By Edward Hitchins Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Peace Gallery North is displaying the work of two Peace region Artists through a double solo art exhibit in February. Haley Bassett is presenting `Bead Soup,’ while Farouzan Afrouzi highlights her work with ‘Entanglement’. For Bassett, whose artwork centres on identity, this was a chance to get more in touch with her Metis roots. A former program coordinator at Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Bassett said that despite her extensive work as a painter, beadwork was a relatively new skill she first learned in 2019. She had assembled a beadwork workshop at the gallery, where she became interested and learned the art form. “It was taught by a Cree artist named Adrienne Greyeyes,” said Bassett. “I learned from her. Originally, it was just a…
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