Red River Métis Artisans

Karlee Lamoureux

Karly Dawn Armstrong

Karly was born and raised in Selkirk, Manitoba, as a proud Interlake Region Red River Metis Citizen. She grew up in a very artistic Metis family that always encouraged the expression of art and land-based teachings. She went from making and sewing clothing, fishing, and hunting with her father to medicine walks, making bread, and…

Katie Bak

Katie has always loved baking and baked desserts as a hobby while completing her science degree at the University of Manitoba. While staying home during the pandemic, Katie was left with more time to bake and become increasingly interested in entrepreneurship and business. Alongside taking orders from family, friends, and community members, she began sharing…

Katie Delaronde

Katie Durand

Katie Durand is a mixed media artist and creator. Born and raised in Manitoba in the RM of Tache, the longitudinal centre of Canada. Her heritage is very much still being discovered.  She is French, Mètis and Swiss, only obtaining her Mètis card in 2023. A love for creating and tools brought her to try…

Kayleen Kaduchuk

My mother always inspired me through the culture to create, I learned how cook, how to bead, how to pretty much live off the land. Now I’m teaching others what I’ve learned and carrying on sharing my gifts, as my mom did.

Kelly Black

Kelsey Gillespie

Kelsey-Marie Gillespie is a Red River Métis and Canadian woman artist. Born and raised in St. François Xavier (Grantown), she is a proud descendant of André Carrière (b. 1808, St. Boniface). Now living in Winnipeg, she continues to stay connected to her roots and enjoys returning to St. François Xavier for local…