Indigenous Glass Art Cultural Experience

Immerse yourself in Indigenous culture and creativity during a Mosaic Glass Art experience on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore. Choose a culturally significant pattern to create your glass mosaic, while hearing stories and connecting to the Anishinaabe, Anishininew and Mi’kmaw cultures and traditions of your First Nation hosts.

Experience Highlights:

• Be welcomed with a smudging ceremony, setting the tone for a day of connection, cultural immersion, and creativity.
• Choose your design from a collection of Indigenous patterns, then select from a variety of opaque glass options to create your own unique and individualized glass art mosaic.
• Connect with cultural teachings as you craft your art piece. Your artist hosts will share Indigenous cultural insights, wisdom and traditions related to your chosen pattern.
• All materials included, plus safety introduction: Participate in a short safety briefing to ensure you are comfortable with the studio protocols and using the glass-cutting tools.
• Finished Artwork: Your completed glass art, packaged carefully to take home, will provide lasting memories of your experience and the cultural knowledge shared.

Dates: Offered daily from June 1 to September 30, subject to availability. Experience must be booked in advance. Available for groups of 2 to 8 participants.

Price: $165.00 + HST per person

How to Book: Please call 1-204-899-0862 or email tribalfusionart@gmail.com to book.

Learn more about your artists hosts Melinda and Shannon HERE.

What participants are saying: “I loved that I came away from the workshop with a mosaic that I had designed and created myself. Melinda’s calm encouragement gave me confidence to play with the glass and enjoy the process even though I had no prior experience. I’m looking forward to doing another one! ~ Susie B, Bridgewater”

Good to Know:

• This experience takes place in Blockhouse, just minutes from Mahone Bay and Bridgewater.
  • Check out the area’s excellent restaurants, shops, and attractions before or after your experience.
• Tribal Fusion Art offers a small gallery of your artist-hosts’ original glass art, available for purchase on-site.
• For your safety, please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and clothing suitable for a hands-on, artistic experience. Bare legs are not recommended.
• Work aprons, safety glasses, disposable rubber gloves, and work gloves will be provided for use during the experience. Participants are expected to follow safety instructions and protocols.
• Although chairs are available for those who need them, most people prefer to stand when cutting glass and creating their glass art projects. Please be prepared to stand for the majority of the experience.
• Coffee, tea and water are provided.  Participants are welcome to bring their own snacks to this experience; we follow a flexible break format.
• This experience is suitable for children aged 7 and up. The facilitators are educators, mothers, and grandmothers who fully welcome and embrace children who are accompanied by an adult family member.
• Pets are not allowed in the workshop space.
• Street parking is available. Please keep the front of the building clear for loading and unloading activities.
• Smoking is allowed outside in designated areas.

Conditions & Cancellations: Advance booking required. Payment is taken at time of booking. Bookings cancelled at least 48 hours before the scheduled experience will receive a full refund. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the experience will incur a 50% cancellation fee. No refund will be provided for cancellations made on the day of the experience. In the rare event that the experience is cancelled, due to weather conditions or other unforeseen circumstances, visitors will be informed as soon as possible and have the option to reschedule to a later date or receive a full refund. Cancellations are communicated through the contact information provided at booking (email and/or phone).