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Vanessa Flowers

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Biography

Vanessa Flowers is a seamstress and artisan from Hopedale, NL. She first began sewing at the age of fifteen when she attended a local sewing group held by Sarah Jensen. It was there she completed her first pair of moosehide slippers, with continuous support from Sarah and her grandmother, Andrea Flowers. She gained confidence in her ability and continued to make slippers, which range in size from baby to adult, and include intricate beadwork. Along with slippers, she currently makes Inuit dolls, moccasins, and various keychain patterns.

Recently, a pair of her baby slippers were included in SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut (2016-2017) at The Rooms in St. John's and travelled around Canada.

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Accomplishments

2017: Winner of logo design contest for the Nunatsiavut tuberculosis awareness campaign held by the Nunatsiavut Government Department of Health and Social Development.

Artist Work

About Vanessa Flowers

Medium:

Textile

Artistic Community:

Hopedale, Nunatsiavut, Inuit Nunangat

Date of Birth:

Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.

1995
Publication

Hopedale beadworker gets biggest order yet — and it's from the British Museum, 2020

Exhibition

SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, 2019

Achievement

Electoral District Scholarship Recepient, 2013

Edit History

September 12, 2017 Created by: Heather Igloliorte Edited by: Inuit Art Foundation