NWT Arts

Martha Drake

Region:

Dehcho

Community:

Fort Simpson

I think it is important to keep the arts tradition alive. At one point, I looked around at shops and galleries and older women were doing a lot of the artwork. I was thinking someone in my generation, or younger, has to pick up this kind of craft or it will die off. So I got involved.As a young...

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Lucy Jane Simon

Region:

Dehcho

Community:

Jean Marie River

I create traditional art because I love designing. I have been doing it since I was 9-years-old. I make art to give to my children and my grandchildren. What I give them is part of me. It is who they are too. It is in me to share.

When I walk through the bush, I always see the beautiful...

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