Arts and Crafting Program

Date: Friday, March 13th

Time: 1 pm - 3 pm

Location: Hosted at the ERA office 309 strickland St suite 303

GUEST ARTIST: Deb Enoch

Artist Bio: Deb Enoch

Deb Enoch, owner of iBead with Deb E.

Providing beadwork, such as moccasins, earrings, hair accessories, card holders, key rings and many more items. Also provides beading workshops on these items.

Loving and learning traditional beading, one bead at a time.

Deb’s ancestry is Northern Tutchone and Upper Tanana and is a member of White River First Nation.  
Deb grew up in Snag with her adopted parents Jimmy and Lena Enoch, then moved to Burwash Landing to attend elementary school.  While growing up she was always surrounded by her mother and grandmother sewing.  She learned from them as well as her aunts and the ladies in the community of Burwash Landing.
Deb lives in Whitehorse now and has taken up sewing after she retired from NorthwesTel in 2020. She joined the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre sewing group and has been involved with creating projects with them. Projects such as the Yukon Quest Dog Blanket, podium banner for the Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Centre, Yukon Quest patches, and most recent “Northern Winter Traditions” banner. She also provides beading workshops in person for YG Mental Health & Wellness and through Zoom with Connect North for schools across Canada.

Deb returns to teach us how to bead scissor cases! All materials provided, but bring your favourite pair of scissors to create a unique and beautiful scissor case. Get the creative juices flowing with this unique and customizable project. 2-part class, as the beadwork will take more than 2 hours to complete. You must register for both in order to participate. A guide will also be printed for you to reference.

These classes will be $80 total per person.

*Art materials provided

*Hosted at the ERA office 309 strickland St suite 303

Register here!

Register with the link above OR at ElderActive in person.