Wild Mint Arts

Booth 207 Wild Mint Arts

Wild Mint Arts is a local Indigenous performing arts company. ​Wild Mint Arts offers two educational and interactive performances suitable for all grades: Hoop Dance Stories or Powwow Mash-UP!. Please see Performance Works for short descriptions. 

Wild Mint Arts provides quality dance, arts, and culture in-school programming to support and empower Indigenous youth within the education system. We also have visual arts programming and music workshops that offer Indigenous perspectives for all students to participate in. We aim to bridge the culture with curriculum through these offerings. Please contact for pricing/availability.

Song Lines and Scores

This 1-week residency is based in Indigenous Songlines, land-based learning, and augmented with experiential learning including music curricular concept and skill development. The facilitators support youth in creating graphic scores for an assembly/sharing event. Students will participate in singing and movement warm-ups, learning to create and perform graphic scores, and learn about Indigenous song-making methods. All work is done through an Indigenous lens and students gain confidence with singing and vocal skills.

​Facilitators: Jessica Sparvier-Wells (Cree) & Kenna Burima (Settler)

Hoop Dance Residency

Hoop Dance Residencies bring a Hoop Dance teacher into the school or community for 1 - 2 weeks. We work closely with the school and local elders/community workers. We encourage the participation of local Indigenous knowledge keepers to share during our time in the community as to empower local Indigenous knowledge. There are several formats this could take in a school or community. This residency is a creative residency (4 days - 2 weeks). Schools opt for one or two grades, divisions, or 1 combined class of Indigenous students. This does not culminate in a peformance.

Facilitator: Jessica Sparvier-Wells. *Hoop Dance and Dance residencies  are not available for non-Indigenous students to participate in.

First Nations Visual Arts Residency

1-2 week residencies introduce students to iconic Indigenous arts movements while providing a creative outlet to develop artistic skills. Residency can culminate in a community art display/celebration if the school is interested.

Facilitators: Elijah Wells (Kainai) and (opt) Jessica Sparvier-Wells (Cree)