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 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    May 16, 2013 

R.E.D.D.

Matt “Big Worm” Mitchell and Hunter White are two Hip Hop artists from Akwesasne. Together Big Worm and Hunter are R.E.D.D., and just recently...

 
 Artist Spotlight    May 9, 2013

Victoria Ransom

We told you last week that Victoria Ransom’s art is being featured at AxeNeo7. This week we got a hold of Victoria to tell us about herself and her...

 
 Artist Spotlight    April 4, 2013

Toronto Jewish Film Festival Opens the 21st edition of the Festival with "CowJews and Indians: How Hitler Scared My Relatives and I Woke Up in an Iroquois Longhouse-Owing the Mohawks Rent"

TORONTO – The 21st annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival opens April 11 with “CowJews and Indians: How Hitler Scared My Relatives and I Woke Up in...

 
 By Rachelle Garrow Hayes    Artist Spotlight    February 28, 2013

Ryan Hill Wins Ice Sculpting Contest At Winterlude

Ryan Hill, originally from Six Nations, is an artist here in Akwesasne. You may have seen him during the summer working on large stone carvings in...

 
 By Tekonwakwenni Nanticoke    Artist Spotlight    January 17, 2013

Cheyanne Doxtator

Over the years, we have met some very talented people via this Artist Spotlight column. We’ve come to know artists that use paint, pencil, charcoal...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    December 20, 2012

Artist Profile: Kit Thomas

If you walk into Native Creations, on the wall amongst all of the other work, there will be a piece or two that by sheer color and vibrancy, to me, st...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    November 21, 2012

Artist Profile: Filfred Tahy

Versatile artists Filfred Tahy and his wife Shirelle are located on Cornwall Island and own Tahy’s Fine Art & Design. Filfred is from the Dine’ Na...

 
 By Kaniethonkie    Artist Spotlight    October 25, 2012

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Ryan Hill, originally from Six Nations, now living in Akwesasne, recently won the Saratoga Springs Native American Festival Art Contest with his...

 
 By Samantha McMillon Wilkinson    Artist Spotlight    September 27, 2012

Kay Olan Ionataie:was

Kay Olan has been telling stories for about 30 years. It wasn’t something she set out to do, but she became a storyteller. It partially started...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    September 20, 2012

Kerdy Mitcho

I had a chance to sit down with Akwesasne artist Kerdy Mitcho this week, and I talked with him about his art, both the paintings and a bit about his...

 
 By Tekonwakwenni Nanticoke    Artist Spotlight    August 30, 2012

Tammy King

Painting, sculpting and drawing are just a few of the many forms of art that numerous Akwesasronon have done in the past. Tammy King is one of the...

 
 By Samantha McMillon Wilkinson    Artist Spotlight    August 16, 2012

Jordan Thompson’s Portrait to be Official Vatican Portrait of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

When Jordan Thompson drew a portrait of Kateri Tekakwitha, he probably never dreamed it would later be a piece that would be presented to and blessed...

 
 Artist Spotlight    August 9, 2012

WARRIORS BLOOD ENTERTAINMENT

AUGUST 6, 2012 - Akwesasne Hip-Hop Artist and Producer NOKWA has released his Official Debut 6 song E.P. WARRIORS BLOOD, available for download...

 
 Artist Spotlight    August 2, 2012

Nikaiataa Skidders Author of “Standing Alone”

Local actress and author, Nikaiataa Skidders has self-published a new book titled “Standing Alone”. “Standing Alone” is a screenplay about a...

 
 Artist Spotlight    July 12, 2012

Soap Stone Carver

Ryan Hill, from Six Nations, has been set up on Rt. 37 creating a carving from a block of soap stone. A lot of people have stopped to see the...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    May 24, 2012

Jordan Thompson

Jordan Tehaweiakaron Thompson is an artist currently living in Cornwall, Ontario. He plans to move back to Cornwall Island, where he was born and...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    May 17, 2012

Leather Pouch Making with Bill Loran

On Thursday May 10, 2012, the Akwesasne Cultural Center held a class on Leather tobacco pouch making taught by Bill Loran. The Akwesasne Cultural...

 
 By Ian Oakes    Artist Spotlight    May 10, 2012

Mark Kawesoton Light

Mark Kawesoton Light is a 55-year-old artist from Akwesasne. Mark is the grandson of Beatrice Deer Jacobs – who will turn 100 next month – and he...

 
 By Tekonwakwenni Nanticoke    Artist Spotlight    April 5, 2012

Natasha Thompson-Barnes

Like many Akwesasronon before her, Natasha Thompson-Barnes expresses herself through art. She has been drawing and beading since she was young. She...

 
 By Monica Peters    Artist Spotlight    February 16, 2012

Ross LaFrance

Will Lafrance is his stage name and locals in Akwesasne know him as Ross Lafrance. Will recently had a starring role in a live play at Carleton...

 
 Artist Spotlight    February 16, 2012

Mohawk Tribal Member Produces and Directs Award-Winning Music Video

Akwesasne Territory – Mohawk Tribal member Vincent Schilling, co-owner of Schilling Media, Inc., collaborated with three-time Native American Music...

 
 By Monica Peters    Artist Spotlight    January 27, 2012

Sewing Class with Marie Thompson

Akwesasne’s recent snow and ice did not stop locals from gathering together to learn how to sew traditional and contemporary Iroquois regalia from...

 
 By Sateiokwen    Artist Spotlight    January 12, 2012

Artist Spotlight

Niioieren Perkins is an artist who describes her medium as beadwork designs that “employ raised beadwork techniques which are distinctive for its...

 
 Artist Spotlight    December 15, 2011

Joe Barnes- Illustrations to computer graphics

Joe Barnes has always been involved in the arts. Right from his time spent at the St. Regis Mohawk School, including art classes at Salmon River under...

 
 By Sateiokwen    Artist Spotlight    December 8, 2011

Artist Spotlight

Kerdy Mitcho is a very diverse artist. He can work with a pencil, airbrush, or guitar. He is also a big supporter of Akwesasne charity and is the foun...

 

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