Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop
Calling all Cedar Weavers & Those Who Want to Learn!
We will be hosting a Traditional Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop with respected Kwakwaka'wakw Master Cedar Weaver, Tiger Leonard Williams, at this year's K'ómoks Festival. This will be a chance to sit with a Master Weaver with everything prepared for you to Begin, Learn, Laugh and Finish a Cedar Hat following Kwakwaka'wakw Tradition. Traditional Weavers of the Northwest Coast each have their own style, weaving techniques, designs and practice. It is a skill passed down through generations and Tiger Leonard Williams honours us with this gift.
You will learn about the cultural and material significance of Cedar and learn-by-doing. It is our longest workshop and runs 6-hours from 10AM to 5PM with a Lunch Break Noon to 1PM. Tiger Leonard Williams has kindly offered to give a Cedar Bracelet Weaving Workshop from Noon to 1PM for those unable to attend the Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop. You get to keep your hat and wear it with pride knowing it was made by your hand!
To Register for the Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop Click the Button Below:
We will be hosting a Traditional Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop with respected Kwakwaka'wakw Master Cedar Weaver, Tiger Leonard Williams, at this year's K'ómoks Festival. This will be a chance to sit with a Master Weaver with everything prepared for you to Begin, Learn, Laugh and Finish a Cedar Hat following Kwakwaka'wakw Tradition. Traditional Weavers of the Northwest Coast each have their own style, weaving techniques, designs and practice. It is a skill passed down through generations and Tiger Leonard Williams honours us with this gift.
You will learn about the cultural and material significance of Cedar and learn-by-doing. It is our longest workshop and runs 6-hours from 10AM to 5PM with a Lunch Break Noon to 1PM. Tiger Leonard Williams has kindly offered to give a Cedar Bracelet Weaving Workshop from Noon to 1PM for those unable to attend the Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop. You get to keep your hat and wear it with pride knowing it was made by your hand!
To Register for the Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop Click the Button Below:
How to Volunteer...
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We would love to have you join us and help make this festival amazing for the whole community. The event will be held along the foreshore at 3535 Bayside Road.
We will do a site clean up, weeding and preparation for tents and vendors in May 2024. We will also be building bench seating, picnic tables and getting the site set-up for the Salmon Pit Cook in early June. We'll be setting up the tents and picnic tables the week before the event. We would love to have your help with the workshops, guiding guests along the foreshore and generally making our beautiful community welcome. We will have yummy food and beverages for you to keep you hydrated & fed throughout the day! You can sign up using Volunteer Shifts K'ómoks Festival 2024 button on this page or via the Contact Form. For any questions, contact Kat Frank at 1-250-650-7271 or email katfrank4@hotmail.ca for details on how to get involved. |
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QUENEESH SPONSORSHIP
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CALLING ALL K'ÓMOKS ORGANIZATIONS!
This is your chance to sponsor our 2025 West Coast Indigenous Elder Conference plus a host of free, welcoming, family-friendly volunteer-led festivals with huge community impact. HISTORIC OPENING OF QUENEESH HOUSE In 2024, we came together to celebrate National Indigenous People's Day with Hereditary Chief Yax’nukwalas, K'ómoks & Pentlatch Hereditary Chief Namnam’am, Kerry Norman Frank and Witness the Historic Opening of Queneesh House. For 2025, we will be hosting community events over the course of the year. Look for our 2025 Calendar of Events publishing March 2025. COMOX ROCKS: Comox Rocks, a 100% Indigenous owned & operated business located on the Lands of the K’ómoks First Nation will be accepting Sponsorship Funds for the coordination of events from 9AM to 7PM at 3535 Bayside Road. This includes Tents, Tables, Seating, Grounds Set-up and Maintenance, ATM Rental, Port-O-Potty Rentals, Audio Visuals, Food for Volunteers & the Public, Seafood for Foreshore Pit Cook, Printing, Signage and Building Supplies for Bench Seating in Queneesh House & Art Installation. You can help by a donating funds directly, supporting the festival with supplies or covering costs by paying invoices directly for needed materials and equipment. We currently have a need to cover direct costs for hotel rooms for visiting speakers, vectoring of the community mural, community mural printing and supplies, ATM Rental & Port-O-Potty Rentals. The Festival celebrates Indigenous culture, encouraging open sharing of the proud and thriving traditions today and the historical ways of being and lived experiences. We want everyone who attends as our welcome guests to leave the event with a resonant feeling of a closer connection to all cultures and a richer understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions. Your contribution helps make that possible. However you contribute, we thank you for being part of this historic day! |
QUENEESH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY SOCIETY:
We are thrilled to announce that the newly formed Queneesh Indigenous Community Society will be accepting funds and coordinating speaker honorariums and workshop supplies for the 2024 Festival. Joanna Recalma, respected Pentlatch and 'Namgis Knowledge Keeper, Photographer, and Consultant will introduce the Societal Directors at this year's K'ómoks Festival during her Keynote address—and share how you can get involved with their ongoing work! WHERE TO MAIL FUNDS:
Please mail or etransfer your sponsorship offering to Comox Rocks c/o Kat Frank at katfrank4@hotmail.ca or call 1-250-650-7271 with any questions. Sponsorship cheques made out to the Queneesh Indigenous Community Society and Comox Rocks can both be mailed to 3100 Sahtloot Crescent North, K’ómoks First Nation, Comox, BC, V9M 4G7. Please include your organization name, contact name, telephone number and email address with your donation. PRESS RELEASE / NEWS MEDIA
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HASE' (LOVE GIFT) ARTISAN & FOOD MARKET
JOIN US AS A FOOD OR ARTISAN VENDOR. CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER
VENDOR SET-UP: 8:30AM-10AM / TAKE DOWN: 6PM - 7PM / NOTE: VENDORS TO BRING THEIR OWN TABLE, TENT & CHAIRS
Once registered as a K'ómoks Festival Market Vendor via Eventbrite, please email through a description of what you will be offering and a few photos you would like us to share on social to: toscamedia@gmail.com. We're thrilled to have you join us!
Once registered as a K'ómoks Festival Market Vendor via Eventbrite, please email through a description of what you will be offering and a few photos you would like us to share on social to: toscamedia@gmail.com. We're thrilled to have you join us!
K'ómoks Festival 2024
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