Tickets: $65 General Admission | $55 ACC Members

Join Krista Leddy, a Métis artist who delights in the shiny and sparkle of life, in creating sparkle encrusted birds while listening to stories around Métis art and decoration. The Métis, often referred to as the Peacocks of the Prairies, cover many of their clothing and other items with colourful and elaborate beadwork, quillwork, and embroidery.  This workshop offers a different perspective within the theme of Ornament and Crime - Adorned and Resisting. Participants will use basic sewing techniques and reclaimed jewelry with extra shiny bits to create a beautiful bird under the guidance of Krista. 

The workshop will take place in the Alberta Craft Council – Edmonton's downstairs Feature Gallery. The Feature Gallery Exhibition Ornament & Crime celebrates adorned, decorated, patterned and ornamented excess. 46 artists from across Canada are featured in this hyperbolic spectacle of exaggerated adornment with all the delightful trimmings they can muster. Ornament and Crime is an essay written in 1908 by Adolf Loos, an Austrian architect active in the early 1900s in Vienna, whose fierce opinions about ornamentation influenced the work of architects, designers and makers of his era as well as the development of Modernism. For infora

About your instructor:

Krista Leddy is a proud Métis woman whose family comes from the historical Métis communities of St. Albert and Lac St. Anne. She currently calls amiskwaciywâskahikan (Edmonton) home. Her beadwork is influenced by the beautiful teachings, stories, and patterns of her Métis ancestors and brings the spirit of her grandmothers into all of her pieces, whether they are traditional or contemporary in nature. Krista is passionate around her culture, sharing the depth of wealth of Métis identity through art and story.

Suitable for 15+, minors to be accompanied by an adult

All materials will be provided