Author: bnahwegahbow

  • Wisdom of Kinship Art Exhibition

    Three of my jewellery works are featured in this exhibition which opens today and runs until August 22, 2021. The show is at the Leslie Grove Gallery, 1158 Queen Street East, Toronto. My pieces are titled, Love Never Dies 1, Love Never Dies 2, and Love Never Dies 3. They are part of an ongoing…

  • My Social Media Info

    Thanks for visiting. I have posted recent works on my Instagram and Facebook accounts. Instagram: @bluedawnjewellery Facebook: bluedawnjewellery Thanks again for your interest in my work!

  • My New Year’s Resolution – starting now

    Renewing My Vows – to my website My web site is feeling neglected. And rightly so. I have been ignoring it in favour of designing and making, and doing shows. I have promised my web site that things will be different. That we will have a deeper relationship. That I will pay attention to it.…

  • Upcoming Shows

    U of T Pow Wow I’ve had a few shows already this year and it’s only the beginning of March! My next one is the U of T Pow Wow on Sunday March 11 2018, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Details are on the poster. Come and enjoy the traditional dancing and drumming –…

  • Indigenous & Ingenious Show and Sale

    Happening this weekend! Nov. 18 & 19 at 765 Queen St. East at the Ralph Thornton Centre just east of Broadview. From 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, 18 brilliant Indigenous artists and artisans. Check out our Facebook page for more info about the artists and their work. Admission is $5.00. Everyone Welcome!

  • Stories

    As a photojournalist, I am very conscious of stories, the need for stories, the comfort and understanding and excitement that can come from a story, especially a well-crafted one. All of the jewellery I design and make has stories. The stories may come from the sourcing of the stones and other components, the designing, the…

  • WIPCE 2017

    What an amazing time I had at the World Indigenous Peoples Council on Education conference held in Toronto last week! Indigenous people from all over the world and I was so fortunate that Blue Dawn Jewellery was accepted as a vendor at the conference. And so fortunate to meet many of the 3,000 delegates –…

  • Another Show in April!

    Chiefs of Ontario Education Conference April 25, 26 & 27 at the Toronto Sheraton Hotel on Queen Street West. I’ll be there from 7:00 am until about 4:00 pm with lots of gorgeous jewellery, some made by me and some made by Native American artists from the US southwest. Anyone is welcome to drop in…

  • George Brown College Pow Wow

    I’ll be at George Brown College Pow Wow with my jewellery on Saturday April 1st. Doors open at 11:30 and Grand Entry is at 12 noon sharp! Looking forward to seeing you there. The Pow Wow is at their Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive (Lower Sherbourne). You can take TTC buses #6 Bay, or #75…

  • Indigenous & Ingenious Show and Sale 2016

    The amazing Indigenous & Ingenious is back November 19 and 20 at 765 Queen Street East, at the Ralph Thornton Centre, 2nd floor. Eighteen amazingly talented Indigenous artists and artisans will be there from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, showing off and selling their wares. Paintings, beadwork, leatherwork, gemstone jewellery, stained…