Heart on Your Sleeve: Personal Storytelling Through Tattoos

online event; open to mentors and mentees across all programs, and woman-identifying, trans*, and gender expansive members of the public, and program alum

Interested in tattoo culture? Want to learn how to design your own tattoo? This workshop is anchored in Indigenous cultural tattoo practices and will provide participants with an opportunity to find visual means to express their identities and personal stories.

Join Stacey Fayant as she takes us on a journey through the history and current revitalization of Indigenous tattooing, cultural appropriation vs. cultural sharing, and important health and safety concepts related to tattooing. Participants will be introduced to the drawing app Sketchbook and will create their own tattoo design– telling a personal story or history represented by plants or flowers of their choice.