Celebrate the artistry, culture and resilience of Indigenous women, femme, queer and/or Two-Spirit makers at our Matriarch Market on May 3!
Support Indigenous creatives and engage in a meaningful space by shopping, learning, or simply showing up in solidarity! Your presence matters and everyone is welcome. (Plus, the MOV will be Pay What You Can that day!)
Featuring handmade crafts, art and other goods from talented local Indigenous vendors, the Matriarch Market comes just in time for Mother’s Day gift shopping while also recognizing National MMIWG2S Awareness Day (also known as Red Dress Day) a few days later, on May 5th.
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time: 11:00am-4:00pm
Tickets: Free (and visiting the Museum that day is Pay What You Can!)
Meet the Vendors!
Arboubbeads
I'm an Anishinaabekwe beader who has been beading and selling my work for the past five years. Although I typically sell earrings, I've been branching out to make things such as lanyards and more recently bolo ties and medallions to be more inclusive for those who don't wear earrings. I'm very proud of my heritage and through beadwork I'm able to create a deeper connection to my nation and people.
I'm a 2 spirit Indigenous artist, my work is in prints, jewerly, tapestries, blankets and hats.
Chantelle Trainor-Matties is an artist from British Columbia, Canada with Nisga’a, Métis and mixed European ancestry that specializes in illustration, graphic design, painting as well as mural work. She works for herself and does freelance and contract work for private and commercial clientele through her small business Frettchan Studios and sells original paintings, prints, jewelry, buttons and stickers featuring her designs. Her work ranges from bold contemporary Northwest coast formline to charming cartoons to painterly realism.
Claire Shannon-Akiwenzie is an Anishinaabe/Irish digital artist and beader.
My name is Devon Blind! I have been sewing and beading for over 17 years now. I am a health and physical education student from Mount Royal University. I come from Pasqua First Nation. I am Anishinaabe (Marten Clan) and Plains Cree. I am a jingle dress dancer. I dance both contemporary and old style. I have been dancing since I was a tiny tot at the age of 2 year old. I make all my own regalia. I learned how to bead and sew from the matriarchs in my family, my mother, my nohkom, and oldest sister. I have also learned on my own different beading styles from reading books and YouTube. I started ANISHINAABABE_X because I wanted to share my talents and skills with others, and helping people to connect to culture through regalia. I really do enjoy it and hope others like what I do and create. miigwetch! to my supporters.
Hannah is a 2-spirit Nisga'a artist from Prince Rupert, BC. As a self proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, they love exploring new mediums such as painting, carving and printmaking. Hannah will be selling original linocut prints, digital prints, greeting cards and stickers.
I am a Indigenous Multi-Media artist focusing on illustration, based in the lower mainland. I sell a collection of handmade goods such as prints, stickers, coasters, totebags and scrunchies made from reclaimed fabrics.
Red Cedar Woman focuses on traditional and contemporary cedar bark baskets,hats, as well as traditional salish wool blankets and scarves. We also offer workshops in these mediums and make traditional plant medicines, from teas to salves.
Sriracha Revolver Hot Sauce is made to inspire connection through flavour. Food brings folks together like nothing else. Delicious food, made in that good way, is the foundation for a feast.
Jordanna George (T'Sou-ke/Ukrainian) is a comic artist and illustrator whose work explores queerness and Indigeneity. They will be selling comics, zines, prints, stickers and buttons.
Jewelry and art cards.
Salty Dog Indigenous Beaded Items
I am Métis Cree from Northern Alberta. I presently live in Chilliwack BC. I made and source all my items myself. I offer Ribbon Skirts, Beaded Earrings, Bracelets, Medicine Bags, Tabacco Bags, Pins and more.
Hi! My name is Malia Terry. I am an Indigenous youth artist. I am Stʼatʼimc, Nisga’a, and Tsimshian. My art is inspired by my gorgeous homelands, the beautiful city, the connection to the community, and the land. I have the great honour to bring to life my creations. I make paintings, healing board energy pieces, beautiful mosaic collages, beadwork and much much more.
Hey! I’m Marisa Law, I am a multi-talented, Indigenous youth artist. My artwork consists of beadwork, leatherwork, lino prints, medicine (sage etc.), paintings and some small crochet accessories. I love to create art that reflects nature and my explorations with my culture!
Coast Salish Author and Artist. design apparel, mugs, stickers, toques, jewelry, written children's books and colouring journals.
Modeste (Monday) Zankpe launched Monday May Jewelry during the height of the pandemic. MMJ, a Black- and Indigenous-owned jewelry brand, reflects Monday’s diverse heritage: Secwépemc (Es’ket) from her mother's side and Ewe (Togo) from her father’s. This intricate blend of cultures informs and shapes Monday’s artistic vision, infusing each Monday May Jewelry design with a unique tapestry of traditions, symbols, and stories reflective of her multifaceted identity.
Night is a local Indigi-queer artist and designer who works with a variety of mediums. Their ceramics work focuses on forest themed jewelry and dishware featuring creatures, including slugs and snails. As well as upcycled textiles, including leather books, keychains and small accessories.
My name is Ollie (they/them) and I am a Two Spirit person who creates beadwork with my Kokum, little sisters, and reconnection at the centre of my work. I adopted my special needs little sisters from care and began beading more actively to connect all of us to culture and community—I am self taught and now bead every single day as medicine. I try to blend all parts of my identity into my art, as well as humour and relationality.
Massy Books is a Nêhiyaw-Métis woman-owned and operated bookstore on the unceded and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We were the first bookstore in BC designated as a Living Wage Employer, and have been voted Best Bookstore and Best Employer in Vancouver (Georgia Straight 2023). We are Rick Hansen Certified, BC Green Business Certified, and a designated Apartheid-Free Business with the Canadian BDS Coalition. When you shop at Massy, you support our staff, the community and the local economy!
Rhteaco is family owned and run by Squamish Nation’s Cease T’uy’t’tanat Wyss and Senaqwila Wyss, and Lilwat Nation’s Justin Leo. They share intergenerational plant medicine knowledge through herbal loose leaf Indigenous teas, salves, tinctures and more! As well as workshops and knowledge sharing.
Kimoowun Beads is a Two-Spirit Michif Matriarch living and beading in East Vancouver. She blends traditional and contemporary designs and materials to create unique, yet timeless, beaded pieces to be passed down for generations.
Helping people reconnect with lost culture and others to discover and understand a new culture, we offer workshops as well as handmade beaded, burned and painted hats, beaded jewelry, lanyards, keychains and bulbs. Woodlands style acrylic paintings; as well as original designed red and orange shirts with proceeds going back into community.