Photos by Christopher Tellez KITCHENER – Artists from across Turtle Island ignited the spirit of the season at Kitchener’s city hall for the annual very merry Indigenous art market. A harvest of beautiful handmade artworks greeted streams of admirers and shoppers and included intricately crafted beadworks, dreamcatchers, and moccasins wowed attendees alongside gorgeous ribbon skirts, paintings, prints, etchings, sculptures, and carvings on wood and stone Event organizer Alanah Astehtsi Otsistóhkwa (Morningstar) Jewell is a contemporary artist who is Bear Clan from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Jewell told Turtle Island News the market that began in 2018 included 35 to 70 artist vendors. “It’s a really good time to be together and to work towards arts and creation and to see familiar faces from our community,” she said. The…
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