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CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS OF THE EARTHLINE TATTOO GOFUNDME RAFFLE! HERE ARE THE WINNERS!
We will contact the winners when they can choose their prizes!!! Thanks again to everyone who donated artworks and to those who donated to our gofundme !
1ST PLACE: Margo Tamez
2ND PLACE: Krista Zawadski
3RD PLACE: Stacey Fayant
4TH PLACE: SALISHAN STURGEON NOSE CANOES (Shawn WilliAm BrigmAn )
5TH PLACE: ASHLEY WHITE
6TH PLACE: Crystalyn-Gunsi Lemieux
7TH PLACE: BECK GILMOR-OSBOURNE
8TH PLACE: TARA KAPPO
IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!
In support of Earthline Tattoo’s 2017 Indigenous Tattoo School:
We are excited to announce our new fundraising initiative that will support our 2017 Earthline Tattoo Training Residency. Thanks to the generous support of some of our artist friends, with your donations you get entered to win works of art!
Here’s how it works!
Visit our Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/earthlinetattoo
DONATE TO BE ENTERED! IT’S THAT EASY!
$20 donation = 1 entry to win at the draw
$40 = 2 entries..
$60= 3 entries… etc…etc..
Fundraising will be open until July 8th, 2017
New entries are limited to 500!
For those of you who have already kindly donated, your names will be entered into the draw!
On July 8th at Midnight, winners names will be drawn from a hat.
1st name drawn = 1st pick from the artworks
2nd name drawn= 2nd pick from the artworks
3rd name drawn= 3rd pick… etc…etc…
Until all the artworks are spoken for!
Here are the artworks up for grabs!!
Louis Esme:
we have always been here
24 x 34"
Black and White Illustration (Poster)
2014
This image is to honour two-spirit trans people who have gone missing, unnoticed, invisibilized, murdered and stolen because of colonial cis-sexism.
Valued at $50

Megan Samms:
2 wash cloths, 100% linen, hand woven and hand dyed with indigo. The cloths are wove on a floor loom and hemmed them with a hand crank sewing machine. The cloths are called ni'k cloths, ni'k being Mi'kmaq for home or my home. They're meant for domestic use but the idea of home is also worked into the design.
Value: $20 each

Jordan Bennett: Carved and painted Cedar pendant with sealskin backing and glass bead:
Valued at $700 CAD

Dean Hunt: ¾ hand engraved silver bracelet, featuring an eagle. (Picture shown is and example, depicting the style and example of Dean’s amazing work.
Valued at $900 CAD

Meagan Musseau: Beaded earrings.
Valued at $80 CAD. Image to follow

Jerry Evans: 5 colour hand pulled lithograph titled, “Flight of the Sacred.” 11 x 15 inches, 2009
Valued at $500 CAD

Dion Kaszas: 2 Sets of 5 signed fine art giclee prints.
Set 1: Five limited edition prints from the blue (historical series) Indigenous Tattoo Revival Portrait series. 5 @ 13” x 19”
Valued at $500 Canadian.

Set 2: Five open edition prints from the red (contemporary series) Indigenous Tattoo Revival Portrait series. 5 @ 13” x 19”
Valued at $500 Canadian.

If you would like to donate one of your artworks to the 2017 Earthline Tattoo Training Residency Art draw please contact us !
New donations of artwork will be added to this list as we receive them!
ABOUT US AND TATTOO SCHOOL
The fire to revive Indigenous tattooing traditions has been ignited in North America. Tattooing was practiced by Indigenous nations across Turtle Island and has been near obliterated through processes of colonization and assimilation. As a form of personal and cultural Identity Indigenous tattoos connects the individual not only with a sense of self, but also with their community and culture. It has been inspiring to witness the rise of Indigenous tattoo artists and tattoo wearers on Turtle Island in recent years.

