Steinbär Crafts
intuitive, painter + fine toy maker
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CV
Education | Awards | Work | Speaker | Residencies | Volunteer | Committees | Exhibitions | Markets
Education
Concordia University, Montreal, Q.C.
- Graduated with Distinction
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Golden Key Recipient (Studio Arts and Art History, 2015 + Community Art Education, 2016)
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InARTE Journal: Design + Social Media Coordinator, 2016-2017
- Teaching Practicum at Dawson Community Centre, 2016-2017, + Concordia International Student Office, 2016 - 2017
Visual Arts, Diploma [2011-2013]
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.
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Deans list
- Student curator, Progressions, 2013
2015: Trained Facilitator for TAMYC | The Art of Managing Your Career for Indigenous Arts
2010 + 2014: Early Childhood Development, Level 1 | Yukon College, Whitehorse, Y.T.
Grants, Awards + Nominations
2021: Territory Affiliate Award for Yukon, Canadian Society of Education through Art
2020: Nominated for Arts, Culture and Heritage Trailblazer
2017: Awarded Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Bursary for Female Aboriginal Students
2015 + 2017: Indspire Scholarship
2013 - 2017: Cowessess Post Secondary Education Scholarship
2016: FASA Special Project Group Grant, Alinea
2013: David Lambert Memorial Purchase Prize for ceramics
2013: Art & Design Faculty Award Visual Arts Diploma
Work
- Craft Content Developer, 2020 - 2024
- Canadian Crafts Federation, Ottawa, ON [remote]
- TETHER, Arctic Arts Summit
- Tethers and ties to each other and the land, YAC Magazine
- Arctic Arts Summit in Yukon to showcase Indigenous talent, CBC North
- TETHER — Inuit Futures
- Global Affairs Canada supports Northern Indigenous artists at the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit
2018 - 20: Executive Director, Yukon Art Society / Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
- Arts Underground’s new executive director hopes to help the Yukon’s ‘spunky characters’ find their audience
- The Chu Niikwän Artist Residency program in Whitehorse
2018: Indigenize Wikipedia Coordinator, Yukon Arts Centre, at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Whitehorse, YT.
2015 & 2017/18: Gallery Administrative Intern, Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2017: Arts Assistant for Yukon Tourism and Culture, Government of Yukon, Arts Section, Whitehorse, YT.
Speaker + Host
2023.02: INTERCONNECTIONS /INTERCONNEXIONS | Final Event /Événement final, Independent Media Arts Alliance
2021 + 2023: Yukon Prize Jury Moderator
2022.05: Panel 19: Naming and Acknowledging: Ethical Inspiration vs. Cultural Appropriation, Arctic Arts Summit, Whitehorse, YT.
2022.03: ARTS 430 Careers Speaker Series for Vancouver Island University
2021.11: Episode 11 - Heather Steinhagen — Indigenous Protocols, CARFAC
2021.06: Guest for Wikimedia Wednesdays, The British Library
Mentorships + Residencies
2023: interConnect Co-Learing Group, A Digital Future For Us By Us: Digital Tools, Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA)
2023.04-10: Weather Collection, University of Lethbridge, remote
2023.02-06: Digital Technologies Mentorship Program with Marcos Castillos, Indigenous Women in ICTs
2021.08: Landscape Residency, Nakai Theatre
Volunteer Board of Director + Memberships
2021 - 2023: Yukon Illustrators Collective, member
2021/22: Canadian Society of Education through Art, Director of Indigenous Culture
2021: Member of CARFAC National
2021/22: Yukon Art Society, Board of directors
2020 - present: The North Node Collective
2020 ~ ongoing: The Loneliness Collective
2016 - 2022: Member of the Yukon Art Society
Committees
2021 - present: Jury committee for various Yukon Government Arts funding
2021 - present: Indigenous Women and ICTs
2019-20: City of Whitehorse Public Art Advisory Committee
Exhibitions
2023: Digital Artist Projects, Weather Collection, online.
2023.09: Made Up Memories, Yukon Arts Centre Yukon Energy Community Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2020-22: UFO Encounters with Nicole Bauberger, Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, YT.
2021.01 [SOLO SHOW]: Hidden Details, The Edge Gallery, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2021.01: Soft Core, North Node Collective group show, Yukon Arts Centre Yukon Energy Community Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2020.03-08: Emerging North curated by Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse, Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2019.12: Blanket, Yukon Art Society Members’ Exhibition, Arts Underground
2019.07: Water, Yukon Art Society Members’ Exhibition, Arts Underground
2019.04: Cosmic Bodies with Rebecca Manias, Arts Underground, The Edge
2019.12: Otherwordly, outdoor installation with Rebecca Manias, (s)hiver, Dawson City, YT.
2018: Created at the Canyon, Plein Air at Miles Canyon, Whitehorse, Yukon & Northern Front Studio, Group exhibition, Whitehorse, YT.
2018.07: Here Before, collaboration with Lea-Ann McNally, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2018.04 [SOLO SHOW]: Retro∙Spect, Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2017.07: True North Strong and Geek, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2017.05: Annual Yukon Chalk Art Festival, Whitehorse, YT .
2017: Wish150 Yukon for Canada 150, touring group exhibition.
2016.12: Alinea, Di Meglio Studio-Gallerie, Montreal, QC.
2016-17: Arte Postal Posdata Esperanza Recuerda, Museo De Jáen, España.
2016.11: 90s Theme Exhibition, Baked Cafe, Whitehorse, YT.
2016.07: Mind’s Eye, Many Late Nights Zine Exhibition, curator, Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
2016.07: Colour Theory, Yukon Art Society Members’ Exhibition, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2016.06 [SOLO SHOW]: The Things You Know, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2016.06: 1st Annual Yukon Chalk Art Festival, Whitehorse, YT.
2015.11: Binary Beings, From the Other Side Zine, Calgary, AB.
2013: Moose Call, Café Balzam, Whitehorse, YT.
2013: Provisionally Yours, Bomford Brothers Exhibition, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.
2013: Progressions: Student Art Show, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.
Art Markets
2018: Hazy Reckoning Artist Collective with Aurora Cherian-Kuni
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Atlin Arts and Music Festival, Atlin, BC, July 6-8, 2018
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Dawson City Music Festival, Dawson City, YT, July 20-22, 2018
- Paradise Electronic Music Festival, Whitehorse, YT, July 27-29, 2018
2018 & 2014: Heather Von Art, Yukon Fireweed Market, Shipyards Park, Whitehorse, YT.
2018.02: National Water Symposium for Assembly of First Nations.
2017.12: Geek the Halls Craft Fair, Gold Rush Inn, Whitehorse, YT.
2017.12: Free the Beat, Hip Hop Holiday Fundraiser, Whiskey Jacks, Whitehorse, YT.
2017.09: Ddhälh kït Nelnah's Beadings.
2017 - 2020: Artwork for purchase at Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT.
2016.12: Collusion and Co., Nanaimo, BC.
2015 - 16: Art Consignment Shop, Concordia University. Montreal, QC.
2014: Heather Von Art. Paintings and fine craft.
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Atlin Arts and Music Festival, Atlin, BC.
- Dawson City Music Festival, YT.