Join Rita and Zoe Kompst, a mother and daughter team who are both from Musqueam, located on the unceded territory in Vancouver, BC. They are from the Point and Campbell families in Musqueam. Zoe has been her mother’s assistant for quite some time. 

Rita and Zoe bring their shared Indigenous knowledge and their expertise on natural dyeing with mushrooms and plants, and on occasion, lichens. Both Rita and Zoe have foraged their own materials ethically and sustainably for their workshops with their cultural protocols. They focus on the traditional medicinal uses of the local materials being dyed. The workshop is interactive and each participant will take home a sample dye card along with a skein of wool in their selected colour from the workshop. 

Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023

Time: 10:30am to 3:30pm

Tickets: (Plus fees and taxes)

  • $235 General Admission

  • $220 MOV Members

  • $210 Indigenous peoples*

Space is limited. Register early. Masks are recommended but not required.

Workshop ticket includes FREE admission to our feature exhibitions. Consider arriving early with your event ticket to visit the museum! Attendees are free to wander the galleries until the MOV’s closing time.

If you are having trouble using the embedded form above, please try to reserve your ticket directly on Eventbrite here.

For general inquiries regarding the workshop, please contact Coordinator of Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement, Jasper Berehulke here. 

Rita Kompst - Local Artist, Musqueam

Rita was born and raised in Musqueam. Her late father, Joseph Becker (Point), was a former Chief of Musqueam. He was also a self-taught artist who was well known for his wood carving and Salish designs. Her late mother, Evelyn Norris (Campbell), was also from Musqueam but lived on Vancouver Island. She is the eldest child and has five sisters and five brothers. 

Zoe Kompst - Local Artist, Musqueam 

Zoe Kompst is a two-spirit youth from the Musqueam First Nation, living in Vancouver, BC. They grew up in the States away from their community and culture and has been reconnecting for the past ten years. They have always been a creative person, and in the past few years they have been combining their creativity with their culture. Through various mediums—beads, cedar bark, and natural dyes—Zoe’s work brings traditional Coast Salish materials together to create contemporary wearable or decorative pieces. Through their art, Zoe aims to understand and connect to the land that they and their ancestors come from.