CURRENT NEWS and EVENTS
Kristi Bridgeman's work is regularly featured in exhibits in B.C. and Alberta, and was recently shortlisted for Governor Generals Award as well as several dozen fine arts and book awards.
The following is a selection of articles and features from the artists upcoming events and most recent projects.
The following is a selection of articles and features from the artists upcoming events and most recent projects.
Dec 3rd 2023 Indigenous Pop Up Winter Market
Moccasin Rock Painting Workshop
Moccasin Rock Painting Worshop..
Learn to paint tiny oval rocks, turning them into miniature moccasins.
Pause to reflect on the children who attended Residential Schools.
25% of workshop fee's to Residential School Survivors fund.
Book a workshop More rock samples
Learn to paint tiny oval rocks, turning them into miniature moccasins.
Pause to reflect on the children who attended Residential Schools.
25% of workshop fee's to Residential School Survivors fund.
Book a workshop More rock samples
JULY 29 to AUG 7th.
Annual Sooke Fine Art Exhibit
Seapark Centre, in beautiful Sooke BC
(click on show poster below)
Annual Sooke Fine Art Exhibit
Seapark Centre, in beautiful Sooke BC
(click on show poster below)
New watercolour work featured:
'Garry li shenn paashkwow balaansii'~
Michif for 'Balance of the Garry Oak meadow.'
'Garry li shenn paashkwow balaansii'~
Michif for 'Balance of the Garry Oak meadow.'
JULY 15th 2023
Annual Moss Street Paint In.
Annual Moss Street Paint In.
160 artists, live demonstrations and original artwork along beautfiul Moss Street.
This year Kristi was demonstrating her egg tempera metis beadwork designs
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JULY 8th
Textile Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
Join Breathe co-creator and artist Nathalie Bertin and Textile Museum of Canada Head Curator Armando Perla as they discuss the inspiration behind the Breathe project, connecting with community and creating art during a 21st-century pandemic, followed by a free opening reception to celebrate the opening of Breathe.
Textile Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
Join Breathe co-creator and artist Nathalie Bertin and Textile Museum of Canada Head Curator Armando Perla as they discuss the inspiration behind the Breathe project, connecting with community and creating art during a 21st-century pandemic, followed by a free opening reception to celebrate the opening of Breathe.
My tiny contribution to this beautiful exhibit is the miniature 'Newborn and Child' mask, honouring a childs experience during the early days of COVID. For many children during the pandemic, life took a surreal shift. A childs experience became homeschool at the kitchen table, yellow tape around the playgrounds, faces in masks and measuring distances between each other. We did this for our elders and those who couldn't fight off the virus.
During 2020 our family welcomed the arrival of a new baby. I had looked forward to attending this birth, as I have others in the family. Unfortunalty during COVID, hospitals limit visitors, so despite my experience as birth coach and a strong desire to be there with my daughter, I was unable to attend. I truly sympathized with how awful it must have been for those millions of people who were unable to be with their loved ones in hospital.
The fabric of this piece has been given an antique tea over dye to simulate a mask worn during the 1918 Spanish Influenza. The piece includes pastel medicine wheel colours and yellow mouse tracks, for the children. Decorated with Cree Metis designs in cotton crewel-work embroidery thread and glass beads.Medium: Cotton muslin, baby receiving blanket fabric lining, glass beads, cotton embroidery thread, cotton yarn pom poms, and filled with a small amount of sweetgrass, for gentle dreams.
During 2020 our family welcomed the arrival of a new baby. I had looked forward to attending this birth, as I have others in the family. Unfortunalty during COVID, hospitals limit visitors, so despite my experience as birth coach and a strong desire to be there with my daughter, I was unable to attend. I truly sympathized with how awful it must have been for those millions of people who were unable to be with their loved ones in hospital.
The fabric of this piece has been given an antique tea over dye to simulate a mask worn during the 1918 Spanish Influenza. The piece includes pastel medicine wheel colours and yellow mouse tracks, for the children. Decorated with Cree Metis designs in cotton crewel-work embroidery thread and glass beads.Medium: Cotton muslin, baby receiving blanket fabric lining, glass beads, cotton embroidery thread, cotton yarn pom poms, and filled with a small amount of sweetgrass, for gentle dreams.
