of their main media. They are also a textile artist, create digital illustrations and stencil artwork.