Artists draw on Indigenous teachings, land-based learning to create water vessels at Manitoba workshop

A Winnipeg-based artist is getting her hands dirty this summer for a 10-day workshop in Grand Rapids, Man., that focuses on harvesting clay by hand to create traditional Indigenous water vessels. Visual artist KC Adams, who is Anishinaabe, Nêhiyaw and British, is leading the workshop, titled Water Knowledge, where she guides a group of women-identifying and non-binary artists deep into the land on Lake Winnipeg's northeastern shore, teaching them the traditional practice.