I felt very grateful to sit with her and chat for a few minutes. Very interestingly she attended Langara back in 2001 (I believe she said) and I attended in 1993-95 so we had that in common.
She showed us her first print and some photos of the beautiful jewelry she is making. You can see it here at the Lattimer Gallery http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/sharifah-marsden
Be sure to check all the links to see her beautiful work
http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/sharifah-marsden?page=2
http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/sharifah-marsden?page=3
http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/sharifah-marsden?page=4
Here is her bio from there
"Sharifah Marsden is an Anishinaabe artist from the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. Since early childhood, Sharifah has been directed toward a life of art and culture. She draws from her Ojibway roots and knowledge of Woodlands art to create unique works that include everything from acrylic paintings to beadwork to engraving.
In 2009, Sharifah graduated from Vancouver's Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts program under established Haida/Kwakwaka'wakw artist Dan Wallace. In 2010, Sharifah worked with artists Richard Shorty and Jerry Whitehead, among others, to complete Western Canada’s largest mural along on the outer wall of the Orwell Hotel located at 456 East Hasting in Vancouver.
In 2014, she graduated from two years of formal training in the European goldsmithing tradition at the Vancouver Metal Arts School under the instruction of Gerold Mueller. At the Vancouver Metal Arts School she learned hollow form design, complex soldering techniques, and stone setting. In April of 2015, Sharifah had her first solo exhibition at Lattimer Gallery entitled Sharifah Marsden - Miigwetch. It featured jewellery pieces created during her time at the Vancouver Metal Arts School, as well as a number of paintings."
I found this video below online, it's from back in 2009.
What she says at 4:40 just brings tears to my eyes. I was so emotional during our class yesterday.
We were talking about babies and the pure love they give and pure joy you receive. I've been so blessed with my daughter, she's growing up so quick now.
I have been blessed with caring for another little girl lately and there is nothing more beautiful than when you pick them up, say from a nap or something and they just snuggle into your shoulder and your heart is near their heart, that sweet soft chubby little body just sort of melting into yours as you hold them and they just radiate love.
It's POWERFUL!!! It's so healing. It's hard for me to put into words just the feeling of that beautiful trust and personal self- knowledge that you can meet their needs and keep them safe, happy and secure. Sharifah's paintings are so gorgeous and really capture the joy of love, intimacy, pregnancy and birth. I was very moved. I really feel grateful she came to class yesterday and shared her work and words with us.
Have a listen for yourself.
Here is a great article about Sharifah Marsden in Muskrat Magazine.
http://muskratmagazine.com/sharifah-marsden/
And she's going to be at the Eastside Culture Crawl, so don't miss that!!
I haven't actually ever been, but my girl is older now so I hope to go this year.
"A four-day visual arts, design and crafts festival receiving more than 25,000 visitors to 475+ artists in their studios across 78 buildings in the area bounded by Columbia Street, 1st Avenue, Victoria Drive and the waterfront in Vancouver, Canada. "
http://culturecrawl.ca/artists/sharifah-marsden
Raven's Eye Studio
458 East Hastings Street
Vancouver , BC
Here's her Linkedin and other links to check out
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharifah-marsden-42575976
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0673/7907/files/LattimerNewsletter_Spring2015updated.pdf
http://www.coppermoongallery.ca/sharifah-marsden
http://www.goldenbrushart.com/s6ep4-team-3-artist-sharifah-marsden/
Oh we really tried to make it to this but it just didn't come together for us.
http://grunt.ca/mural-project/
NECMURAL2016 from Jaime Torres on Vimeo.
Here's here Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thunderbirdlady/
