My Art displays Indigenous Teachings of the Grandmothers
Calendar of Events & Exhibitions 2023
TCDSB
Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two Spirit
I had the honour to collaborate with Sage Castel a young Cree First Nation of Manitoba this was a healing piece of Art for us. Sage & I created this mural for remembering each other’s sister who were murdered.
On the screen it shows, families & communities coming together in prayers to let them know that our prayers are always there.
They will never be forgotten
Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two Spirit. as it was very healing. 
In honour of Sage bestie Cileana this was for her & all the families that have been affected.
We had an all day event hosted by the Toronto Catholic District School Bored where hundreds of Catholic Students came out to support and honour MMIW national day of recognition.
This Mural will be travelling through all the Catholic Schools in Toronto to spread awareness about the epidemic and to honour Indigenous Women. Once it’s done travelling it will be displayed at the Catholic Head Quarters forever.
Big impacts & Sage even made it to Global News!
Honour & Love Indigenous Women.
NOTE: there are 3 pictures saying Diane (showing my part of the drawing) & Sage (showing her part of the drawing)and the 3rd picture is the full screen together.
Ongoing
Fish Skin Workshops
The MNOC have the pleasure to invite their Citizens/Members, family & friends to attend a ” tea tanning fish skin” workshop. Diane will share the Ancestral teachings that are very important in Traditional culture in respect of the water & the spirit of the fish.
You will rediscover that fish were used in time to do clothing, shoes, amulets, earrings etc. The workshop will be done at no cost to you. You will be receiving a confirmation for the workshop and a list of materials to have (very basic) when you register for the workshop.
There will be 4 workshops all together at one-week intervals:
Workshops will be done on a monthly basis with the dates to be determined, monthly.
Facilitators
Diane Montreuil Algonquin Metis visual artist, educator, curator.
In 2019 Diane was appointed by the TCDSB (Toronto Catholic District School Board) as their Art & Culture Resource in Residence & part of the Indigenous Advisory Board where she has been collaborating with different schools since 2018, speaking on Indigenous Culture and holding Art classes.
Presently, Diane also collaborates with other school boards including Waldorf Academy of Toronto, TDSB & Viamonde school Board. York University & Niagara University.
Since 2017 to present, Diane’s Artwork has been selected and presented in different exhibitions in Toronto. Diane’s paintings are shown in Galleries in Ontario and her work has been circulated in Canada, USA & Europe.
For over 30 years Diane has been apprenticing the traditional ways for her own healing with Cherokee Grandmother/Elder & Elders of First Nation in Ontario. It is important for her to learn back language & tradition. She was amongst one of the 10 chosen women to relearn the Ancestral way for women fishing with net with a First Nation Grandmother from the Shawanaga reserve in Ontario.
Christine Brosseau Weskarini Algonquin Métis
Christine Brosseau is from Sudbury Ontario and living in Ottawa.. Christine is Metis on both side of her family. She had the opportunity to be raised in her Métis culture and placed with her grandmother at a young age.
This is where she learned to work with beads, leather and quills. She learned how to make mittens and moccasins from the hide her grandmother had her brain tanning.
Christine also learned how to harvest porcupine quills, clean them and dye them for artwork on birch bark and or on leather. When Christine exhibits her artwork people recognize the traditional authenticity that reflect the beauty of her artwork and want to have a piece of her creation.
Contact
- Phone: +647-299-0845
- Email: dianemontreuil13@yahoo.ca
