This week on December 1, I’ll be set up at the SAAB (Seneca Allegany Administration Building) in Salamanca, from 10-2.

That evening I’m going to be at the Ganondagan Haudenousaunee Art Show for the evening reception and then go shopping at their market!

Then I’ll be in Erie at the Erie Art Museum for a class on the Strawberry pin cushion and then on to the Springville Council on the Arts – Arts Cafe for the Black Ash and Sweet grass star ornament!

Busy times and I’m looking forward to them all. It’s just the weather right now with its unpredictability. I’m sure I’ll make them all and hope to see you out there. Everyone is gearing up for the Holiday season, even Mother Nature. Stay toasty and safe.

There are still spots available for our Beadworking workshops with Seneca Nation artists this coming Sunday!

Create Flat Spiral Weave Bracelets with Samantha Jacobs of the Cattaraugus First Nation, OR discover the cultural heritage of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois/Six Nations) by crafting beaded velvet pin cushions in honor of the strawberry with Penelope S. Minner.

Choose one of two workshops. Both are $50 for members and $65 for non-members. Members use the code BEADS for your discount!

I was at the Burchfield Penney Art Center along with Marissa and Tonia, 2 other CRNY Haudenosaunee Artists out of Ganondagan in Victor. We were busy sharing and showing the public cordage and material goods from natural fibers. Marissa set up a station for twining scraps of fabric so they could get the idea behind the technique we used and still continue to use in our art. We had a very good day and a great audience of folks who came through.

I will next be at the History Center of Tompkins County in Ithaca making corn husk dolls with folks for the morning and afternoon of Veteran’s Day. Another activity for the younger folks to listen to the story of why the corn husk doll has no face. There are various versions as I had mentioned prior, this story is my favorite version. The information is on this page: https://www.thehistorycenter.net/event-5372164?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=11/6/2023

After that I will be at the Seneca Iroquois National Museum’s Winter Art Market with some small items for sale, as well as the Winter Art Emporium put on by the Clerk’s office at the SAAB or Seneca Allegany Administration Building . November 18, and then on December 1, 2023

Corn husk has been the material of the moment, so I am doing a few things while I can. All while still juggling everything else! lol, life goes on, I hope you are enjoying it. Until next time.