Colouring Contest #2
June 7-12, 2020
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June 7-12, 2020
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Spend some time at home with your family, exploring Indigenous arts and culture with our colouring contest. Featuring art from First Nations, #Metis and #Inuit artists.
Weekly prizes for all ages.
Prizes each week and for each age group. All prizes are Michaels Stores Gift cards to support our young, budding #artists with whatever art supplies spark their interest.
PRIZES $200 in Michaels Gift Cards per age category.
$100 Gift Card - Most votes/likes
$50 Gift Card - Second most votes/likes
$50 Gift Card -Random selection from all the beautiful submissions
AGE GROUPS
• 0 - 6 years old
• 7 - 12 years old
• 13+ (adults included!)
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
• Empty colouring pages can be found pinned to the top of the "Discussion" tab. Print the art piece that you would like to colour and submit.
• Upload your finished piece in this event listing by midnight on Friday June 12th. Please note the participant's name & their age when posting (as there are 3 age categories)
• All photos will be moved to photo albums on our main Facebook Page, categorized by age group. Voting will take place there.
• Encourage all of your family and friends to vote for your piece from June 13 and 14.
Voting closes & winners announced on June 14th at noon and then participate again next week!
HOW TO VOTE:
• Vote by hitting "Like" on a colouring page submission
• Voters must like our Facebook page (Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival) for their vote to count
***To make it fair and fun for everyone, a second winner will be selected from each age category.**
ARTISTS
We'd like to say a great big thank you to all of the artists who have allowed us to use their beautiful work in our colouring contests. We know that they are just as excited as us to see your beautiful creations!
Norman Igloopialik, Inuit Artist
Norman Igloopialik two drawings are his Inuit super hero creations for his comic book project. These illustrations are of an Inuit hunter “Riding a Giant Bear” and “Sedna” the Sea Goddess. Norman is a well-known Ottawa-based artist who also creates artwork of Inuit children’s books.
Carissa Metcalfe-Coe
Carissa is a young Inuk woman born and raised in Ottawa. Her mother, Trudy Metcalfe-Coe, has created many opportunities for Carissa to stay connected with her culture through the Ottawa Inuit community.
While in university as a full time student, Carissa is a strong advocate for her Inuit community and works very closely with Inuit youth.
In her spare time, Carissa works with seal skin, does bead work, has picked up her mother’s culinary skills and has recently started teaching herself how to do traditional Inuit women’s tattoos. Some designs of Tunniit can be seen displayed in the colouring pages.
Pam Cailloux
Pam's work reaches deep into the Woodlands style creative vault to bring forward echoes of traditional beliefs and protocols that portray her rich heritage. Pam's impressive brushwork focuses on teachings from the Medicine Wheel, on the powerful force of the collective sisterhood and on the spirit of Mother Earth.
Included in her list of accomplishments is involvement with a national campaign by the organization, Artists Against Racism. The campaign titled "Eagles Rising" utilized the power of Indigenous artists to create awareness for like Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and the power of healing through our love for the world.
Her work can be seen at Lineage Gallery located on Bank Street in Ottawa, and at events throughout Quebec and Ontario. Contact her directly for commission work. View Pam's work below on her Art For Aid gallery page.
Christi Belcourt, Metis Artists
Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions and the knowledge of her people. In addition to her paintings she is also known as a community based artist, environmentalist and advocate for the lands, waters and Indigenous peoples. She is currently a lead organizer for the Onaman Collective which focuses on resurgence of language and land based practices. She is also the lead coordinator for Walking With Our Sisters, a community-driven project that honours murdered or missing Indigenous women. Her work Giniigaaniimenaaning (Looking Ahead) commemorates residential school survivors, their families and communities to mark the Prime Minister’s historic Apology in 2008 and is installed at Centre Block on Parliament Hill commissioned by the Government of Canada. She was named the Aboriginal Arts Laureate by the Ontario Arts Council in 2015. In 2016 she won a Governor General’s Innovation Award and was named the winner of the 2016 Premier’s Awards in the Arts. Author of Medicines To Help Us (Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2007) and Beadwork (Ningwakwe Learning Press, 2010). Christi’s work is found within the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Gabriel Dumont Institute, the Indian and Inuit Art Collection, Parliament Hill, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Canadian Museum of Civilization, First People’s Hall.
Naomi Blondin
Born in Laval Quebec but has spent most of her life in the Ottawa Valley region. Mother, Verna Stevens from Kitigan Zibi First Nations, is an artist as well. Naomi often uses black ink for her art and has done some paintings on traditional drums made by her uncle Kenny Stevens. She’s also a naturalist and spends a lot of time studying native animals and plant species as well as traditional medicine.
Saelym DeGrandpre
We are so excited to be working with these talented, Indigenous artists and look forward to working with even more in our next contest-- stay tuned for next week!
