Metis Artepreneur Program with Kim Steward

Métis Artrepreneur Program

Program Details

MNBC’s Ministry of Skills Training, Employment and Post-Secondary (STEPS) is pleased to announce the 2026 Métis Artrepreneur program instructed by professional Métis artist Kim Gullion Stewart and guests Métis Elders, artists and knowledge carriers from our Indigenous community.

This program is suitable for all artists including, but not limited to visual artists, fine artists, illustrators, graphic designers, bead workers, textile artists, sculptors, those using body as canvas, make-up and costume design for the arts, Métis and personal regalia-both traditional and contemporary.

Over this 12-week program, participants will be guided through the fundamentals of growing an arts-based business empowered by Métis Core Values. Participants gain knowledge and skills to establish their arts-based business including branding, marketing, selling and developing their own voice as a Métis artist.

Application deadline is Sunday, January 4, 2026.

Register

Application deadline is January 4, 2026.

Once our team confirms your application is complete, you will be required to send a biography and three pieces of artwork to STEPS-R6@mnbc.ca.

Intake for this program is done by the Region 6 STEPS Office. For all inquiries, please contact STEPS-R6@mnbc.ca. 

Please note that program spaces are limited. Acceptance is not first come first served - it is based on selection and eligibility.

Kim Stewart: A Métis Visual Artist

Cultural history is so important to me that it is a part of everything I do. I was born in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada making me the fifth generation in my father’s family to live in that place. My father, Ken Gullion’s Métis heritage connects me to the Métis Homeland of Red River with family names Brabant, Brazeau, and to Métis and Cree communities in Alberta through the family name Nipissing. My great grandmother, Margaretta Brazeau received ‘Halfbreed land scrip’ as did her son, my great grandfather, Franklin Gullion. Land scrip was issued to Métis people in Canada in late 1800’s to early 1900’s as an attempt to extinguishing their land rights. My father’s settler-ancestry reaches back to Scotland with family name, Gullion, and Poland with family name, Yaromy. My mother, Loretta Gullion comes from Berezan, Kozniuk settler families from the Ukraine who brought their rich cultural practices with them, marking the changes in their agricultural seasons with food, celebration and beautifully decorated art forms.
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