Traditional Knowledge Keepers Workshop: Rug Hooking

This workshop is now SOLD OUT. Email info@royalsaskmuseum.ca to get on the waitlist.

Join Margaret Harrison for an introduction to traditional Métis rug hooking. No experience necessary, open to ages (13+). Beginner to intermediate rug hookers are welcome to participate. Materials will be provided to create a small wall hanging.  The workshop includes a unique opportunity to view pieces in the Indigenous History Collection at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.

Schedule:

• 9:45 – 10:00am || Arrival (coffee, tea and cold drinks provided)
• 10:00am – 12:00pm || Workshop part 1
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm || Lunch (lunch is not included, but workshop space is equipped with a fridge and microwave for bagged lunches)
• 1:00pm – 2:00pm || Tour of the Indigenous History Collection with Curator of Indigenous Cultural Heritage Bailey Monsebroten
• 2:30 – 4:30pm || Workshop part 2

Full-day parking available in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum parking lot.

Margaret Harrison was born and raised on the road allowance at Katepwa Lake in the Qu’Appelle Valley.She is proud of her Métis heritage and her roots to the Red River. She spent many hours helping her mother, Adeline Pelletier dit Racette, prepare and make hooked rugs and adorning clothing and household items with embroidery. Her work in both these traditional forms is highly praised and on display at the Batoche National Historic Site and the Gabriel Dumont Institute. Margaret pays tribute to her mother and her heritage by preserving and sharing what she has learned.

Bailey Randell-Monsebroten (she/her) is a Métis Art Historian, Beader, Auntie and the Curator of Indigenous Cultural Heritage at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Her family roots are in the Red River Settlement with some family names including Hodgson, Cook, McLennan, and Inkster.

This workshop is the second in the Traditional Knowledge Keepers Series, sponsored by Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. Watch for additional workshop topics in April and May.

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