3 Crows Productions
Indigenous Educational Storytellers
Salish Art
In this unique, accessible and engaging workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals behind Coast Salish art from Stó:lō artist Alysha Collie.
Alysha leads a two part workshop where participants first learn the history of the Coast Salish art form, what Coast Salish shapes are, what they are inspired by and how her culture’s ancestral belongings translate to the Salish art that is created today.
The second half of the workshop consists of an exciting hands-on guided learning experience where participants will take the teachings they learned using a one-of-a-kind Coast Salish shape stamp set (created by Alysha) to experiment with the art form and shapes.
This is a great non-appropriative approach to learn about Coast Salish art from a Coast Salish youth who has the ancestral right to share this knowledge.
Length: 2 hours (with break)
Audience Age: 5+
Audience Size Limit: 30 participants
Requirements: Room with a projection screen/smartboard, sink, 5 large tables
Caution: Paint or ink will be used in this art workshop and participants should bring a change
of clothes or have artist smocks available.
School Rate: Starting at $599
Pro-D Day Rate: Starting at $799
workshop materials fee not included
Length: 4+ hours
Audience Age: 13+
Audience Size Limit: 30 participants
Requirements: Room with a projection screen/smartboard, 5 large tables
Caution: Needles, strong adhesives, and sharp tools are used in this workshop.
Teacher supervision is strongly recommended.
Beading
In this specialized hands-on beading workshop participants will learn how to create one of Alysha Collie’s signature beadwork styles known as "Big Beaded Bling". Participants will receive a kit with all the materials they will need to create a pair of earrings, bolo ties or pins, accompanied by an online video tutorial.
Alysha will share her practices as a professional Coast Salish contemporary beadwork artist and
will teach her beading tips, techniques, and tricks so that others can complete their beadwork with ease!
School Rate: Starting at $599
Pro-D Day Rate: Starting at $799
workshop materials fee not included
Optional: A powerpoint on the past, present and future of Coast Salish beadwork can be added for deeper cultural connections.
School Rate: Starting at $599
Pro-D Day Rate: Starting at $799
workshop materials fee not included
Length: 2 hours+
Audience Age: 10+
Audience Size Limit: 30 participants
Requirements: Room with a projection screen/smartboard, sink, 5 large tables
Caution: Ink is used during this workshop and participants may want to bring a change of clothes.
Sharp tools are used during this workshop. Teacher supervision is strongly recommended.
In this linocut carving workshop Alysha Collie teaches participants how to transfer their own art onto a rubber stamp. She demonstrates how she uses this art form to explore the positive and negative spaces inherent in traditional Salish relief carving, allowing her to share ancestral Salish stories through her work.
Participants are encouraged to create a piece of art work that is unique and meaningful to them. When completed, their carving of a 2D image becomes a 3D block ready for stamping on papers and textiles.
This workshop empowers participants of all ages to incorporate this accessible carving technique into their own professional artistic practices.