Traditional Knowledge Keepers Workshop: Floral Dot Art Acrylic Painting

Join artist Sadi-Rose Vaxvick in creating your own acrylic on canvas painting of Nêhiyaw (Cree) and Métis florals and dot art. Explore the process of creating florals and dot art with a short presentation and a tour of the Indigenous Gallery with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s Indigenous Program Specialist Jadav Cyr.

No experience necessary, open to ages (13+). Beginner to intermediate participants welcome. Materials will be provided. Registration is $25 per person.   

SCHEDULE:

9:45am – 10:00am || Participant arrival
10:00am – 12:00pm || Workshop part I
12:00pm – 1:00pm || Lunch (lunch is not included but there is a microwave, sink and fridge available for use)
1:00pm – 1:45pm || Indigenous Program Specialist Jadav to present on the process of creating florals and tour of the Indigenous Gallery
1:45pm – 4:00pm || Workshop part II

Sadi Rose ᓴᕀᑏ ᒥᐦᑯᑲᐧᓂᕀ Vaxvick is a Nêhiyaw and Saulteaux fine artist. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Sadi currently lives in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Registered on Ochapowace First Nation on Treaty Four Territory, Sadi has achieved her Bachelor of Fine Arts specializing in Indigenous Art from the First Nations University of Canada in 2023. During her post-secondary education she gained a level of appreciation and knowledge of her Indigenous ancestry, history and culture. Sadi’s goal as an Fine Artist is reconnecting to her spirituality through land, cereomies and nêhiyawêwin Y-dialect language in order to share to the world through the means of art. Art is her medicine. Sadi works in a variety of mediums in visual fine art. Sadi’s main work is painting with acrylic on canvas and drawing on large scale. Sadi also beads, creates sculptures with Brazilian soapstone and wood. Sadi’s newest edition is graphic design, and performing arts. 

Sadi has achieved her graduating exhibit in November 2022 with contracts with the City of Regina in 2022 and 2023, and the University of Ottawa in 2023.  Additional exhibitions include Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artist Collective; Opulence program “We Bead Everything Too” showcased at the Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre and “Next Wave” program showcased at the Artesian; mural painting with Newo-Yotina Friendship Centre in Regina 2024; public artwork located downtown Regina “Indigenous Voices on the Prairies” 2024 curated by Wendy Peart; a public tree sculpture located in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 2024; mural with HOMEBASE YMCA in Moose Jaw for their Indigenous spiritual room, 2024; and graphic design artwork in “Piapot Family Services” book 2025. Sadi is currently teaching art classes to all ages at the Moose Jaw Museam and Art Gallery. Sadi also has taken contracts with the Dunlop Art Gallery leading workshops through zoom and in-person along with a live-painting session.

This workshop is brought to you by the Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Traditional Knowledge Keepers Series, sponsored by Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation.

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