BEADING TOGETHER: RADICAL STITCH SYMPOSIUM
Let’s gather for a beading party! Be immersed in
artistic innovation and the tactile beauty of beads.
SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2022 | 10 AM – 5:30 PM
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Join us for a Beading Symposium and celebration of the exhibition
Radical Stitch, curated by Michelle LaVallee, Cathy Mattes, and
Sherry Farrell Racette, hosted onsite at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
(Regina, SK) with some events hosted online. The weekend will offer
beading circles, workshops, virtual panel discussions, conversations,
and plenty of creative inspiration.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Join us on Saturday, June 25 for a full day of beading festivities! The event will include
on-site hands-on beading circles, workshops and virtual panel discussions; featuring top
Indigenous artists from across North America/Turtle Island. Visit our website for symposium
updates at mackenzie.art. Registration will open online Tuesday, February 15. Visit
mackenzie.art to register. There is no cost to register.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Radical Stitch looks at the contemporary and transformative context of beading through
the aesthetic innovations of artists and the tactile beauty of beads. Beading materials and
techniques are rooted in both culturally informed traditions and cultural adaptation, and
function as a place of encounter, knowledge transfer, and acts of resistance. Connecting to
a tradition of making, exercised over thousands of years, this skill-based practice ties one
artist to another, past to present and beyond. The exhibition includes a range of work from
the customary to the contemporary, with a variety of approaches, concepts, and purposes.
Gathering together top artists from across North America/Turtle Island, the selected
pieces exemplify current and future directions of some of the most exciting and impressive
practices. The works in Radical Stitch invite viewers to immerse themselves in the political,
creative, and aesthetic dimensions of beadwork.
BEADING SYMPOSIUM
FOR PROGRAM UPDATES AND BOOKING INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Nicolle Nugent, Curator of Education:
e nnugent@mackenzie.art t 306-584-4250 ext. 4291
RADICAL STITCH IS GENEROUSLY
SUPPORTED BY
THE BEADING SYMPOSIUM IS
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SHUSHKITEW COLLECTIVE
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2022 | 10 AM – 5:30 PM
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK