In Person
Saskatoon
2025
May 31
12:00 PM
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Ukrainian Museum of Canada
910 Spadina Crescent East Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon SK
S7K 3H5
Treaty 6 Territory
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Cost: by donation
Artist/Author Talk
Arts
Conversation with the Artists-in-Residence
Join artists Vanessa Hyggen and Laelia LeFeuvre for a conversation regarding their residency at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada. Hyggen and LeFeuvre will discuss how their engagement with the Museum’s collection built upon and extended their existing practices, opening up new layers of meaning through collaboration. Together, they will explore how shared experiences of matrilineal knowledge in craft resonate with the collection and inform their creative processes.
The event is by donation. Light refreshments will be served.
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About the Artists:
Vanessa Hyggen is a Woodland Cree and Norwegian painter and bead artist from nemepith sipihk (Sucker River), Northern Saskatchewan. A member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Hyggen resides in Saskatoon, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. Her work—spanning painting, beadwork, and public art projects—draws upon themes of memory, tradition, and the natural world.
Laelia LeFeuvre, a Saskatoon-based artist of Ukrainian heritage, specializes in fibre arts. She holds a Visual Arts Diploma from Red Deer Polytechnic and has extensive experience in fibre processing, from growing and processing flax into linen to working with felting, knitting, and natural dyeing. She first collaborated with Hyggen as a technical assistant for the project Beads and Stone 2 at the University of Manitoba, where the two artists found a shared passion for materiality and cultural storytelling.
The event is by donation. Light refreshments will be served.
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About the Artists:
Vanessa Hyggen is a Woodland Cree and Norwegian painter and bead artist from nemepith sipihk (Sucker River), Northern Saskatchewan. A member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Hyggen resides in Saskatoon, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. Her work—spanning painting, beadwork, and public art projects—draws upon themes of memory, tradition, and the natural world.
Laelia LeFeuvre, a Saskatoon-based artist of Ukrainian heritage, specializes in fibre arts. She holds a Visual Arts Diploma from Red Deer Polytechnic and has extensive experience in fibre processing, from growing and processing flax into linen to working with felting, knitting, and natural dyeing. She first collaborated with Hyggen as a technical assistant for the project Beads and Stone 2 at the University of Manitoba, where the two artists found a shared passion for materiality and cultural storytelling.
2025
May 31
12:00 PM
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Cost: by donation
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Safe and Inclusive Space