about the artist
Shannon gustafson
Shannon Gustafson, a member of Whitesand First Nation and longtime Thunder Bay resident, is a full-time artist skilled in beadwork, textiles, regalia, woodworking, and painting. Renowned for her floral beadwork inspired by her ancestors, she is dedicated to cultural preservation through learning and sharing. Shannon has received multiple Ontario Arts Council grants and was a 2017 recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Reveal Indigenous Artist Award. In recent years, her art has been a source of healing and gratitude amid personal challenges.
About Wanuskewin collective
Our shops are a not-for-profit organization that have been apart of the Wanuskewin Heritage Park for over 30 years now. With our earnings going back into the park and other organizations such as ones involved in survivors of Residential schools as well as families of Missing Murdered Indigenous Women; we are fortunate and proud to be apart of Treaty 6 Territory.