Hosted by Indigenous Experiences, Knock on Wood Communications + Events and Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival
Weekly prizes for all ages.
Prizes each week and for each age group. All prizes are Michaels Stores Gift cards to support our young, budding #artists with whatever art supplies spark their interest.
PRIZES $200 in Michaels Gift Cards per age category.
$100 Gift Card - Most votes/likes
$50 Gift Card - Second most votes/likes
$50 Gift Card -Random selection from all the beautiful submissions
AGE GROUPS
• 0 - 6 years old
• 7 - 12 years old
• 13+ (adults included!)
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
• Empty colouring pages can be found pinned to the top of the "Discussion" tab. Print the art piece that you would like to colour and submit.
• Upload your finished piece in this event listing by midnight on Friday June 12th. Please note the participant's name & their age when posting (as there are 3 age categories)
• All photos will be moved to photo albums on our main Facebook Page, categorized by age group. Voting will take place there.
• Encourage all of your family and friends to vote for your piece from June 13 and 14.
Voting closes & winners announced on June 14th at noon and then participate again next week!
HOW TO VOTE:
• Vote by hitting "Like" on a colouring page submission
• Voters must like our Facebook page (Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival) for their vote to count
***To make it fair and fun for everyone, a second winner will be selected from each age category.**
ARTISTS
We'd like to say a great big thank you to all of the artists who have allowed us to use their beautiful work in our colouring contests. We know that they are just as excited as us to see your beautiful creations!
Norman Igloopialik, Inuit Artist
Norman Igloopialik two drawings are his Inuit super hero creations for his comic book project. These illustrations are of an Inuit hunter “Riding a Giant Bear” and “Sedna” the Sea Goddess. Norman is a well-known Ottawa-based artist who also creates artwork of Inuit children’s books.
Carissa Metcalfe-Coe
Carissa is a young Inuk woman born and raised in Ottawa. Her mother, Trudy Metcalfe-Coe, has created many opportunities for Carissa to stay connected with her culture through the Ottawa Inuit community.
While in university as a full time student, Carissa is a strong advocate for her Inuit community and works very closely with Inuit youth.
In her spare time, Carissa works with seal skin, does bead work, has picked up her mother’s culinary skills and has recently started teaching herself how to do traditional Inuit women’s tattoos. Some designs of Tunniit can be seen displayed in the colouring pages.
Pam Cailloux
Pam's work reaches deep into the Woodlands style creative vault to bring forward echoes of traditional beliefs and protocols that portray her rich heritage. Pam's impressive brushwork focuses on teachings from the Medicine Wheel, on the powerful force of the collective sisterhood and on the spirit of Mother Earth.
Included in her list of accomplishments is involvement with a national campaign by the organization, Artists Against Racism. The campaign titled "Eagles Rising" utilized the power of Indigenous artists to create awareness for like Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and the power of healing through our love for the world.
Her work can be seen at Lineage Gallery located on Bank Street in Ottawa, and at events throughout Quebec and Ontario. Contact her directly for commission work. View Pam's work below on her Art For Aid gallery page.
Christi Belcourt, Metis Artists
Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions and the knowledge of her people. In addition to her paintings she is also known as a community based artist, environmentalist and advocate for the lands, waters and Indigenous peoples. She is currently a lead organizer for the Onaman Collective which focuses on resurgence of language and land based practices. She is also the lead coordinator for Walking With Our Sisters, a community-driven project that honours murdered or missing Indigenous women. Her work Giniigaaniimenaaning (Looking Ahead) commemorates residential school survivors, their families and communities to mark the Prime Minister’s historic Apology in 2008 and is installed at Centre Block on Parliament Hill commissioned by the Government of Canada. She was named the Aboriginal Arts Laureate by the Ontario Arts Council in 2015. In 2016 she won a Governor General’s Innovation Award and was named the winner of the 2016 Premier’s Awards in the Arts. Author of Medicines To Help Us (Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2007) and Beadwork (Ningwakwe Learning Press, 2010). Christi’s work is found within the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Gabriel Dumont Institute, the Indian and Inuit Art Collection, Parliament Hill, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Canadian Museum of Civilization, First People’s Hall.
Naomi Blondin
Born in Laval Quebec but has spent most of her life in the Ottawa Valley region. Mother, Verna Stevens from Kitigan Zibi First Nations, is an artist as well. Naomi often uses black ink for her art and has done some paintings on traditional drums made by her uncle Kenny Stevens. She’s also a naturalist and spends a lot of time studying native animals and plant species as well as traditional medicine.
Saelym DeGrandpre
We are so excited to be working with these talented, Indigenous artists and look forward to working with even more in our next contest-- stay tuned for next week!
Hosted by Indigenous Experiences, Knock on Wood Communications + Events and Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival