Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada
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Mission Statement
In taking inspiration from the Haudenosaunee Seventh Generation Principle, the Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada was founded in 2012 to preserve and revitalize endangered Indigenous art forms and enrich lives through Indigenous arts and culture. In safe and inclusive spaces, through community-based learning, the organization engages, [re]connects and empowers Indigenous women by promoting financial health, physical health and spiritual health through the transfer and conservation of cultural knowledge; securing the capacity for the next seven generations to retain and cultivate intrinsic cultural connections and world views.
About This Cause
IACC is an Indigenous women volunteer led non profit that was established in 2012 by lighting a community fire for Indigenous women artists to gather around. The warmth supports each of us through relationship building and mentorship, the light helps us navigate our way to financial health and the smoke rises, keeping us connected and listening to ancestors for best practices on how to reclaim and retain our Indigenous worldviews and intrinsic cultural understandings. IACC Indigenous Arts Entrepreneurship Knowledge Bundles ensure sustainable success for Indigenous artists both on and off reserve. The bundles provide a clear, gentle and easily navigated path for Indigenous artists to walk through, profit from and lean into. CRITICAL PROGRAMMING, ARTISTIC AND CURATORIAL PROCESSES Our project serves to sustain comprehensive delivery and expand resources which directly affect the financial, artistic, cultural and spiritual health of Indigenous artists. The IACC supports a large membership of over 500 artists across Turtle Island. We have a reputation for dependability and strategies to: •verify authentic Indigenous identities, •disperse massive resources to individual artists, •streamline application intake, •develop vital and accessible Indigenous Arts Knowledge Bundles •and successfully deliver sustainable solutions for Indigenous artists. The Indigenous Arts Knowledge Bundles are designed to offer artists a community, mentorship, history and context of Indigenous art forms and important relationships. Professionally, the Knowledge Bundles succeed in: •encouraging creation of new works, •exhibition opportunities, •sales opportunities, •workshop opportunities, •marketing expansion and strategies, •relationship building between artists, Knowledge Keepers and Elders, •context and education surrounding the origins of Indigenous art forms. RATIONALE Our sacred fire has been lit since 2012 and thanks to volunteers, it continues to burn and provide light and comfort for over 500 Indigenous artist members. Artists rely on the IACC to help them overcome barriers, develop their art form(s) and achieve financial success. IACC is a non profit org & registered charity with no operational funding. We rely on project grants and volunteers to continue supporting artists. The light we provide with the Indigenous Arts Knowledge Bundle •streamlines the application process which accelerates access to resources, •verifies authentic Indigenous identities, •eliminates artists’ anxiety over marketing (an intimidating but vital requirement for any self-sustaining business). We are defiantly motivated to continue to advance Indigenous arts and empower Indigenous artists. The IACC is valuable to Indigenous artists and our success is measurable. The following list will provide you with context of our ongoing work: • Our National Indigenous Women’s Arts Conference sees hundreds of women attending free Indigenous art workshops, meeting master artists, relationship building with Knowledge Keepers & Elders, creating, exhibiting, selling and collaborating through new connections and friendships. More info at: https://indigenousartscollective.org/indigenouswomensconference • Indigenous Arts Marketplace – this annual event sees thousands of visitors and lines the wallets of over 100 Indigenous artists. In partnership with St.Laurent Shopping Centre we take over the largest mall in the national capital region. Our artist membership boasts their best sales ever can be contributed to our exhibitions and marketplace events. More info at: https://indigenousartscollective.org/indigenouswomensconference • IACC Profile pages - The IACC creates a membership page for each artist on our website. The membership page gives access to viewers and enables them to reach out with workshop and sales opportunities. Our membership sees public speaking opportunities and exhibition venues from our website. We have over 350 featured Indigenous artists. More info at: https://indigenousartscollective.org/search-iacc-artists • IACC Indigenous Identity Verification Strategy - To deflect Indigenous resources such as grant funding, we have a strong strategy in place that assures that each member is an authentic Indigenous identity and commitment to maintain the integrity and history of traditional Indigenous art forms. • National Museums Gift Shops – After years of advocacy for Indigenous artists, the IACC has secured over $1000 in sales at McCord Museum (Montréal). IACC membership artists now sell their work in national museum gift shops! •Visit IndigenARTSY.com -Our pandemic response, is a massive multi-vendor ecommerce site not unlike ETSY but for our Indigenous artist membership. This site enables tech challenged Indigenous artists to share their work on an international stage. Outrageously successful IndigenARTSY.com contributed over $240,000 in sales to date – all in the pockets of Indigenous artists. • Facebook Marketplace and Auction - Celebrating 4 years of supporting IACC artists. Participating artists take home anywhere from $100-$1000 / week in sales. The marketplace has over 30,000 organic viewers/shoppers and we gain about 100 more weekly. Visit: Facebook.com/groups/IndigenousArtsAuction • 1st & 2nd National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Parliament Hill – IACC was the first to facilitate a Parliament Hill national event on Parliament Hill in 2021 and 2022. This event was live streamed and marketed on television with commercials as well as through our websites and social media paths. 2021 saw an attendance of over 40,000 in person visitors. Visit: remember-me-september-30.org • IACC Short Doc/Commercial Series – IACC has produced many short docs for IACC members that aired on television, streaming networks and social media that are used for commercials to promote our artist membership and programs. Visit: Indigenousartscollective.org or https://vimeo.com/passthefeather • Marketing & Promotion - Each day over 30,000 viewers become acquainted with our artist membership, they engage with our websites and auctions and actively seek out the makers and products of Indigenous artists. Our Facebook page posts have seen as many as 1,000,000 views weekly, our viewership is organically grown through intriguing engagement and boasts 56, 562 pages likes and 61,000 followers. • Weekly Email Blast – IACC sends weekly emails to highlight membership artists, our websites and marketplaces. We also send weekly membership emails that create awareness of events, grant opportunities, art supply giveaways and vendor opportunities. • Grant Writing Assistance – IACC provides live help and grant writing to make sure that we leave no one behind regardless of tech barriers or educational gaps. • Website & Logo Design – IACC makes websites and logos for artists who find themselves challenged by technology and connection. • Canada Post – IACC has secured a relationship with Canada Post that will offer our membership artists almost 40% off shipping! Enabling maximum profit by offsetting the most expensive part of business. • Art Supply Donations – In partnership with Keilhauer, the IACC has donated over 1000 lbs (500kg) of leather and textiles. Their generosity has directly enabled Indigenous artists to cut out large disabilities such as the cost of leather so they can better focus on creation and sales. • Art Supply Donations – In partnership with Pass The Feather, the IACC has given thousands of feathers to Indigenous artists. We have seen great creations come of the gift from the birds including jewelry, regalia and tools of gratitude (smudge feathers). Eagle feathers have been in ceremony and presented to survivors of Indian residential schools and other Indigenous child apprehension programs through the IACC. • International Wampum Belt - In 2024 the IACC took on a monumental and historic Wampum Belt art project for the Haudenosaunee confederacy (Mohawks, Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Cayugas, Tuscaroras) leadership including Chiefs, Clan Mothers, Faithkeepers and women from across the confederacy. Women from each nation contributed to the beading of the historic belt which was presented to Haudenosaunee Leadership and Moon and Sun at the 2024 total solar eclipse gathering. This project created a meaningful and vital sisterhood in a time where displacement, identity theft and lateral violence play a large role in community relationships. More info at peace-mother.com • Vital Spiritual Support - IACC plays an active part in spiritual journeys such as the Moon Lodge Society, Oherokon (Rights of Passage teachings and fasting) and is present for cultural community events like art shows, museum presentations, powwows and festivals. This serves to create context and stories which artists will communicate through new artistic creations and workshop opportunities. • Friendships –IACC is fully endorsed and supported by The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, the 27th Governor General, Commander-in-Chief of Canada and is in partnership with the Michaëlle Jean Foundation. Mme Jean has publicly announced this partnership. See her public speech about us here: https://vimeo.com/707332829 • United Nations 16th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) – IACC facilitated a women’s delegation (Matrilineal Order of the Haudenosaunee) visiting Geneva, Switzerland in July 2023. Delegates mitigated the threats to Indigenous women around the world. The IACC established new global relationships. IN CONCLUSION Artists rely heavily on our services and our dynamic and capable employees who make it all happen every single day. The IACC has monumental success with the Indigenous Arts Knowledge Bundle and it is our intention to continue the good work. Our commitment is measurable; we survive on a small board of Indigenous women and two stellar employees, yet we deliver for over a decade. The rationale is simple; if we do not secure staff, our services will no longer exist and artists will no longer be able to access our vital services.