Many people have started tattooing without any training in the health aspects of tattooing which puts entire communities at risk. The most fundamental lesson I have learned from our elders, stories, and spiritual teachings is the lesson of being a loving, caring being that builds others up. These principles of loving and caring are the key to the revival of Indigenous tattooing. The work of tattoo revival is about building up individuals, communities and nations. If one does not have the knowledge to protect one’s nation and community from blood-borne pathogens like hepatitis, HIV and infections like MRSA then one could potentially be doing more harm than good. We need to build our people up, not tear them down by spreading harmful pathogens. This is the most traditional value that underpins the revival of our ancestral, traditional tattooing practices.
I have been a professional tattoo artist for 9 years and have been working on reviving Indigenous tattooing since 2012. Jordan, Amy, and I decided to run the first Earthline Tattoo School last summer. I trained and mentored 4 Indigenous cultural tattoo practitioners in traditional hand-poke and skin-stitch tattoo. This July 2017 we will mentor 6 more Indigenous cultural tattoo practitioners. Emphasis will be placed on health and safety with trainees being certified in blood-borne pathogens, as well as mentored in design, tattoo techniques, and research into each individuals cultural-ancestral tattooing practices.

Through your support Indigenous communities across Canada will be transformed as each participant leaves Tattoo School to help heal and lift up their communities with their new skills.
Earthline Tattoo Collective is volunteer run by three people - Jordan Bennett, Amy Malbeuf, and I.
Any donation big or small will make a difference.
We are grateful for your generous support.
kʷukʷsteyp (Thank you)
Dion Kaszas on behalf of Earthline Tattoo Collective
For more information about last years tattoo school please visit: Indigenous Tattooing Blog
Please visit Earthline Tattoo online at
www.earthlinetattoo.com
We are raising funds for:
- Travel for 3 instructors, 6 participants, and 3 guest mentors, and 1 International guest mentor, to travel from their various communities across Canada to Kelowna, British Columbia.
- One month accommodation for instructors, participants, and mentors at UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna British Columbia
- Per-diem/food for Instructors, participants, and mentors.
- Tattooing supplies for each participant
- Elder honorarium. We will be inviting an elder to share with us and welcome us onto the Syilx (Okanagan) territory and will be providing them with an honorarium for their time.
-Participant honorarium to help offset the costs associated with taking a whole month off work to participate in this opportunity.
-Mentor honorarium - guest mentors will share their skills, knowledge, and time for 1 -2 weeks
-3 day backpacking trip into the Stein River Valley to understand the connections between our land, water, and visual culture such as pictographs and tattooing.

CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS OF THE EARTHLINE TATTOO GOFUNDME RAFFLE! HERE ARE THE WINNERS!
We will contact the winners when they can choose their prizes!!! Thanks again to everyone who donated artworks and to those who donated to our gofundme !
1ST PLACE: Margo Tamez
2ND PLACE: Krista Zawadski
3RD PLACE: Stacey Fayant
4TH PLACE: SALISHAN STURGEON NOSE CANOES (Shawn WilliAm BrigmAn )
5TH PLACE: ASHLEY WHITE
6TH PLACE: Crystalyn-Gunsi Lemieux
7TH PLACE: BECK GILMOR-OSBOURNE
8TH PLACE: TARA KAPPO
IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!
In support of Earthline Tattoo’s 2017 Indigenous Tattoo School:
We are excited to announce our new fundraising initiative that will support our 2017 Earthline Tattoo Training Residency. Thanks to the generous support of some of our artist friends, with your donations you get entered to win works of art!
Here’s how it works!
Visit our Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/earthlinetattoo
DONATE TO BE ENTERED! IT’S THAT EASY!
$20 donation = 1 entry to win at the draw
$40 = 2 entries..
$60= 3 entries… etc…etc..
Fundraising will be open until July 8th, 2017
New entries are limited to 500!
For those of you who have already kindly donated, your names will be entered into the draw!
On July 8th at Midnight, winners names will be drawn from a hat.
1st name drawn = 1st pick from the artworks
2nd name drawn= 2nd pick from the artworks
3rd name drawn= 3rd pick… etc…etc…
Until all the artworks are spoken for!
Here are the artworks up for grabs!!
Louis Esme:
we have always been here
24 x 34"
Black and White Illustration (Poster)
2014
This image is to honour two-spirit trans people who have gone missing, unnoticed, invisibilized, murdered and stolen because of colonial cis-sexism.
Valued at $50
Megan Samms:
2 wash cloths, 100% linen, hand woven and hand dyed with indigo. The cloths are wove on a floor loom and hemmed them with a hand crank sewing machine. The cloths are called ni'k cloths, ni'k being Mi'kmaq for home or my home. They're meant for domestic use but the idea of home is also worked into the design.
Value: $20 each
Jordan Bennett: Carved and painted Cedar pendant with sealskin backing and glass bead:
Valued at $700 CAD
Dean Hunt: ¾ hand engraved silver bracelet, featuring an eagle. (Picture shown is and example, depicting the style and example of Dean’s amazing work.
Valued at $900 CAD
Meagan Musseau: Beaded earrings.
Valued at $80 CAD. Image to follow
Jerry Evans: 5 colour hand pulled lithograph titled, “Flight of the Sacred.” 11 x 15 inches, 2009
Valued at $500 CAD
Dion Kaszas: 2 Sets of 5 signed fine art giclee prints.
Set 1: Five limited edition prints from the blue (historical series) Indigenous Tattoo Revival Portrait series. 5 @ 13” x 19”
Valued at $500 Canadian.
Set 2: Five open edition prints from the red (contemporary series) Indigenous Tattoo Revival Portrait series. 5 @ 13” x 19”
Valued at $500 Canadian.
If you would like to donate one of your artworks to the 2017 Earthline Tattoo Training Residency Art draw please contact us !
New donations of artwork will be added to this list as we receive them!
ABOUT US AND TATTOO SCHOOL
The fire to revive Indigenous tattooing traditions has been ignited in North America. Tattooing was practiced by Indigenous nations across Turtle Island and has been near obliterated through processes of colonization and assimilation. As a form of personal and cultural Identity Indigenous tattoos connects the individual not only with a sense of self, but also with their community and culture. It has been inspiring to witness the rise of Indigenous tattoo artists and tattoo wearers on Turtle Island in recent years.
Many people have started tattooing without any training in the health aspects of tattooing which puts entire communities at risk. The most fundamental lesson I have learned from our elders, stories, and spiritual teachings is the lesson of being a loving, caring being that builds others up. These principles of loving and caring are the key to the revival of Indigenous tattooing. The work of tattoo revival is about building up individuals, communities and nations. If one does not have the knowledge to protect one’s nation and community from blood-borne pathogens like hepatitis, HIV and infections like MRSA then one could potentially be doing more harm than good. We need to build our people up, not tear them down by spreading harmful pathogens. This is the most traditional value that underpins the revival of our ancestral, traditional tattooing practices.
I have been a professional tattoo artist for 9 years and have been working on reviving Indigenous tattooing since 2012. Jordan, Amy, and I decided to run the first Earthline Tattoo School last summer. I trained and mentored 4 Indigenous cultural tattoo practitioners in traditional hand-poke and skin-stitch tattoo. This July 2017 we will mentor 6 more Indigenous cultural tattoo practitioners. Emphasis will be placed on health and safety with trainees being certified in blood-borne pathogens, as well as mentored in design, tattoo techniques, and research into each individuals cultural-ancestral tattooing practices.
Through your support Indigenous communities across Canada will be transformed as each participant leaves Tattoo School to help heal and lift up their communities with their new skills.
Earthline Tattoo Collective is volunteer run by three people - Jordan Bennett, Amy Malbeuf, and I.
Any donation big or small will make a difference.
We are grateful for your generous support.
kʷukʷsteyp (Thank you)
Dion Kaszas on behalf of Earthline Tattoo Collective
For more information about last years tattoo school please visit: Indigenous Tattooing Blog
Please visit Earthline Tattoo online at
www.earthlinetattoo.com
We are raising funds for:
- Travel for 3 instructors, 6 participants, and 3 guest mentors, and 1 International guest mentor, to travel from their various communities across Canada to Kelowna, British Columbia.
- One month accommodation for instructors, participants, and mentors at UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna British Columbia
- Per-diem/food for Instructors, participants, and mentors.
- Tattooing supplies for each participant
- Elder honorarium. We will be inviting an elder to share with us and welcome us onto the Syilx (Okanagan) territory and will be providing them with an honorarium for their time.
-Participant honorarium to help offset the costs associated with taking a whole month off work to participate in this opportunity.
-Mentor honorarium - guest mentors will share their skills, knowledge, and time for 1 -2 weeks
-3 day backpacking trip into the Stein River Valley to understand the connections between our land, water, and visual culture such as pictographs and tattooing.
Organizer
Jordan Bennett
Organizer
Salmon Arm, BC
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