What fun and a huge honor! Heart Berry has been nominated "BEST OF THE BEST" Best Gift shop Best Boutique And!!! our artist and creator nominated for Best Local Artist! Huge Miigwech to the folks who nominated us! We do our best at Heart Berry to do business according to our Anishinaabeg values! Working within the teachings we have and our hearts out front! Giving back Creating beauty Revitalizing culture Sharing Ojibwe art with the world *On a personal note from me, Giizh, I am often running this business on my gut. What feels right. What sits good with my heart. What I wish existed in the world. And what is beautiful to me. These nominations make my heart so...
Once upon a time this group of Native entrepreneurs gathered with tales of inspiration, long hours, big dreams, wild successes, many frustrations, and shared with each other. At Heart Berry we are all about creating spaces. Gathering Abundance was a beautiful evening of our local, small, Native owned businesses talking about our values and purpose as entrepreneurs. We smudged, we ate, great coffee was had. Elder and curator Wendy Savage shared about her lifetime as an arts entrepreneur and the many barriers she has overcome. A long time mentor to me (Giizh) at Heart Berry, Wendy has shown many artists and entrepreneurs how to live their big dreams and opened many doors for a generation. Artist and entrepreneur Michelle Defoe of Star...
