23 May
10:00am - 4:00pm
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Location: Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Age Group: Ages 16+
Cost: $55
Learn how to make beaded fringe red dress earrings with Plains Cree artist Chanelle Gamble.
Join artist Chanelle Gamble as you learn how to bead your own beaded red dress earrings. This workshop is to highlight the importance of Red Dress Day on May 5, and to bring awareness to communities about MMIWG2S & MMIMB.
Previous beading experience is preferred for this workshop, and all materials will be provided.
The workshop fee covers:
- Your participation fee and the cost of materials for your red dress earrings
- Parking for the day and admission to Wanuskewin
- This includes access to our weekend public programming, which you can see here
- The Restaurant will be open 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the Gift Shop will be open 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Refreshments (coffee, tea, and water)
Note: If you are registering more than one workshop participant, you will have to fully complete and pay for the first person, and then you can go back to this event page and register the other participant(s) the same way.
Chanelle Gamble
Chanelle Gamble is a 25 year old Plains Cree woman, from Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation. She is a full time Interpretive Guide, Workshop facilitator, and a Fancy Shawl Dancer at Wanuskewin.
Chanelle comes from a family of artists. She aspires to be an fashion designer, motivational speaker, and a doctor, to help cultivate an Indigenous worldview of medicine.
As a dancer, her goal is to help revitalize her Indigenous culture and language, and help reconnect youth with their culture as well.
