Strathcona County winter recreation and culture programs are available now!

Indigenous Arts

Beadwork Dot Painting & Métis Beading (9-99Y)


Everybody is welcome! Experience Indigenous arts through hands-on workshops led by Indigenous artists at Gallery@501. Learn resilient, traditional and contemporary practices rooted in family-to-family stories. Open to all skill levels, these workshops foster creative expression, a deeper appreciation of Indigenous ways of knowing, and respectful sharing across communities in Treaty Six Territory.

Qiviut Needle-felted Mitten Insert with Tanis Simpson (10+)


Everybody is welcome! Join Tanis Simpson for a unique workshop to create qiviut mitten inserts using needle-felting techniques. Using ultra-soft muskox wool — or qiviut — participants will craft warm, luxurious pieces to insert into mittens for extra warmth. Qiviut is cherished for its rarity, softness, and unparalleled warmth — said to be eight times warmer than wool and softer than cashmere. Learn about Umingmak — “the bearded one” — and the heirloom fibre treasured by Inuvialuit for generations across the Arctic.