PLANT A SEED BEAD RESIDENCY
This is a past project. Please view our current residencies.
Nehiyaw (Cree) Métis visual artist Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐏᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau has worked hard to regather, practice, and foster traditional skills… and she wants to share. Her Plant a Seed Bead Residency offers a unique opportunity to learn beading directly from the artist and, in turn, to share this knowledge with your own circle.
After receiving a package with beading materials by mail, you will meet online, or at the Roundhouse, with the artist one-on-one. With her guidance, you will create a beaded patch, as she shares her stories and invites you to share yours. In exchange for this lesson and connection, each participant pledges to share the skill and conversation with two others who also receive materials packets by mail. They each share with two more, supported by additional materials.
How long can we keep this skill-sharing project going?
How far might this teaching travel?
Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐏᐢᑵᐤ embarks upon this project with a firm belief that we are all simultaneously teachers and learners, and that we can choose to honour and cultivate these roles in our own lives.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
ADELE ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐏᐢᑵᐤ ARSENEAU was born in BC, far from her family’s traditional territories; the significance of the place and culture in which she was raised is an integral part of her story. Sustainability, community-building through mentorship, and authentic storytelling are at the heart of her practice. Whether through carving cedar, contemporary application of Métis and Plains style traditional beadwork, or painting in acrylic on hand-tanned rawhide, her work counters colonial ideals while encouraging curiosity and inviting deeper connections. Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐏᐢᑵᐤ extends her gratitude to her own teachers, mentors, and the knowledge holders who have shared with her including Master Carver Xwalacktun, Tsawaysia Spukwus, and Aaron Nelson-Moody of Squamish Nation, Elizabeth Khetlo, Winnie Casimel, Lisa Shepherd, and her mother Marie Caron, among many others.