Interconnectedness Painting Workshop

Interconnectedness Painting Workshop with Ruby Bruce and Marika Schalla
September 10, 4:00 - 6:00 pm CST on Zoom

Limited to 25 participants. This event is now full.

Gallery 1C03 is pleased to partner with the University of Winnipeg Students' Association for their Roll Call back-to-school event to offer a free painting workshop for University of Winnipeg students. The workshop will be led by artist and educator Ruby Bruce and features Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Marika Schalla, as a guest speaker. This two-hour session will explore the concept of interconnection that is central to the worldviews and ways of knowing of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This ideology reinforces the notion that everyone and everything has a purpose, is worthy of respect and care, and has a place in the grand scheme of things. This workshop gives participants the opportunity to create a visual representation of interconnection while also learning a brief overview of this ideology and connecting to it through painting, storytelling, and sharing their own ideas and thoughts on interconnection. 


Ruby Bruce, or Zhaawenoodin (Southern Wind) is a Métis and Anishinaabe Visual Artist, Indigenous Art Educator and Mother from the Métis community of Saint Laurent, Manitoba. Her family is from the Red River Settlement, Turtle Mountain Reservation and Kitigan Zibi Reservation. Ruby has always held a strong connection with her community, family, culture and Shkaakaamikwe (Mother Earth). The vast majority of her work illustrates and celebrates the beauty of the natural world, particularly the beauty of Manitoba's Prairies.

Marika Schalla, or Waabishkanakwadikwe (White Cloud Woman), is a Metis and Anishinaabe Educator, Curriculum Developer, Business Owner, and Mother from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Marika is an award-winning educator for her young traditional knowledge keeping. Her expertise is cultural traditions, cultural knowledges, and land-based education.