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Artist: Sunny Webster
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Sunny graduated from college with a BFA in Fashion Design in 2001. She loves to sew and is inspired by her family, her support system. Sunny was born and raised in Chicago but recently moved to Green Bay. She has loved sewing ever since her first sewing class in college. After many years she has a tiny business making costumes and gowns for her Entertainer clientele. She also creates wearable art pieces using traditional images in contemporary styles with leather and other materials.
In 2010 she had the great honor of teaching a sewing class to a group of kids from the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance. They ranged from 8-16 years old. Not only did she teach them how to create and construct their own designs, she also taught them about their indigenous roots of the Taino tribe from Puerto Rico. Sunny taught a class at the 2016 Woodland Indian Art Show and Market. All the participants took home their own hand sewn turtle pin cushion.
In 2010 she had the great honor of teaching a sewing class to a group of kids from the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance. They ranged from 8-16 years old. Not only did she teach them how to create and construct their own designs, she also taught them about their indigenous roots of the Taino tribe from Puerto Rico. Sunny taught a class at the 2016 Woodland Indian Art Show and Market. All the participants took home their own hand sewn turtle pin cushion.
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My goal is to promote the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin and Oneida Women by showing and exhibiting Iroquois Raised Beadwork, and by entering Native American juried beadwork competitions. I have received recognition ribbons and awards from nationally recognized art shows such as the Woodland Indian Art Show and Market, Cherokee Art Market, Eiteljorg Museum, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, and the International Iroquois Raised Beadwork Conference in Canada.
Traveling to Native Art Shows has been a gift, giving me new friends, new experiences and new ideas. I have learned business techniques from more experienced artists, marketing tips and business savvy. I’ve gotten critiques on my art that have proven invaluable.
I’ve been blessed to be able to get art work from the best known artists in the country and to have my art appreciated by some of the great Native American art collectors. I have shared many stories about our tribe and our myths. I am helping to revive Iroquois Raised Beadwork, it was almost lost over the years, and is making a slow comeback in Oneida, Wisconsin.
Traveling to Native Art Shows has been a gift, giving me new friends, new experiences and new ideas. I have learned business techniques from more experienced artists, marketing tips and business savvy. I’ve gotten critiques on my art that have proven invaluable.
I’ve been blessed to be able to get art work from the best known artists in the country and to have my art appreciated by some of the great Native American art collectors. I have shared many stories about our tribe and our myths. I am helping to revive Iroquois Raised Beadwork, it was almost lost over the years, and is making a slow comeback in Oneida, Wisconsin.
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Webpage: https://starrmerrie.wixsite.com/eliza Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eliza.skenandore |
Artist: Eliza Skenandore
(Oneida) 
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Eliza Skenandore grew up on Oneida Reservation. She fell in love with the raised beadwork when she had an internship at the Oneida Nation Museum while she was attending ITT-Tech in 2008. She help build mounts and move the collection when they were moving the off-site storage.
Eliza is self-taught by studying the raised beadwork in the museum collection. Eliza also sells beading supplies and has beadwork workshops in her home and in the Oneida community. She enjoys beading, sewing, reading, drawing, doing multimedia projects, wood burning, and painting. Eliza lives in Seymour, WI with her family.
Eliza is self-taught by studying the raised beadwork in the museum collection. Eliza also sells beading supplies and has beadwork workshops in her home and in the Oneida community. She enjoys beading, sewing, reading, drawing, doing multimedia projects, wood burning, and painting. Eliza lives in Seymour, WI with her family.
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