CARFAC NATIONAL presents the 2025 Indigenous Protocols for the Visual Arts Workshop Series:

Join us for our 2025 Indigenous Protocols Workshop Series, offering tailored sessions for diverse participants in the visual arts sector. These workshops, presented via Zoom, are designed to deepen understanding and foster respectful engagement with Indigenous protocols in the arts

Over the course of the workshops, we will have discussions around Intellectual Property, cultural appropriation, safeguarding cultural knowledge, and Indigenous artist’s rights and responsibilities when using traditional and contemporary imagery. There will also be information on how artists can protect their artwork using available tools and legal resources.

Indigenous Protocols for Non-Indigenous Artists 

with Taalrumiq Inuvialuk

The workshop will cover:

• Guidance for respecting Indigenous Knowledge

• Differences between Indigenous and Canadian Intellectual Property Systems 

• Learning about Indigenous Protocols - what are they? How do I use them when engaging with Indigenous people?

• Practices to avoid - cultural appropriation, stereotypes, tokenism

• Best practices and considerations for collaboration with an Indigenous Artist or Knowledge Keeper

Taalrumiq is not only the name of her label, business and social media channels, but her traditional Inuit name, used in her professional work. As a contemporary Canadian Indigenous Fashion Designer, Taalrumiq, (english name Christina Gruben King), shares Inuvialuit culture with the world through creating meaningful couture pieces, garments and accessories, incorporating traditional designs with a contemporary vision, each piece with a story to tell. Using the same skills, talent and passion inherited from her long matrilineal line of expert Inuit Seamstresses and Gwich'in Jijuu, what was once necessary for survival is now not solely for survival but cultural preservation, reclaiming and taking pride in Indigenous identity, storytelling and creative expression. Inuvialuit culture and history from an Inuvialuit perspective.