.Daniel Lapp's recent 'Joy of Life' spring festival poster. Their choice of 'All my Relations' as poster image fits a spring musical event perfectly. The original painting is created with ink, watercolour, velvet and glass beads, by Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman
Metis Artists Spotlight
Metis Artists Spotlight
​Metis Nation of British Columbia
February 2023
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiQEWuy_54/
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Voices in Circle at Farquhar Indigenous Performers and Arts, Farquhar Auditorium, University of Victoria
Saanich Naturescape Booklet!
Included in this Naturescape booklet by the District of Saanich is illustration work by Kristi Bridgeman. The booklet is full of ideas for supporting native species by protecting, maintaining, and enhancing wildlife habitat and native biodiversity on our own property. Even just keeping oak leaves as mulch for the butterflies helps!
FREE booklet here
FREE booklet here
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MOCCASIN ROCKS for Survivors
This ongoing project raises funds for Residential school Survivors. The artists hand paints and offers the little rocks for purchase at various local events. All proceeds donated to Residential School Survivors. The topic takes on deep connection because the artists ancestors attended residential school.
Moccasin Rocks see more
Moccasin Rocks see more
NEW Children's Book "Ethan's Big Adventure"
"Ethan joins a busy beaver on a wonderful adventure through gardens and ponds,
until. exhausted, he returns to his cozy home. A colourful little walk through the life of a hard working beaver. "
Fourth collaboration
with Rachel Wyatt,
and Kristi Bridgeman,
Designed by Greg Glover
MORE INFORMATION
Ethan's Big Adventure
"Ethan joins a busy beaver on a wonderful adventure through gardens and ponds,
until. exhausted, he returns to his cozy home. A colourful little walk through the life of a hard working beaver. "
Fourth collaboration
with Rachel Wyatt,
and Kristi Bridgeman,
Designed by Greg Glover
MORE INFORMATION
Ethan's Big Adventure
Indigenous People’s Experience at Fort Edmonton Park- amiskwacîwâskahikan
During such a difficult time and with so many people grieving across the land, this space is significant to give voice and visibility to FNMI people. Many artists and artisans work is displayed there, and true stories are told in the voice of the people. This space will educate and inform, with tens of thousands of visitors and school groups going through it each year.
The Metis cabin also features Lisa and Kristi's collaborative works. Their families, (the Campions, Chalifouxs, Donalds, L’Hirondelles, Norris, Gladues and Dumonts) were there on the land along with so many other Métis families at the very beginning of the formation of the province.
Image: Shepherd/Bridgeman collaborative works as ceiling projections, Metis Cabin, Fort Edmonton Park.
Royal Alberta Museum
Breathe: Creating resilience through traditional art
Through hardship, we turn to art; through challenge, we turn to tradition. Discover resilience and humanity amid a 21st-century pandemic in this exhibition of hand-crafted masks by artists from around the world.
The masks of Breathe share their makers’ unique stories of fear, courage, sadness, hope, love, and healing that unite us all. Each mask was crafted through diverse mediums including beadwork, embroidery, birch bark etching, quill work, quilting, rug hooking, metalwork, and glass fusion.
My tiny (newborn sized) embroidered mask contribution is included in the exhibit.
Click image for more info.
Breathe: Creating resilience through traditional art
Through hardship, we turn to art; through challenge, we turn to tradition. Discover resilience and humanity amid a 21st-century pandemic in this exhibition of hand-crafted masks by artists from around the world.
The masks of Breathe share their makers’ unique stories of fear, courage, sadness, hope, love, and healing that unite us all. Each mask was crafted through diverse mediums including beadwork, embroidery, birch bark etching, quill work, quilting, rug hooking, metalwork, and glass fusion.
My tiny (newborn sized) embroidered mask contribution is included in the exhibit.
Click image for more info.
Greater Victoria Naturehood Map:
A Guide to many Adventures!
