Bead-Your-Own Lanyard Workshop with Amanda Keewatinawin

Name: Bead-Your-Own Lanyard Workshop with Amanda Keewatinawin
Start: 2025-10-06T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-06T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 347 Division Street, PO Box 2073, Leavenworth, WA, United States, Washington 98826

Schedule

Mon Oct 06 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

347 Division Street, PO Box 2073, Leavenworth, WA, United States, Washington 98826 | Leavenworth, WA

Join us for an evening filled with creativity and learning. Local indigenous artist and owner of Mystic North Jewelry, Amanda Keewatinawin, will be leading a workshop on the indigenous art form of beading. She will be sharing knowledge on the history of indigenous beadwork and how to create your own beaded lanyard.
Check our calendar or E-News again soon for information on a Beaded Earring workshop, also with Amanda!
Amanda Keewatinawin is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) woman and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe in Rocky Boy, Montana. She is a mother of twins and a lifelong resident of the Wenatchee valley. She is a local indigenous artist and entrepreneur who has enjoyed making wearable art for her business, Mystic North, here in the valley for about 10 years. Her work is inspired by the beauty of NCW and the surrounding areas. She is passionate about the preservation of indigenous art, language, culture, and land. When she’s not busy making jewelry for her business, Amanda enjoys spending time with her daughters, beading for loved ones and hiking with her dog.
Registration includes your own curated kit and instructions to be used during class.
Limit: 15 participants
Ages: 12 and up. Ages 12-17 need to attend with an adult.
Four tickets are reserved for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to create equitable access to this program.
Pricing and Discount Code
We offer a Pay What You Can model for most of our workshops in recognition that paying for education programs looks different for everyone. For this workshop, we are offering participants a choice of payments based on the costs to WRI to put on this program. We are happy to support a local, indigenous artist and business owner to share her art, her knowledge, and her experience.
The cost for this workshop is $65/person.