Our heart lies inside teaching and our community. Perhaps this part of our humanity is the deepest grieving during this time. The laughter, the stories, the transformation inside of cultural revitalization is the root of who and what we do. We had big plans! like many of you did in March. And like many of you, we had to get even more creative, more adaptive, and more resilient. Thanks to a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council we were able to teach an 8 week zoom beading and moccasin class. Co teachers Michelle Defoe and Sarah Agaton Howes gathered together with 20 makers in the making from across the nation. Challenging ourselves to teach what is a hands on...
Heart Berry made a huge move this week in deciding to publicly end our collaboration with Duluth Pack after they welcomes Ivanka Trump. Watch our video here:
Are you following our Instagram Live series? We are hosting a series of casual fun conversations Thursdays at 11 am around cultural art, special announcements, and exciting work happening. Watch our origin story here, how has Heart Berry changed over the years? Today (June 25, 2020) Hannah and Michelle chatted over coffee about moccasin making, and how this artist wants you to be a maker of moccasins! Next week we will have an exciting interview with photographer Nedahness Greene about the role of photography in Indigenous communities. Watch for that July 2 at 11 am. Photo by Nedahness Greene And Thursday July 9, we are very excited to be having a conversation with Inspired...
Seeing our art around? Us too and its absolutely intoxicating. PC Nedahness Greene And right now so much of it seems like no brainers. Of course, there should be the art of the original people greeting visitors as they enter Duluth. But it takes the light shone by our mentors, like Louie Gong, to show us what we aren't seeing in the dark of the hustle. "Louie has made me cry, more times than I would like to admit." Heart Berry CEO, Howes admits "But everytime I listen, he's dead on. And I know that he genuinely is invested in me." Mentors hold us to a high standard because they can see it. So much has changed in such a...
Like so many of you we care about our role as stewards of our homelands. During these times more of us are shopping online than ever before. As a small, native owned business, we work to be innovative and choose partners who share these values. Our partners and printer Track Club Co in Minneapolis http://www.trackclubco.com/ are completely Solar Powered! Our shirts from All Made are made from Recycled polyester and Organic Cotton https://www.allmade.com/pages/about https://www.heartberry.com/collections/all/products/medicine-dress-t We are COMPLETELY nerding out on our new exciting way we re use and compost packing materials~ We reuse packing materials, repeat box use, recycle, and now we are COMPOSTING our boxes once they cannot be reused. Our new Huguel garden created near our Heart Berry HQ~ We take...