I am pleased to have been invited to create work for the new Greater Victoria NatureHood Map.
Watch for copies through Hotel Grand Pacific, Delta Ocean Point, Oak Bay Pharmasave, District of Saanich, Bateman Gallery of Nature, and Swan Lake Nature House.
Thank you to all of the individuals and groups that were involved in putting this together!
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A Guide to many Adventures!
I am pleased to have been invited to create work for the new Greater Victoria NatureHood Map.
Watch for copies through Hotel Grand Pacific, Delta Ocean Point, Oak Bay Pharmasave, District of Saanich, Bateman Gallery of Nature, and Swan Lake Nature House.
Thank you to all of the individuals and groups that were involved in putting this together!
Click image for more information
NEW! ONLINE STORE
For your convenience we now offer online ordering, categorized either by design or product type.
All works are created with earth friendly materials and printed on FSC certified paper.
We ship worldwide via Canada Post (calculated at checkout) or coordinate for local physically distanced pick up.
Please note. Due to high volumes of shipments this year, please allow extra time for your purchase to arrive.
We invite you to take a look around! Click image for more imformation
For your convenience we now offer online ordering, categorized either by design or product type.
All works are created with earth friendly materials and printed on FSC certified paper.
We ship worldwide via Canada Post (calculated at checkout) or coordinate for local physically distanced pick up.
Please note. Due to high volumes of shipments this year, please allow extra time for your purchase to arrive.
We invite you to take a look around! Click image for more imformation
Detail, Meadow Camas, Garry Oak Ecosystem, Saanich Field Guide,
New 2021 Saanich, BC, Saanich Parks Field Guide
Saanich Parks released a beautiful new field guide to inspire a passion for nature discoveries in parks close to home. This illustrated field guide highlights some of the plants and animals found in Saanich parks and the different types of ecosystems where they live. It is a visual learning tool aimed at youth, but the intent is to encourage learning and enjoyment for all park visitors.
“We hope our new guide will enhance the experience of our park visitors and encourage them to be curious about their natural surroundings,” said Manager Community Development and Business Systems Nathalie Dechaine. “The guide is part of our Natural Intelligence initiative that aims to improve citizens’ knowledge about our natural world and how we connect with it. In deepening that connection with nature, we tend to be happier, healthier and motivated to protect it. ”
The field guide was developed to have the look and feel of an artist’s nature notes highlighting some of the plants and animals that live in our local ecosystems. Illustrated to capture the spirit and beauty of the unique nature that exists around us. Saanich Parks will develop resources for families and educators to use with the field guide so they can broaden their learning while experiencing these lovely places. Saanich parks provide vital habitat for plants and animals. Please help us protect these special places by treading carefully, taking only memories and leaving nothing but footprints.
“We hope our new guide will enhance the experience of our park visitors and encourage them to be curious about their natural surroundings,” said Manager Community Development and Business Systems Nathalie Dechaine. “The guide is part of our Natural Intelligence initiative that aims to improve citizens’ knowledge about our natural world and how we connect with it. In deepening that connection with nature, we tend to be happier, healthier and motivated to protect it. ”
The field guide was developed to have the look and feel of an artist’s nature notes highlighting some of the plants and animals that live in our local ecosystems. Illustrated to capture the spirit and beauty of the unique nature that exists around us. Saanich Parks will develop resources for families and educators to use with the field guide so they can broaden their learning while experiencing these lovely places. Saanich parks provide vital habitat for plants and animals. Please help us protect these special places by treading carefully, taking only memories and leaving nothing but footprints.
Illustrated field guide highlights some of the plants and animals found in Saanich parks and the different types of ecosystems where they live.
The 'BREATHE' Travelling Exhibit
2020 Exhibit, Whyte Museum, Banff. CBC: Indigenous artists Facebook: BREATHE Group Globe and Mail: COVID 19 Masks Article: APTN Article: LOCAL NEWS |
The artists tiny mask creation will be travelling with a large body of work throughout North America. For more on Kristi's breathe mask |
RECENT and PAST EVENTS
