Ilisarniq Workshop: Starting a Small Business

Friday, March 24, 2023
12:00 AM to 3:30 PM
(EDT)

Inuit Futures

Ready to turn your dream art business into reality? Join us for a chat with two in Inuit artists on how they started their own fashion and jewelry businesses!

On Friday, March 24 from 2-3:30 pm ET, the talented Caroline Blechert (Creations for Continuity) and Inuk Trennert (Inuk360) will be dropping in to share their deeply inspiring stories of taking their vision to the next level, and advice from their own experiences of nurturing their brand over the years in order to find meaningful ways to connect their artwork with people around the world. They’ll be covering a range of key topics including things like setting goals, responding to the unexpected, juggling other life commitments, building partnerships, and more!

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    Inuk Trennert
    Inuk (Brendalynn Trennert) is a talented artist and jewellery maker who lives in Yellowknife, NT, and works primarily with caribou and moose hair tufting. Inuk has been tufting since the 1990s and has gained recognition for her work with the medium, working to revive the practice and bring tufting into the fine art category worldwide. Inuk has exhibited her work across Canada, won many awards as an artist and was commissioned by the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee for a custom made tufting.
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    Caroline Blechert
    Caroline Blechert is an Inuvialuk artist from Yellowknife, NT. An award-winning jeweller, she creates intricately beaded works that merge contemporary design with inspiration from her roots to produce unique pieces under the name Creations for Continuity. Her diverse practice also includes photography. Blechert previously contributed to the blog Tea & Bannock, where she also shared her writing, musings on art and collaborations with other Indigenous artists.