Split-Toe Moccasin Workshop with Cynthia Boehm

Name: Split-Toe Moccasin Workshop with Cynthia Boehm
Start: 2025-10-05T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-05T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 190 Rupert Ave, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Manitoba R3B0N2

Schedule

Sun Oct 05 2025 at 11:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

190 Rupert Ave, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Manitoba R3B0N2 | Winnipeg, MB

Learn how to make your own pair of hand-crafted traditional split-toe moccasins in our upcoming workshop with Cree artist Cynthia Boehm. Taking place over three sessions, the workshop includes a behind-the-scenes experience with Tashina Houle-Schlup, Head of Indigenous Programming & Engagement, which will allow participants to view some of the Manitoba Museum’s collection of moccasins.
This workshop includes all the supplies you need to complete your own pair of personalized, beaded moccasins. Each participant will receive their own supply kit; however, you are welcome to bring along your own supplies if you prefer.
This is a three-day workshop. Participants must attend all three days.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Buy your tickets today: https://manitobamuseum.ca/event/split-toe-moccasins/

About the Artist
Cynthia Boehm (she/her), a Red-River based beadwork artist and designer, feels most at home when she picks up her needle. As a child, she was surrounded by creative people such as her father, who sketched numerous drawings, and her mother, who enjoyed to knit, crochet, quilt, and sew, and taught the young artist to sew at an early age. But it was Cynthia’s love and appreciation for historic Cree-Métis beadwork that compelled her to further explore the arts, in particular the historical art of her home community Norway House, Manitoba. This love and appreciation was only strengthened when Cynthia discovered her grandmother’s art, which is housed at the Manitoba Museum. This discovery prompted her to extensively research the historical beadwork and embroidery patterns of her Cree-Métis ancestors, specifically the bold and vibrant designs from Norway House that were produced during the fur trade in the mid to late 19th century.
Cynthia has since become a well-known and much respected artist. In 2020, she was commissioned by the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre to produce a “resilience mask”, and in 2024 she received an award at the Santa Fe Indian Market for her dog blanket titled “Muskwa’s Blanket”. In 2019 she was awarded the Barbara Cook Endres First Place Award for her stand-alone floral beaded piece, “My Journey Home – Honouring Our Grandmothers”, which appeared in the competition at the Manitoba Society of Artists Provincial Open Juried Competition. In 2018, Cynthia was given an award for her beadwork at the Interlake Juried Art Show. Both competitions had rarely seen beadwork entered in the past.