Naomi's Designs have been featured in a number of Exhibitions, Fashion Shows, and Cultural Events. Here are a few:
Circle Craft Student Scholarship Exhibit
April 2016.
Granville Island, Vancouver BC.
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Among work exhibited, Naomi's body of work Entitled "Hunters/Gatherers" was on Display.
Based on the Traditional way of life of the Gwich'in People; the First Nation to whom Naomi belongs.
April 2016.
Granville Island, Vancouver BC.
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Among work exhibited, Naomi's body of work Entitled "Hunters/Gatherers" was on Display.
Based on the Traditional way of life of the Gwich'in People; the First Nation to whom Naomi belongs.
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'Transformation' - the 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Fine Jewellery and Metalwork, April 11 to May 31 at the Zilberschmuck Gallery in Toronto.
Naomi's submission (pictured on left) was accepted and featured. Below was the accompanying statement. "Inuk-Took” The notion of taking a quintessential Canadian icon – the Inuksuk, a traditional tool used by the Inuit people of the high Arctic, then proceeding to transform it into something which resembles a tourist trinket manufactured offshore, speaks to the shift from handmade to mass produced; in particular, offerings for the tourism market fashioned after cultural emblems. On that note, this piece also represents the deviation of cultural misappropriation, a transformation of genuine articles into tacky machine fabricated knock-offs. Symbols of meaning and import to specific tribal and/or geographical groups are too often and too quickly misused in the name of trend or fashion; without consideration for the people it (often poorly) represents. Is imitation truly the best form of flattery? The decision to make the pendant and chain appear commercially fabricated highlights the contrast between details achieved through handcrafted process and the cookie-cutter quality of assembly line produced objects. |
Naomi Designed a special body of work that was featured at one of the cultural evenings at the Truth and Reconciliation National Event in Inuvik, July 2011.
One of the pieces, pictured on left, is a loomed necklace composed of turquoise and glass beads, along with Caribou antler tips, fresh water pearls, pineapple quartz, and more antler. |
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Naomi's Designs were featured in the Final cultural event at the Northern House - Rare in Nature 2 Fashion Show.
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Naomi also Participated in and Arts Week Demonstration (above) at Canada's Northern House, a Pavilion set up by Canada's three
Territories during the Olympics in Vancouver 2010. |
Naomi's jewelry was featured in the Ignite the Light Fashion Show during the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, NT; under her line 'Lulu Bijou'.